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in the past decade, i have driven 1000 - 2000 dollar cars. I like it because i dont have a payment, i dont care if someone hits my car, and i can fix cars so if something fails all i pay for is the cost of the part, and sometimes i go to the junkyard to get it if the part is a non moving part.
I'm in my late 20's now and everyone around me drives a car thats at least 8k or more, and for me to drive like this for a long time, and sometimes the public sees how i drive people just have a bad impression on me. all of the cars i have owned have damage on the outside and its a beater, and sometimes people look at that and just talk behind my back. I have not cared about what people think for a while and now i'm seeing where my life shaping up.
I sold my car 2 months ago and within the next few months i will shop for a car. my gut instint is to buy a car for 1000, fix it up, and drive it for a few years, and in the end i loose nothing in terms of loosing value on the car. If i buy a car that doesnt have damage, low miles, within 10 years old, I would be looking at least 8000 and i know for a fact within 6 years i can sell it for 1500, and for me, to save 6500 takes a while. I would much rather take the 6500 and spend it on a vacation or just bank it and be safe if i need it for something.
Its hard for me to change because ive been used to this way of living for a while, I never owed money, had a car loan, and im not scared if a boss is about to fire me because i have savings for at least 2 years. in my past job where there were layoffs, I was the only person there that didnt even sweat while other folks were keeping quiet and kissing behinds to hope that they dont get axed.
in the past decade, i have driven 1000 - 2000 dollar cars. I like it because i dont have a payment, i dont care if someone hits my car, and i can fix cars so if something fails all i pay for is the cost of the part, and sometimes i go to the junkyard to get it if the part is a non moving part.
I'm in my late 20's now and everyone around me drives a car thats at least 8k or more, and for me to drive like this for a long time, and sometimes the public sees how i drive people just have a bad impression on me. all of the cars i have owned have damage on the outside and its a beater, and sometimes people look at that and just talk behind my back. I have not cared about what people think for a while and now i'm seeing where my life shaping up.
I sold my car 2 months ago and within the next few months i will shop for a car. my gut instint is to buy a car for 1000, fix it up, and drive it for a few years, and in the end i loose nothing in terms of loosing value on the car. If i buy a car that doesnt have damage, low miles, within 10 years old, I would be looking at least 8000 and i know for a fact within 6 years i can sell it for 1500, and for me, to save 6500 takes a while. I would much rather take the 6500 and spend it on a vacation or just bank it and be safe if i need it for something.
Its hard for me to change because ive been used to this way of living for a while, I never owed money, had a car loan, and im not scared if a boss is about to fire me because i have savings for at least 2 years. in my past job where there were layoffs, I was the only person there that didnt even sweat while other folks were keeping quiet and kissing behinds to hope that they dont get axed.
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I'd say just keep driving cheap cars if that's what you're into. I'd rather "buy" a lifestyle of no debt and not worrying about job loss using ample savings than use that money to buy a shiner car.
in the past decade, i have driven 1000 - 2000 dollar cars. I like it because i dont have a payment, i dont care if someone hits my car, and i can fix cars so if something fails all i pay for is the cost of the part, and sometimes i go to the junkyard to get it if the part is a non moving part.
I'm in my late 20's now and everyone around me drives a car thats at least 8k or more, and for me to drive like this for a long time, and sometimes the public sees how i drive people just have a bad impression on me. all of the cars i have owned have damage on the outside and its a beater, and sometimes people look at that and just talk behind my back. I have not cared about what people think for a while and now i'm seeing where my life shaping up.
I sold my car 2 months ago and within the next few months i will shop for a car. my gut instint is to buy a car for 1000, fix it up, and drive it for a few years, and in the end i loose nothing in terms of loosing value on the car. If i buy a car that doesnt have damage, low miles, within 10 years old, I would be looking at least 8000 and i know for a fact within 6 years i can sell it for 1500, and for me, to save 6500 takes a while. I would much rather take the 6500 and spend it on a vacation or just bank it and be safe if i need it for something.
Its hard for me to change because ive been used to this way of living for a while, I never owed money, had a car loan, and im not scared if a boss is about to fire me because i have savings for at least 2 years. in my past job where there were layoffs, I was the only person there that didnt even sweat while other folks were keeping quiet and kissing behinds to hope that they dont get axed.
You are doing it exactly right. If you need more factual validation, google up the average annual cost of owning a car.
I once bought a car from a used car lot. I had never done this before, but I was looking for a specific make and model, and it wasn't showing up in private ads. So I armed myself by reading a book called 'Don't Get Taken Every Time' by Remar Sutton, who had worked as a used car salesman. The sales tactics he described were so off-the-wall, I was sure he had cherry-picked bad examples. Nope, the salesman I encountered seemed like he had read the book too, as a sales manual, because he tried *every single* tactic in the book. I couldn't believe it. I tried to derail him to get him to deal straight with me, but it was no use, he was a robot.
The first thing he tried was "what would you say if I could put you in your dream car today?" To which I replied, "I don't dream about cars, I just drive them." He looked a bit startled, then tried a different tactic from the book...
The car selling industry in the US is one huge scam, which many, maybe most, Americans buy into. Let them knock themselves out by chasing the latest, that just results in a larger selection of used cars for you.
What you describe is just playing on people's emotions/passions which the media and advertisers have been doing since the advent of television. It's why everyone feels the peer pressure to buy the expensive toys.
What you are doing is smart, OP. Don't give into peer pressure.
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