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I decided to keep what I have and pay it off. The $350/month I pay isn't hurting me anyways. I'd prefer not to have a ding on both our credit scores when we go to buy her a better vehicle next year.
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Never understood the love so many people have for buying expensive vehicles. Buy a ten year old used vehicle, no car payment, no collision coverage likely needed due to the cars value and you will be much better off. The cost of any maintenance on an older used car is NO WHERE near the price tag that a newer car comes and the insurance premiums that go with it.
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I just like the fact that I never have to **** with maintaining a vehicle. |
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Since my pattern falls into the latter category, it's difficult to justify making payments in perpetuity on a continuous string of vehicles that I don't own. |
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Most I've heard about are 15,000 per year. How much do you guys drive?
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Always pay cash for a car. If you got $350/month to make a car payment, you got $350/month to put into savings to pay for your next car and/or a big repair on your current car. The first big loan I took out as a young guy was for a car and I bought the car with zero down (good credit and a good credit union) and it was a five year loan (loan was for $11,000). It wasn't a bad deal and it was a great little jeep. That being said, I've never again financed a vehicle. I have paid cash ever since.
Now, granted, I don't drive a big fancy vehicle. But I got a nice car, and I take good care of it. And it works great for me. I also have a savings account that I can go out and buy another car if I want (or, fix this one should it need a big repair). If and when I want another vehicle, I buy it, then I sell the car I currently have, and that gives me a chunk of change to start all over again with saving for another car. Anyhow, I don't sweat my car. It is what it is. If it gets wrecked, I have insurance. If it gets dinged up, meh, I don't care. I park where I want to park, go where I want to go, and no one takes a second look at me or my car. That's the way I like it. |
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