There are cycles to the market, but the factors influencing those cycles are myriad, and not nearly so regular as the image suggests. Just assuming periodicity also explains nothing about the underlying fundamentals.

The Subaru issue sounds bad. I've never bought a new car in the first place, so the Friend-Shaped Car already had two decades of shakedown cruising. Now I just have the aging car issues where stuff is plain worn out after 140k miles.

I don't miss the Minnesota winters. Here in the PNW, there is also an autumn chill in the air, but we rarely drop below 0°F, and there is little concern about windchill factors.