bigpoppachump2
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Just curious to see if anyone out there is a odd bird like me in this way. I make plenty of money my career is set and I'm at the upper end of my field as far as money and skill lwver are concerned but I hate making high payments on anything period. I can afford a new car and my wife drives a newer CRV cause she absolutely loves tha damned things but I put enough cash down to keep our payments below $180 month.
I myself have 3 different cars I alternate between and their combined age is 77 years old lol. One is a 1984 ramcharger that I dont consider to be a shitbox and more of a toy and my favorite car I've owned aside from the 1986 ramcharger I had in my teens and 20s.
But I own a old ass saturn sl2 that I love and it's my third that I've owned in the exact same color, package and condition. I treat it like gold and bought it from an estate sale from a daughter of an old lady that passed away with 78k on it for $1200 and it's now over 113k and I've done nothing but put a tire on it and change the oil, I call that winning lol
And then I got a old tahoe that is my 4x4 tow vehicle that has well over 300k on it and I use it extensively and even towed that heavy ass ramcharger )4500lbs + 2000lb double axle trailer) with it across 3 states for 6 hours during severe thunderstorms across the south and it didnt have the slightest issue a d I was not worried about the tahoe one bit. I bought it for $2800 and have done nothing but changed the oil and a power steering hose since I bought it a couple years ago.
Guys at work always bust my balls about my rides and my wife refuses to ride in any of them lol. But I look at some guys I work with making a $1000 a month payment for a dodge Cummins or $700 for a new Silverado and I think for what? Too look cool and pay a mortgage payment to get back and forth to work? I can think of a thousand other things I'd rather spend that money on and do.
Is anyone else like me rolling around with a smile on their faces with a fat wallet not giving a shit about what people think of them when they step out of a $1000 car at the gym or gas station?
I myself have 3 different cars I alternate between and their combined age is 77 years old lol. One is a 1984 ramcharger that I dont consider to be a shitbox and more of a toy and my favorite car I've owned aside from the 1986 ramcharger I had in my teens and 20s.
But I own a old ass saturn sl2 that I love and it's my third that I've owned in the exact same color, package and condition. I treat it like gold and bought it from an estate sale from a daughter of an old lady that passed away with 78k on it for $1200 and it's now over 113k and I've done nothing but put a tire on it and change the oil, I call that winning lol
And then I got a old tahoe that is my 4x4 tow vehicle that has well over 300k on it and I use it extensively and even towed that heavy ass ramcharger )4500lbs + 2000lb double axle trailer) with it across 3 states for 6 hours during severe thunderstorms across the south and it didnt have the slightest issue a d I was not worried about the tahoe one bit. I bought it for $2800 and have done nothing but changed the oil and a power steering hose since I bought it a couple years ago.
Guys at work always bust my balls about my rides and my wife refuses to ride in any of them lol. But I look at some guys I work with making a $1000 a month payment for a dodge Cummins or $700 for a new Silverado and I think for what? Too look cool and pay a mortgage payment to get back and forth to work? I can think of a thousand other things I'd rather spend that money on and do.
Is anyone else like me rolling around with a smile on their faces with a fat wallet not giving a shit about what people think of them when they step out of a $1000 car at the gym or gas station?
