> With the price of cars going nuts

The price of used cars is going nuts far more than new cars, so I don't think the increase in car prices is good news for sellers of a class of new cars that is already at a premium.

New cars are pretty bad too. I've been shopping for one all week, and one dealer yesterday had a mystery $1800 charge added to the price. When I asked what that was he explained, "our inventory is currently very low so we're adding this charge to make up for lost inventory". That's right - there was an $1800 "there aren't a lot of cars right now so you'll pay whatever we charge you" charge on the quote.