JulesMaximus
No Lifer
- Jul 3, 2003
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Wow. I'll have to dig a bit deeper.
Btw Jules, nice running into you during my (probably brief) return to AT posting.
Welcome back my friend. :thumbsup:
Wow. I'll have to dig a bit deeper.
Btw Jules, nice running into you during my (probably brief) return to AT posting.
OP, a big-ticket expenditure like a car that will depreciate like a rock thrown through whipped cream on on HOT Texas afternoon ... and did I say in this HORRIBLE economy is the best thing you could possibly do in this economy!
NOT!
I could realistically afford any of the cars noted within this thread ... but it would be better for my bottom line to start a home for wayward 18 year-old girls before I dropped even half of the money on ANY car listed within this thread.
I am not a Lifer here on AT but I call shens ... whatever that means.
OP, a big-ticket expenditure like a car that will depreciate like a rock thrown through whipped cream on on HOT Texas afternoon ... and did I say in this HORRIBLE economy is the best thing you could possibly do in this economy!
NOT!
I could realistically afford any of the cars noted within this thread ... but it would be better for my bottom line to start a home for wayward 18 year-old girls before I dropped even half of the money on ANY car listed within this thread.
I am not a Lifer here on AT but I call shens ... whatever that means.
Cars cannot and should not be viewed through the lens of "investment", nor should their value be considered for its "depreciation", though while none are a good investment, some are better than others.
There's also something to be said for getting what you want instead of what's most practical and of the lowest cost. Any functional car will get you from point A to point B, C, etc. but the one(s) you want end up being a better use of the money because of the satisfaction you get out of them. If you're going to spend thousands of dollars on something that you won't and can't get all your money back out of it damn well better be what you want, not what you choose to settle for.
Some people view cars only as transportation and don't care what they drive as long as they meet basic cost, mileage, reliability, etc. requirements.
I'm of the school that if you don't enjoy what you are driving then you shouldn't buy that car.
Um, no it doesn't.
It turns off because you can then notice the turn signal lights.
I find this to be one of the 5's more cool features.
As an attorney I guess you don't want to be too ostentatious but I've had clients ask me what kind of car I drive.![]()
When did lawyers tell the truth anyways![]()
my advice is dont spend that much on a car. buy real estate now.
Cars cannot and should not be viewed through the lens of "investment", nor should their value be considered for its "depreciation", though while none are a good investment, some are better than others.
There's also something to be said for getting what you want instead of what's most practical and of the lowest cost. Any functional car will get you from point A to point B, C, etc. but the one(s) you want end up being a better use of the money because of the satisfaction you get out of them. If you're going to spend thousands of dollars on something that you won't and can't get all your money back out of it damn well better be what you want, not what you choose to settle for.
