What super spiffy thing should I ride for $30-$50K???
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Last year I spent well over $40,000 on food and drink. I did my accounting and was absolutely staggered.
After that I decided to cut back quite a bit on dat shtuff.
The Texas c6z is MUY SEXY
c6 reallllly looks like a lotus elise.
i saw one with a badass diffuser and it was so moisty
elise is +++++compliment
After that I decided to cut back quite a bit on dat shtuff.
The Texas c6z is MUY SEXY
c6 reallllly looks like a lotus elise.
i saw one with a badass diffuser and it was so moisty
elise is +++++compliment
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True, and you can be happy / satisfied this way as well. Spend within your means. Just being a smart shopper can get you goods beyond what your income might actually be. When my miata is done I'll have a seriously fast car for the price of a new bottom rung econo car.
I also just picked up a beat on newer Honda TRX90 and CRF70. A few hours of labour per machine and about $250 in parts split between them and my kids will be in heaven. It looks like I spent $2500 when I only put out $800. Sometimes you gotta by what you can and make it work.
I also just picked up a beat on newer Honda TRX90 and CRF70. A few hours of labour per machine and about $250 in parts split between them and my kids will be in heaven. It looks like I spent $2500 when I only put out $800. Sometimes you gotta by what you can and make it work.
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Long before I became a boss, before my internship with an urban planning firm, before my job at that sorority house, before transforming into a bro, before college even, before I knew you could get condoms for free, I worked at a grocery store and it sucked. It really sucked. It sucked every goddamn second I was there. I hated my job, but no matter how pissed I was with my shitass fing job ringing up bread and weighing fruit, i was always more pissed off at the people who'd walk in with more coupons than bill in their respective wallets. Asians were always the worst and they would always have exact chance, too.
I couldn't understandd it then and i still can't understand how tight money is when you flat out argue with the cashier over your coupon's expiration dates. Sometimes I wanted to just give people their 35 cents to stfu and go away.
I couldn't understandd it then and i still can't understand how tight money is when you flat out argue with the cashier over your coupon's expiration dates. Sometimes I wanted to just give people their 35 cents to stfu and go away.
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If, after every bill you have, plus your monthly splurge budget,
and having a reserve for an emergency you have 1500 dollars a month to spend on a car and you go buy a 50k car that costs you 800-900 month, I would consider you to be able to "afford" it. But, if you buy a 100k car that costs you $1600/month so you have to take from your monthly splurge allowance, you can't "afford" it.
Paying cash for a 50k car is the worst investment you can make.
and having a reserve for an emergency you have 1500 dollars a month to spend on a car and you go buy a 50k car that costs you 800-900 month, I would consider you to be able to "afford" it. But, if you buy a 100k car that costs you $1600/month so you have to take from your monthly splurge allowance, you can't "afford" it.
Paying cash for a 50k car is the worst investment you can make.
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So in short when you live in a country like the US and you are privileged enough to get credit, take it. Thats not saying everyone should though, cause we know where that goes.
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Most of the ballers that are smart with money dont pay cash for exotics either. Had a guy tell me he wanted a 599 so he went down to a credit union, opened a 50 dollar checking account and then applied for a car loan for a 599, they gave him like 2.5%, so he financed it and took all the money and put it on the market.
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I understand all that. Hence my 2nd part of the post where I specifically mentioned "assuming we're not talking about.....etc".
I'm just saying that buying outright you end up SPENDING LESS on the car overall. What you do with the money if financing/etc is a completely different topic altogether.
Anyways, I'll rephrase it so this already off topic thread doesn't drift more off topic:
To "afford" something, to me, means you CAN buy it outright if you wanted to.
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I'm always wondering what other miata gays do for a living.
Theres lots of people on here that make serious bank, and lots that are broked!ck trash.
When someone starts bringing up 50k cars like it aint no thang, I want to know what they're doing and if they can really afford it or are dumba$$es who just can't have money without spending it.
Theres lots of people on here that make serious bank, and lots that are broked!ck trash.
When someone starts bringing up 50k cars like it aint no thang, I want to know what they're doing and if they can really afford it or are dumba$$es who just can't have money without spending it.
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A car loan can only make financial sense if you can reinvest your cash at a higher rate of return. If you can get a car loan at 3% but can invest your money somewhere and get a > 3% return, then it makes sense. You also need to factor in risk obviously - stock market may average better than x%, but there are no guarantees.
Still, there is no part of me that can imagine paying a monthly car payment. I took a very short term loan from my dad in 2003 to buy an E36 M3, but that was because I was just coming out of school and had nothing.
Still, there is no part of me that can imagine paying a monthly car payment. I took a very short term loan from my dad in 2003 to buy an E36 M3, but that was because I was just coming out of school and had nothing.
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A car loan can only make financial sense if you can reinvest your cash at a higher rate of return. If you can get a car loan at 3% but can invest your money somewhere and get a > 3% return, then it makes sense. You also need to factor in risk obviously - stock market may average better than x%, but there are no guarantees.
Still, there is no part of me that can imagine paying a monthly car payment. I took a very short term loan from my dad in 2003 to buy an E36 M3, but that was because I was just coming out of school and had nothing.
Still, there is no part of me that can imagine paying a monthly car payment. I took a very short term loan from my dad in 2003 to buy an E36 M3, but that was because I was just coming out of school and had nothing.
and if we're going to go down "that" path, how many people ACTUALLY do something like that? like 10-20% if that.
Most buy the car and just make payments, giving up a ton of money in interest (and I'm not talking about those special uber low rates or 0%).
Too many people read "rich dad poor dad" and talk like they live by it lol
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I understand all that. Hence my 2nd part of the post where I specifically mentioned "assuming we're not talking about.....etc".
I'm just saying that buying outright you end up SPENDING LESS on the car overall. What you do with the money if financing/etc is a completely different topic altogether.
Anyways, I'll rephrase it so this already off topic thread doesn't drift more off topic:
To "afford" something, to me, means you CAN buy it outright if you wanted to.
Btw. I agree with you. Its the Russian mentality thanks to the fact that credit never existed in the soviet union and our parents bought everything in cash. They came here and continued the practice. ....majority of them did. Some went ape ---- and put themselves in a hole as a result.
But... without credit, I doubt you'll be able to "afford" a house. Unless you live in like Texas where a house is like 60k.