Originally posted by cwa107
I'm sorry, anyone who pays that much for a car is nuts. Yeah, it's nice, but in 5 years, your money will be down the toilet.
You always take a loss when you buy a car. The trick is to minimize that loss and maximize what you get for the money. You'd be more productive giving that money away to a charity. Consider that the car will end up in a junkyard sitting next to a $9000 (when new) Kia in just a few years.
Honestly, I could afford a BMW. I'm driving an Accord because (for the money) it's the best combination of price, feature content and reliability.
Nice car, but there's better ways to piss away money!
Oh boy someone is green with envy.
That's the most ignorant thing I've ever heard. You have no idea how much or how little money Cyber Pete makes. You think I'm going to keep driving a Honda Accord when I finish dental school in 2 years? It's a great car, but come on. People move upwards and onwards.
Just because you don't make enough money to afford (and by afford I don't mean buy, but to reasonably afford to own the car while taking care of other expenses) a nicer car, doesn't mean you should get all jealous and say he's making a mistake.
You are either jealous or not into cars.