I have an ‘84 bronco that needs to pass emissions in Colorado (anything newer than 1977 is required). After weeks of working on it myself it’s now with one of the few mechanics in the area that work on carbureted engines... He only looks at stuff like this on Saturdays so it may still take a few weeks (good mechanics…

If I had plans to make a camper van then maybe... But just to have a minivan for traditional minivan stuff? Nah. 

It doesn’t appear that these responses are from the Midwest, especially Michigan. You can still find many many people there who will be offended by non-American cars.

I’m the exact same way. But after 2 years at home I see the benefits of both.

You only need to tap, tap again, tap scroll, tap tap, and whamo! Regular internet just like the browser you have set as default intended.

I’ve been ignoring them too. For like 12 years.

As I sit here reading articles on the internet instead of working...

This is exactly how reality works people! Wake up!

If you want the TV there, fine. Just make it USEFUL. Let me swipe my card BEFORE the ride is done so we aren’t sitting there at the end while all this crap is taking place so I can just walk out like an Uber.

Isn’t Macklemore famously sober at that?

My friend in high school had one (he was the older kid and the first with a car) and we loved it! But for probably all the wrong (VERY RIGHT!) reasons.

I’m still trying to understand the idea of cops just showing up at their house for... tea I guess... And oh, hey can my dog sniff around for a second?

I’m sure it’s not (hope it isn’t?) the norm. But I guess my perspective is skewed and then I see headlines like “be a millionaire before...” and it just fuels my bias. I know it’s a bias at least...

I know I am a little late... I am not advocating no retirement or some laissez–faire attitude where there is nothing at the end of the day. When I say “weird importance” I’m talking about people like my grandfather-in-law who has a couple million in the bank but lives in near poverty AT 96 YEARS OLD. Are you really…

I think what gets me is why would I want to be broke twice a year like the guy in the article... But in general and especially in generations past there is this weird importance on retirement and nothing else. I guess I’m trying to find that balance without being a miser.

I understand. Yes I do. But at what point do we stop saving and investing and planning and start living? Why should I live as a pauper for the entirety of my youth only to use my wealth once I “retire” and am too old to care? 60 isn’t old but people rarely retire at 60 anymore. Sometimes it’s not all about “Being a…

Or perhaps it’s all the old people driving overcrowded, poorly maintained, roads that are rained on every afternoon... 😉

All of Florida would be in trouble...

Let me step in here. I’ve been a mortgage underwriter 12 years. The absolute max dti (debt to income ratio - which is that affordability percentage) is 43%. And that is in the very best scenario. Including a significant down payment. You will take your total income divided by your total debt. Think of debt as payments…

Funny how a little thing like evidence and statistics can mess with your opinions...