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dannyj611 OP t1_j25gvjq wrote

Reply to comment by alwayslookingout in Budget Struggles: Can't Afford my car, but can't live without one by dannyj611

Yeah my car payment is crazy. I got the car shortly after I started my first “adult” job after college as a present to myself. At the time I was living at home and could afford it. I had done some napkin math when I had to move out of my aunts house and I could still swing it then.

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samewinesko t1_j275dz3 wrote

Unfortunately this is super common. Buy that 2006 Honda, people!!

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No_Leader1154 t1_j27jl0h wrote

My first car: a beater I bought for $1500, sold for $1700. My second car: bought from an old man’s estate sale for $8500, sold after driving it to death for $9200. I now ride a brand new motorcycle I bought for $6500, fill up for $11 every two weeks, and we just bought my partner a newer SUV. I’ve been driving for 14 years. Point is, you gotta learn to crawl before you can walk.

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