# If you were contemplating whether to buy a car via Vroom **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [September 26, 2022, 1:16pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561 "2022-09-26T13:16:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2022, 9:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561/21 "2022-09-28T21:27:38Z")
> [@wentwest](#): > > [beginner bought used motorcycle] filled it with diesel. [Engine stopped] He tried to blame me that I didn’t tell him it used gasoline. I have to say I got a good chuckle, thanks. My story isn’t quite as outrageous, but I’ll share anyway. Car completely blocking my driveway, driver walking away from empty car. I say “I wish you wouldn’t park there”. Driver says “I’m not parking” … lol … ---
**Author:** ![bcohen2010](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@bcohen2010](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bcohen2010)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561/22 "2022-09-29T05:17:02Z")
It should be common sense to anyone with the intelligence of an average rock that companies such as Vroom and Carvana have a business model which found a niche during the pandemic, but now that the pandemic is over, the business model is over too. When everyone was afraid of getting sick, people were willing to pay crazy high prices to buy a car online, contact-free, and have it delivered. Now that the pandemic is in our rearview mirror, and people crave in-person experiences (as well as the fact that household budgets are stretched thin), this business model doesn’t stand a snowball’s chance in heck. I expect to see both of these companies collapse into bankruptcy, just like [Pets.com](http://Pets.com), [webvan.com](http://webvan.com), and a plethora of other dotcom stocks. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561/23 "2022-09-30T13:43:25Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > people crave in-person experiences While this is true, I crave a nice dinner out at a restaurant or a trip to see the home team lose at the ball field. I don’t know anyone who craves dealing with a dealership. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561/24 "2022-09-30T16:31:16Z")
> [@bcohen2010](#): > > but now that the pandemic is over, Who knows if it is over. ### THE CRC HAS STOPPED COLLECTING TESTING DATA This chart is officially out of date as more than 30 states across the US have stopped reporting testing positivity or significantly scaled down their testing reports. > **[Have we flattened the curve in the US? - Johns Hopkins](https://coronavirus.jhu.edu/data/new-cases-50-states)** > > Daily Confirmed Case Trends (7-Day Moving Average) in the US ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 7:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561/25 "2022-09-30T19:51:05Z")
> [@Barkydog](#): > > Who knows if it is over. Maybe a better way to look at it is that it’s much less likely that people will die from COVID-19 that it was a couple of years ago. Infection is understood and there are ways to lessen the severity for almost everyone these days. I think that qualifies as the end of the pandemic. [Previous page](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-you-were-contemplating-whether-to-buy-a-car-via-vroom/186561.md?page=1)