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Topic	Is buying a new car neccessary to a normal life?
dancer62 01/15/20 8:30:48 AM #16:	Why buy a car less than 20 years old? Pay cash for a $1500 car, spend another $1000 to catch up on maintenance and make it reliable, drive it for 10 years, scrap it when it's used up, buy another. Or spend 20-40k, make payments, have it lose 20% of its value as soon a you drive it from the dealer, half its value in the first 3 years. SpeedDemon20 posted... Anywho, I know how you feel, TC, my previous car was old enough to drink. The paint was fading really badly and it didn't have any of the fancy features new cars have, but it drove fine. Everyone at work would always ask if I planned on getting a new one as if it were an interesting talking point. It's super annoying. A couple of women I went out with hated it too. I don't even understand the fascination with cars. The most time I spend in it is during traffic, and that's miserable. A new car doesn't improve the situation in any way. Buy a classic sports car, a little more maintemance, but a 20-40 year old sports car outclasses a new car, for less than $5000. Add a cheap sedan or pickup as an everyday knockaround grocery-getter for bad weather and stuff that won't fit in the sports car. Advantage to gamers: you can drive a digital version of your classic car in Forza, Gran Turismo, etc. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less <cite>dancer62 posted [p:932958382] in Is buying ... [t:78331658]...</cite> <quote>Why buy a car less than 20 years old? Pay cash for a $1500 car, spend another $1000 to catch up on maintenance and make it reliable, drive it for 10 years, scrap it when it's used up, buy another. Or spend 20-40k, make payments, have it lose 20% of its value as soon a you drive it from the dealer, half its value in the first 3 years. SpeedDemon20 posted... </cite> <quote>Anywho, I know how you feel, TC, my previous car was old enough to drink. The paint was fading really badly and it didn't have any of the fancy features new cars have, but it drove fine. Everyone at work would always ask if I planned on getting a new one as if it were an interesting talking point. It's super annoying. A couple of women I went out with hated it too. I don't even understand the fascination with cars. The most time I spend in it is during traffic, and that's miserable. A new car doesn't improve the situation in any way.</quote>Buy a classic sports car, a little more maintemance, but a 20-40 year old sports car outclasses a new car, for less than $5000. Add a cheap sedan or pickup as an everyday knockaround grocery-getter for bad weather and stuff that won't fit in the sports car. Advantage to gamers: you can drive a digital version of your classic car in Forza, Gran Turismo, etc. --- If ballet was easy, it would be pointe-less</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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