I need a fancy new car

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Rest assured people are laughing at your cheapness.

Not the Pp, but she’s right. The richest people I know drive paid-off cars. They’re not luxury brands.

If cars are important to you, then go for it. Some people know that sinking $100,000 into a depreciating asset is a terrible financial decision. With insurance and taxes on it, the cost will be much higher than the lease price. If that’s what you want to spend your money on, go wild. You shouldn’t “laugh at cheapness” when it’s you who’s making a bad investment. Also, your “investment” will be driven around, left in parking lots and always at risk of being totaled. As long as you’re ok with that trade, spend as much as you want.

Stop lying lol

I live in Long Island in a neighborhood where all the houses are above 2.5 million. The only old cars belong to the maids/gardeners...

Yes, LI is known for its understated elegance.

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Anonymous wrote:Tesla
Range Rover
Mercedes GLS
Volvo xc 90
Porsche

One of these is not like the other.

I assume you mean the XC90. Not PP but we bought the Cayenne because it was cheaper than the XC90.

The Cayenne is not cheaper than the XC 90. I had an XC 90 when it first came out. What a piece of crap! Went through a transmission before it was 4 years old (so did many others). I can't tell you how many major repairs we had on that car (one was so dangerous the dealer would not permit us to take it off the lot without a tow). We finally sold it after it stranded our au pair and kids (I think it was maybe 6 years old). I'd take a Cayenne any day over an XC 90, but the Cayenne is more money. I have a BMW X5 now.

In our case it was cheaper, or at least the same price. This was 6 years ago. We liked the xc90 (although we’d also had significant reliability issues with 2 previous Volvos) but liked the Cayenne better. Our Cayenne is the base model which makes a difference in price. Reliability has been great, although the regular service appts are very expensive. We will likely get another Porsche when we need to replace this one.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We earn over 1m per year too, OP, and drive a Honda and Toyota that are each over 10 years old that we paid for in cash. Rest assured that people are laughing at you for your self-proclaimed superiority (e.g. your obnoxious earlier post to a PP about relative percentages of income). Drive whatever the hell you want to drive, but maybe spend some of your money on therapy to get an understanding of why you feel so compelled to be an asshole. It will likely be money better spent.

I doubt you earn that much. The old cars are gone before HHI reaches 300k.

I'm not the PP, but to the prior poster with doubts, we're well above 3m on single income and we both drive really old cars. Our housekeeper and nannies drive newer cars. Not opposed to a new car but just comfortable in the old ones.

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I see a lot of Range Rovers in Prince George's County. Maybe not so special anymore.

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Screaming NEW MONEY

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Anonymous wrote:Our HHI is finally over 1 million dollars and we've finally paid off student loans and we've decided to start living well.

As part of our reward DH and I have decided to lease new luxury cars (no more buying for us HA)

We don't know anything about cars and live in Potomac so we will be spending 30-45 minutes in commute each day

TIA!

We have a winner for the Humble Brag of the DAY!!!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Rest assured people are laughing at your cheapness.

Not the Pp, but she’s right. The richest people I know drive paid-off cars. They’re not luxury brands.

If cars are important to you, then go for it. Some people know that sinking $100,000 into a depreciating asset is a terrible financial decision. With insurance and taxes on it, the cost will be much higher than the lease price. If that’s what you want to spend your money on, go wild. You shouldn’t “laugh at cheapness” when it’s you who’s making a bad investment. Also, your “investment” will be driven around, left in parking lots and always at risk of being totaled. As long as you’re ok with that trade, spend as much as you want.

Stop lying lol

I live in Long Island in a neighborhood where all the houses are above 2.5 million. The only old cars belong to the maids/gardeners...

Yes, LI is known for its understated elegance.

+1 The wife of Jeff Bezos, i.e. richest man in the world, drives her 4 kids to school in a Honda minivan. Of course they own a private jet, but not everyone gets a thrill out of cars.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Rest assured people are laughing at your cheapness.

Not the Pp, but she’s right. The richest people I know drive paid-off cars. They’re not luxury brands.

If cars are important to you, then go for it. Some people know that sinking $100,000 into a depreciating asset is a terrible financial decision. With insurance and taxes on it, the cost will be much higher than the lease price. If that’s what you want to spend your money on, go wild. You shouldn’t “laugh at cheapness” when it’s you who’s making a bad investment. Also, your “investment” will be driven around, left in parking lots and always at risk of being totaled. As long as you’re ok with that trade, spend as much as you want.

Stop lying lol

I live in Long Island in a neighborhood where all the houses are above 2.5 million. The only old cars belong to the maids/gardeners...

Yes, LI is known for its understated elegance.

What else holds 4 kids?

+1 The wife of Jeff Bezos, i.e. richest man in the world, drives her 4 kids to school in a Honda minivan. Of course they own a private jet, but not everyone gets a thrill out of cars.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Our HHI is finally over 1 million dollars and we've finally paid off student loans and we've decided to start living well.

As part of our reward DH and I have decided to lease new luxury cars (no more buying for us HA)

We don't know anything about cars and live in Potomac so we will be spending 30-45 minutes in commute each day

TIA!

Congratulations on your million dollar income! Wow! You are probably the very first couple to achieve an HHI that is so high DCUM.

I'm so glad you live in Potomac because that is where all the BEST people live. Aren't you happy about that? You must be the very elite. Wow!

And you've paid off your student loans! What an achievement!

Now why aren't paying for cash for your cars? Why are you wasting your money on a leased car?

Other than bragging about your fantabulous HHI, why don't you get on the internet to research cars?

-Someone who paid cash for new (nice) cars, paid off students, have no credit card debt, actually have no debt at all, paid off 25 year mortgage after 9 years

Fuck you

Not really. I just didn't want her to miss her moment as the sparkly new snowflake she is.


Nice cars aren't evil at all. It just seems a little strange to want a nice car to show off in when she doesn't even know what a nice car IS. Do some research!

[Anonymous]

Are you car people or not.. that is the big thing.. My husband is a car guy. If money was no concern, he would have 10 cars.

In your case, for an everyday driver, I would look at the Porsche SUV, BMW M series, Mercedes AMG or a Tesla. Audis are nice. I used to drive one but have only heard bad stories on the new models but your leasing so maybe not a concern to you.

If you want to go real luxury, look at a Maserati or Bentley.

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bump

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Rest assured people are laughing at your cheapness.

Not the Pp, but she’s right. The richest people I know drive paid-off cars. They’re not luxury brands.

If cars are important to you, then go for it. Some people know that sinking $100,000 into a depreciating asset is a terrible financial decision. With insurance and taxes on it, the cost will be much higher than the lease price. If that’s what you want to spend your money on, go wild. You shouldn’t “laugh at cheapness” when it’s you who’s making a bad investment. Also, your “investment” will be driven around, left in parking lots and always at risk of being totaled. As long as you’re ok with that trade, spend as much as you want.

Stop lying lol

I live in Long Island in a neighborhood where all the houses are above 2.5 million. The only old cars belong to the maids/gardeners...

Yes, LI is known for its understated elegance.

+1 The wife of Jeff Bezos, i.e. richest man in the world, drives her 4 kids to school in a Honda minivan. Of course they own a private jet, but not everyone gets a thrill out of cars.

What Jeff Bezos's wife does not set the rules for the rest of us. If OP wants fancy new cars, she should get them. Congrats on reaching $1M HHI. If/when we get there, I'm also buying something big to celebrate.

OP- I can't advice you on cars without knowing more about what you want (SUV, sedan, etc.). My favorite car was a Mercedes but starting around 5 years, it was in the shop constantly. If you're leasing, this won't be an issue. Same deal with Range Rovers.

[Anonymous]

XC90 hybrid,BMW i8, tesla

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Rest assured people are laughing at your cheapness.

Not the Pp, but she’s right. The richest people I know drive paid-off cars. They’re not luxury brands.

If cars are important to you, then go for it. Some people know that sinking $100,000 into a depreciating asset is a terrible financial decision. With insurance and taxes on it, the cost will be much higher than the lease price. If that’s what you want to spend your money on, go wild. You shouldn’t “laugh at cheapness” when it’s you who’s making a bad investment. Also, your “investment” will be driven around, left in parking lots and always at risk of being totaled. As long as you’re ok with that trade, spend as much as you want.

Stop lying lol

I live in Long Island in a neighborhood where all the houses are above 2.5 million. The only old cars belong to the maids/gardeners...

Yes, LI is known for its understated elegance.

+1 The wife of Jeff Bezos, i.e. richest man in the world, drives her 4 kids to school in a Honda minivan. Of course they own a private jet, but not everyone gets a thrill out of cars.

What Jeff Bezos's wife does not set the rules for the rest of us. If OP wants fancy new cars, she should get them. Congrats on reaching $1M HHI. If/when we get there, I'm also buying something big to celebrate.

OP- I can't advice you on cars without knowing more about what you want (SUV, sedan, etc.). My favorite car was a Mercedes but starting around 5 years, it was in the shop constantly. If you're leasing, this won't be an issue. Same deal with Range Rovers.

+1

So much self loathing on this forum

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:It depends on which part of the driving you want to enjoy. Is it handling? Is it comfort? Is it new technology? Speed?

Bass on the OP, I think it’s anything that will scream “we’re rich”.

They are in Potomac which loves FLASHY.