so M.I.A.T.A is not the answer?

If you can get zero % finance, great. I’m referencing people that get extremely high interest car loans for more car than they need. 

or just pay cash #livewithinyourmeans

Canyonero!!!

Just go to the beach naked, cut out the middleman (or er, upper middle man as it were)

May even get a Mazda 6 at a good price (turbo too) as they are being discontinued, although may be too big for her liking.

meh

Different movie but this line from the master kills me

Mazda 6 is a good choice, you won’t get a v6 M6 unless you buy a 10+ year old one, the 2.5 litre is peppy and Skyactive is great on gas, the interior on the higher trims is really nice almost luxury level and the exterior is one of the best best looking mid sized sedans.

the only way I’m putting a deposit on a car is if I can get it in weeks vs months. and not some nebulous “you’ll get it when we get around to it”, I can wait another 8-10 years to buy another car, advantage slapadabass.

The real canary in the coal mine will be home repos

This is what the next two years will reveal, as the economy softens and interest rates go up, we will see which emperor has no clothes (I think that is the correct analogy?)

We have two cars one is completely paid off but is 12 years old, but it is a 2nd car and a Mazda cx7, some surface rust is the only issue and I plan to rustcheck it to slow down the rust at least, but I expect at least another 100K km out if it. We bought our newer car just before the pricing madness and have no…

Who is this car for? It is not the classic car crowd that is buying this and it is too far out of reach for a poor to use it as a daily driver especially at today’s gass prices.

for 9500-10k you can get the newer 7-8 year old ford taurus, although will have over a 100k KM, or go for the less expensive ford fusion which “seems” roomier inside.

I have a 2010 cx7 fwd, so no turbo to deal with. The only issue is rust on the back driver side door, but the rust is only visible from the inside, may get the door replaced if I can find one off a junked car. Was interested in the Ford Maverick Hybrid but with deliver times and the fact that the cx7 is our 2nd car it…

a bonus if they can modify cars with Russian tank parts.

I look at these numbers and I’m a high earner and I’m nowhere near these figures except for the fill up of gas (esp in Canada), we bought our car in 2020 and a demo and could still negotiate at that time, our car payments are 1/4 of $1000. No kids so no child care. The only thing close is the $1800 mortgage per month,…

Times are tough when Dolly has to airbnb.

The luxury of being a little older and no kids. We go to Spain in September after all the Europeans have gone back to work/school after their Summer break. Much cheaper and no crowds