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RC and Moon Pie posted:If the husband is referring to assisted living, $6-8K per month sounds about right. Old folks homes are crazy expensive. This is definitely right.
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BEHOLD: MY CAPE posted:Very bad with security clearance but probably ultimately good with money since they seem to have stumbled upon the truth that most mortgage lenders were completely unable to deal with foreclosures after the financial crisis, particularly junior lienors that quickly determined they had almost no chance of ever recovering equity in a foreclosure after staggering through the morass of foreclosure. The guy who basically got a free $100k downpayment on his million-dollar house in particular did pretty well and will probably never face any real consequences for deciding not to pay. Man, and it sounds like he was able to take the payments and save 400k. Pretty gwm all around.
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Jan 4, 2019 19:26
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Haha, jesus, for a second there I thought that the guy somehow financed a Camry for $1700/month for 72 months.
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Jan 8, 2019 16:36
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H110Hawk posted:Did you buy that house or not? I need to know which direction to post about it in here. House bought. 
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Jan 14, 2019 15:37
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Some 20 year old army guy buying a 2005 Maserati with 125k miles on it? Stop I can only get so erect. I wonder if any bank would finance that.
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Lockback posted:This may be the saving grace, he might have only spent a couple grand on a poo poo care rather than 40 grand on a Truck. On the scales of PFC-spending-habits this might actually be above median. I just took a look out of grim curiosity and it looks like they run in the mid-teens used. Anyone like gambling?
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uvar posted:640 sq ft ought to be enough for anybody. Anything above 700 sqft qualifies as a mansion.
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Since we're in AI right now can we just post automotive questions? I commute on the train and need a car for going to the grocery store every now and then. My wife has a "nice" car for her commute and our travel needs. I'll probably need a nicer car in the next year or two when we have kids. Should I: 1) Buy a used Golf R for 34k for now/later 2) Buy a beater for 5-10k for now. If so, what beater?
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Liquid Communism posted:Buy a reliable econobox with about 100k on the odo for sub $3k. You can pick up 10 year old Civics or Focuses with about that for sub-$2k all over autotrader, and while boring, they'll be perfectly fine transportation for the 8 days a month you'll be using them, and cheap to insure. Fermented Tinal posted:Buy my 2007 Nissan Versa. Sorry guys, I couldn't hear you. This is AI and I'm looking at beater Mercedes wagons.
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Jan 22, 2019 14:38
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spwrozek posted:Buy a bike for a few hundred and a bike trailer for another hundred. Perfect now and then grocery getter. Hah, I'll keep this as a plan D.
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OctaviusBeaver posted:Buy the Golf now, then sell it in a few years for a massive loss and buy the most expensive SUV they will let you finance. It's the American way. Payin' cash homie.  Switchback posted:Grocery delivery is GWM because you only buy what is on the list and never get suckered into impulse buys. Where I live it’s like $3 delivery charge but even if it were an order of magnitude higher, it would still be more economical than buying an entire car just to go grocery shopping god drat. Or you know, taking the dog to the vet when my wife's not home, or driving to Home Depot, or driving to work when I have to be in at 6am. It's been a tough road, but my wife and I have made it to the point where we can afford to spend the princely sum of $5k on a spare winter beater instead of forcing me to bring mulch from home depot home on a bike trailer. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 15:21 on Jan 22, 2019 |
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slidebite posted:Your wife has a car right now and you commute by train, why can't you use hers for grocery/running around and for family duty later? Because when she's on call, she may have to be at work on very short notice.
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Easychair Bootson posted:You're asking this question of a dude who buys loving mechanical wristwatches that cost more than a good beater car. You know, things that tell you what time it is, albeit with less accuracy and more maintenance than any number of devices that he already owns or could buy cheaply that also tell the time. Woah woah, I thought there was an unspoken agreement that the Watch Thread (and numerous AI thread) posters would not call each other out in the BWM thread. sup
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Thanatosian posted:It's regional. In Utah, it's fantastically common. I'm in Seattle; seeing anyone with kids at all is uncommon, and more than a couple definitely stands out. I mean, seeing toddlers in the college dorms was also pretty uncommon...
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Devian666 posted:How does this thread feel about the fact that I've never owned a car and don't intend to buy any type of vehicle until I retire? Not possible to be BWM about cars when you don't have one. As long as you're not "saving money" by living in downtown NYC/SF/Boston that sounds fine.
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Jan 22, 2019 19:53
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Everyone should buy a 2019 BMW, yes. Hoodwinker posted:If you live in a metropolitan area with good public transit, you can live reasonably affordably while still living well within city limits. I'd hazard it's probably cost saving as long as you also work in the city. I'm sorry guys, I don't think you're familiar with the BWM thread. The only GWM thing to do is to telecommute to your job in NYC from a trailer park in Idaho.
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UCS Hellmaker posted:Say what you will but dodges keep loving going. Only reason I got rid of the piece of poo poo neon was because it kept eating brake cylinders and I didn't want to change the clutch. Style? Lol gently caress that. Rust? The whole frame was rust. Thing just kept ticking though. Co-worker has a 96 Plymouth neon that's still on the road. Dodge makes poo poo cars but they keep chugging out of spite. Till they catch on fire like the one my dad had. Hoodwinker posted:I can't say I consider this an endorsement. Well his dad lived so it's ok. I hope.
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:I spend every dollar my wife and daughter want, as I smile and shake my head. The time our 3 month old puppy got sick had me imagining explaining to my wife that a $4k stay in the Ivy league doggie ICU was not something we should be paying for. Thankfully he just needed some IVFs and antibiotics, which were cheaper if someone prescribed them for a human... Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 13:57 on Jan 24, 2019 |
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Jan 24, 2019 13:46
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I get a certain pleasure out of telling car salesman I'm not interested in talking about monthly payments. Maybe too much pleasure.
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Jan 24, 2019 22:48
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Ixian posted:That's the loving lede you go with for that post? That was the main thing that jumped out at me too. Just because your wife has been captured by a drug cartel is no reason to be BWM. Residency Evil fucked around with this message at 13:40 on Jan 26, 2019 |
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Jan 26, 2019 13:05
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Any of you dudes watch these two Fyre documentaries? Pump that poo poo in to my veins.
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Jan 27, 2019 16:57
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Moatman posted:I mean I’d say spending 3k-250k on a music festival ticket plus another 3k+ on spending money for said festival, plus transportation is pretty BWM (and there was that one guy who told an organizer he quit his job to go) I mean, if you can spend 250k on entertainment you're pretty gwm.
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Jan 27, 2019 19:52
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BonerGhost posted:Uh, parks and lakes are pretty? God I hope they're clearing more living in Iowa. being in medicine in the Midwest is very GWM.
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Haifisch posted:There's a middle ground in the big midwest cities, which are more expensive than Buttfuck Iowa but actually have poo poo to do and are less expensive than the coasts. No, it's not Manhattan-level nice, but most people can't afford Manhattan-level nice. Exactly, but there are a lot of people convinced cramming themselves in to $2000/per person shared apartments in the bay area is preferable.
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Nocheez posted:Is self-posting not frowned upon in the BWM thread anymore? No one cares about your car. I think we're taking a break while we're in frickin PI. Letting off some steam, ya know.
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Dogs: better than cats.
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Cacafuego posted:
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EAT FASTER!!!!!! posted:Please, God, let this thread go to TFR next.
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Miso Beno posted:Do you live in Washington State? Ugh if you only lived in the northeast. I need a beater.
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Since we're still not back in BFC, I just want to say that next weekend I am going to take a look at a 10 year old BMW with a V8 engine. 
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:If it's the only one worth getting then enjoy your rod bearing job. Already done.
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howdoesishotweb posted:Ahhhh tax season is beginning. Satisfying reading about dual high income couples having meltdowns because they owe a tax bill. You see, they increased their withholding so they didn’t give the government a loan. Those TCJA withholding tables should give us plenty of content this year. I think many dual high income couples will be pleasantly surprised by their tax bill this year, which I'm pretty sure was the whole point of the tax cuts.
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Doctor Grape Ape posted:BMW rod bearings or BE? The former, you'll be doing it again, the latter and you're good to go. Rod bearings. What's BE? I'm trying to convince myself that I can splurge on a 20k car and not get the 3k salvage title beater I was planning on. Buncha limousine liberals itt.
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Now that you mention it, there's a part of me that wants to see the Retirement Savings Thread or Financial Goals thread from BFC go to D&D.
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Motronic posted:There are a handful of cars that you can almost always make money on, but rely on getting an allocation. Which often involves being bad (or at least not great) with money. Porsche GT cars are on that list at the "low" end. P much any limited production Ferrari/Lamborghini/Konigsegg/etc works too. I get the impression that Porsche has caught on to this and it's becoming much harder. Browsing Rennlist is my guilty daily pleasure and it seems as if the window for making money on GT cars is closing very quickly, especially when you factor in registration, taxes, protective film, and the usual things people expect when buying a 200k car. There's a certain amount of schadenfreude when these people lose money.
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GoGoGadgetChris posted:Any time you can avoid buying new crap for a hobby, you should. *Nervously looks at cross country skis bought at a ski swap while living in the upper midwest.*
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canyoneer posted:The frozen yogurt chain Menchie's has the exact same Dole Pineapple soft serve for 39 cents per ounce. A full wedding for $3500 is extremely gwm. Edit: we haven't done this for a while. 
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Alan Smithee posted:gWm is constantly fleecing your friends with a new wedding every two years to get that grift gifts because their freeloaders are expecting a three course meal anyway None of my close friends have gotten divorced/remarried yet. I gotta feel like the expectations go down on wedding #2 right?
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