You know, you've got a car that's been on the road, AT MOST, 2 years. As sweet as it would be to have that car, I don't really see the point in putting out another monthly payment when you could be saving that money for a house. If you've got your heart set on getting a new car, more power to you, but do yourself a favour and build up a safety net-type savings. Run the Focus into the ground and then get the sweet, lady-attracting ride.

he's not spending money he already has he's going to borrow money to spend

he's borrowing a lot of money to get something now that he doesn't need at all, it's a bad idea

i like they rx8 but it's a rotary so it will empty your pocket

But that doesn't mean he has no money saved at all, maybe he just doesn't want to use it on that or maybe he just doesn't have enough?

If he can definitely make the payments and keep his money in order what is the problem.

He specifically outlined his reasons for considering this sort of purchase and nothing makes sense.  It's completely superfluous and it's more than likely going to sit around on shore for indefinite periods of time while he's out RIGGIN' or whatever it is he does, which also is not very good for the vehicle depending on how long he's out and how much he drives it when he's in.  Even with the BEST CASE SCENARIO he's going to lose around half of the vehicle's market value in five years, with more than FIVE GRAND of that disappearing before he can even get it completely paid off.

Which part of this decision comes off as intelligent to you, exactly?

Also I would have thought there would be more of a response from the voracious liberal sect here, as this thing only gets about 24mpg highway and everything about his decision to buy it seems less like a responsible, informed choice and more like HEY I MAKE MAGA$$$ TO BY SHIT I DONT NEED

think of the childrens

this is my car


2007 Jeep Commander
v6
2 wheel drive
25 mpg
leather interior
heated seats
3 moon roofs

p nice

this is my car jeep

ofcourse ofcourse. Still though it gets 25 mpg.

btw the challenger rt gets 15 MPG city/23 MPG highway (manual), 16/23 (automatic). So if you want to save on gas the challenger would not be a wise choice.

You guys are fuckin boring

i honestly think that buying a fucking car is one of the most boring things anyone could do with their money, especially considering the fact that he's already got one and won't even drive it that much.

its just $$$$$$

as long as you have some saved for a rainy day then just do whatever the fuck

oh shit i cant buy anything that makes me happy cause ive gotta save save save all my pennies!

  SPENDING MONEY FOR THE SAKE OF SPENDING MONEY, TALK ABOUT EXCITING! FLIPPANT CONSUMERISM ROCKS! HEY, WHAT'S THAT BY THE REGISTER? TIME TO MAKE AN IMPULSE-BUY!


HOT TIP: Buying shit will not make you happy in the long run.

ok heres my situation if I missed anything out or someone didn't get what I was saying.

I owe 900$ on my focus. I have more than enough to pay it off right now, I just don't want to yet because I could use the money/am considering getting the challenger. I'm going to trade my focus in for the challenger, which should make it much cheaper. I'm hoping to get atleast 8-10k for my focus and if I don't I prolly won't go through with it (dunno yet). I'm going to pay for the car in payments but I'll probably keep the payments as small as possible and just drop larger sums of money each month for the car so I can pay it off faster.

I honestly have no legitimate reason for wanting to get this car other than I want a new car and this one is really cool + credits and I've never owned something really nice like that. A car is the most thing I use when I'm home though. I drive it to and from work cross state and everywhere else when I'm at home.

Neither will saving every penny just for the sake of saving! Which is the idea alot of people seem to have around here.

Frugality is responsible, and responsibility generally ensures security.  Security, be it personal or financial, tends to make people happy.  See how logical and liberal I am?

Neither will saving every penny just for the sake of saving! Which is the idea alot of people seem to have around here.

saving and investing is a very wise thing to do and can have a pretty big impact on your quality of life whereas a sportscar like that is something you usually get if you already have an abundance of money and a large disposable income. It's not really something to go into tens of thousands of dollars of debt over.

saving for the sake of saving is actually pretty fun too. view your bank account as a highscore table, then you have immediate joy and also joy later. i've done some math and saving works out to be best (using disneylands as a reference for units of happiness)

You guys are fuckin boring

man if i wanted to live the WILD LIFE car is the least i would think about. you are boring for caring that much for a dumb machine