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Comment by Shalomboy

14 days ago

> New trucks optioned out cost $80k+ and plenty of people pay for that without having much justification of any kind for it.

In the US, certain purchase categories make taking on debt to cover upfront costs trivially easy. Open robotics platforms are not one of those categories, while automobiles are.

Automobiles as a whole, yes. Spending $30k+ more than you needed to for a luxury or big honker, no.