This is true, and if it bites you, it bites hard. But then again, my wife's gmc Acadia just blew it's motor. 11000$ so much for buying a cheap reliable car.
Nothing is certain other than life is short. Buy it :-)

 

11K! Hope you did an LS swap! Sorry to hear, man.

 

Dave Ramsey says so

 

Was under warranty by 1900 miles. Lol. Otherwise I would have just burned it to the ground

 

agree! I don't think you have, or ever will, read me suggesting they not BUY a 996 turbo. just that they not,... FINANCE! one LOL

 

Cars are hands down next to drugs and booze the biggest waste of money known to man. I have done well but can say I would be better off if I wasn't inflicted with the car bug. Most younger people would be well advised to buy what you can pay for upfront and put excess money elsewhere. A little garbled but the short meaning is look down the road and think about the future.

 

au contraire, old chap. I have spent everything I have ever had on booze, women, drugs and cars..


and I wasted the rest

 

If you are ex military or family of military you can also try USAA.
Regarding financing, everyone's situation is different its your money do what is in your means.
I would just look for a low mileage well maintained car if you decide to finance.
Someone mentioned "what if" the engine blows up... If you live by "what if" you'll never get anything done.

In the two years I've owned mine, I don't think I've spent more than 2k in Maintenance only items.
Most of the money I've spent on the car have been in mods and upgrades (exhaust, wheels, tune, etc.,)

 

in the end, we only regret the chances we didn't take.

 

Mark all ways the comedian and yes I know you will be there all week lol. The right woman can be an asset and ally but I have had a few put me thru the wringer..

 

Completely disagree with that comment Whip as there are many chances I took that I would have avoided with some of the maturity and common sense I have now. Oh well no sense of arguing this point we all have a way of justification but there is a learning curve that if not minded will make you sad and broke.

 

I think everyone is arguing about the wrong thing. Whether you take out a loan or not is just how you deal with your personal finances. I PERSONALLY believe that I would rather have the cash in hand and am willing to sacrifice the 2.XX% on the loan.

That, however, does not mean that I dont have the money to pay for repairs/maintenance if it comes up.

I think the better suggestion is that, this is not the car to buy if you are going to be living paycheck to paycheck and are just budgeting in simple things like oil changes etc. If you can afford the car payment and still have enough disposable cash for the occasional repair that could be in the thousands then go for it.

 

ha. hopefully that means i'll be gone the week after


hey OP! sorry about the contrarian posts and advice. just buy the car, don't listen to me! it makes all the sense in the world to financé a 10/15 year old car. I was just kidding all along!


good luck and enjoy it! they are a lot of relatively expensive fun

 

Now you are just being a grumpy old coot

 

12 year old car as a hobby and a 20 year old girlfriend as a "project" I'm happy as a ( dare I say it ) cleanly shaven clam