I don't think you are going to find that many vehicles at 4,200 bucks that are going to be fairly reliable.

baggin groceries does not pay 45K plus a year.

I live in a fairly rural area where I am 20 minutes from anything. Sorry if that is an unimaginable idea for "city folk"

Cars don't even really have to be your hobby either. Depending on where you live and work you could easily end up spending 2-4 hours a day in your car. That's a lot of time to spend in a thing that just barely gets you from A to B. Investing in a nicer stereo or heated seats or some other sort of luxury isn't so…

I spent most of my life living with my mom, who was divorced. It was just us, and she was making under $40k/year. We had our own house and she would buy a new ~$22,000 car every 9 years. I never really felt like we were poor.

Pretty much this. Have any of you truly looked at buying used cars and looked at the mileage on them? The curve of the cost actually doesn't even care about brands much after a while. You want a $5k car? It's GOING to have 100k miles on it. IT can be a Civic, 100k. It can be an accord, 100k, It can be an acura,…

This is absolutely something I can get behind. While cars are certainly not my guilty pleasure, I am also on board with the "Spend your money on what makes you happy." As I mentioned in the third section of this article, money isn't just about buying stuff. It's about dignity. You have the right to spend your money on…

Generally speaking I'm a firm believer in never buying new. I'm a bit more flexible now. A year ago we were due for a new car (this was a need, not a want). I was 100% set on a fairly new used car until I started looking into the most recent model of the type of car we wanted. The price/payments were well within our…

This is one way to look at it, and it's clearly true that most people spend too much money on their cars.

Anyone buying a NEW car is financially absurd. Cars are ungodly overpriced and horrible liabilities (Cars are NEVER investments....)

I've had this argument before with people, but no you are not. "Budget" cars (basically anything under 20k dollars) don't depreciate nearly as quickly as people seem to think they do on the used market. To get an appreciable savings, you're going to have to get a car with a lot of miles on it, and every mile adds…

Jalopnik has seen this comment and disapproves.

So there are two options in this scenario (though if you have others, I'm all ears/eyes):

That seems like an absurd statement.

Don't let Jalopnik see this one..... lol.

This is a bit extreme. If I made $250k per year I could quite reasonably and responsibly afford to buy a car costing much more than $25k. A 1/4th rule would be more realistic.

Putting a remote starter in that car is going to end up causing a lada damage before it's all said and done.

For not pro and not thieves GIMP is a great FREE software

Calories are not the only factor that lead to gaining and losing weight.

I'm on Keto in less than ten weeks I have lost 50 pounds...