Career, and other musings...

[Chicane]

I'm not saying I'll never own a house, or pay rent (I do pay rent), but what I'm getting at is that a LOT of people live beyond their means. The new car for example. You claimed to justify it by the fact that it doesn't need much maintence. OF COURSE NOT! ITS NEW! But that doesn't make it a deal.

Think of it this way:

1992 SVX LSL: Around 3-4 grand. Total. Sure, something might go wrong, in the worst case it'd be the tranny. Get a new one for 1900 from that link that someone posted. So you have 6 grand invested. Tires? Brakes? Fine. There's another grand. But its still nowhere NEAR the amount of most new cars.... if you WERE to buy a new(er) car, I suppose I'd consider a hyundai, since they're pretty reliable, and DIRT CHEAP even if they're only 1-3 years old. But a new legacy? TWENTY FIVE GRAND?! If you even cut that in HALF, $12,500 dollars, you could buy an SVX, put in a BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION, BRAND NEW WHEEL BEARINGS, BRAND NEW A/C, and still be under 12,500. New cars are not a 'deal'.

I for one, will never, ever in my life, purchase a brand new car. 3-9 years old seems to be the optimum range for me. But I'm only talking cars here.... so lets say you follow my advice, and drop 10Gs in a basically 'renewed' SVX.... you just saved yourself FIFTEEN GRAND. That fifteen grand can go towards rent, vacations, food, appliances, etc.

- Rob