# $799/month car payment?  Who?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 26, 2012, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/799-month-car-payment-who/616874 "2012-03-26T20:32:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\
**Post date:** [March 28, 2012, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/799-month-car-payment-who/616874/41 "2012-03-28T23:42:43Z")

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My car payment is about $800 but my house costs less then 500k. I make about 180k a year. I might be able to afford the payments on a million dollar home if I paid off my car and quit some of my other stupid spending but there is no way I could come up with the 200k down.

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