According to CPI Inflation Calculator, $24k in 1995 has the buying power of $49,129.10 today. Plug in some numbers from years when you remember cars being inexpensive, and see how much they’re equivalent to today.
That $.30 gallon of gas in 1960 is equivalent to $3.15 today.
The 1996 Geo Prism I bought for $15k (my first brand new car), doesn’t seem like such a good value anymore!
Here’s $24,000. Buy something new in 1995
I still call bullshit on this kind of crap. I could get 500 dollars to buy something every week in 1990. I’m lucky to have 5000 to buy something now once a decade. And it’s not like I don’t make good money.