2000 Honda Civic Ex. 100 bucks a month, for the rest of my life. My parents paid for the car (15,800) and I pay them back. I’m spoiled.
Michi
2000 Honda Civic Ex. 100 bucks a month, for the rest of my life. My parents paid for the car (15,800) and I pay them back. I’m spoiled.
Michi
Yeah, but I bought it used in '98
$190 biweekly on a '97 Aerostar - one year to go
$210 biweekly on a '98 Mazda 626 - 2+ years to go
$150 biweekly on a '96 Yamaha Royalstar - 3 years to go
Then there’s the $665/month for the boat… but that’s another story…
I agree that Im paying too much for my Durango, but again it is only for 3 years and I have absolutely no debt other than this payment so I treated myself to the Truck I wanted, Hey you only live once you might as well enjoy it
Big fat zero. I’ve paid for all my cars in cash.
My insurance, on the other hand…
$0 I payed $1,500 in cash.
$223 a month for 7 years
'99 Mustang GT (V8) with all the options…total price $18,999
…but I put $2200 down because I lost $2400 on my trade in, a '98 Kia Sophia. <piece of crap Kia>
$465.93 a month for 5 years (financing) on my 2000 Subaru Legacy GT Limited. (I put $5000 down)
Why doesn’t someone start an insurance thread. Mine’s $245.02 a month. Bleh.
You’re not spoiled if you’re paying them back.
Those damn rice-boys in their civics though, that’s another story.
re: insurance
mine actually went down when I traded in the Kia for the Mustang… from $234 a month to $215.
Just got a quote for $154 a month (soooo excited about that kinda drop in price!!!)
Why have a car payment?
1984 to 1986: Drove a 1975 Camaro. Purchasing price: $500.
1986 to 1995: Drove a 1980 Mustang. Purchasing price: $1500.
1995 to present: Driving a 1986 Mustang. Purchasing price: $1200.
Though I can afford a new (or nice used) car without a problem, I have always driven beaters. Of course, there is a down side to this: I have had to purchase a lot of tools. And there’s the “down time.” For example, right now, I have my cylinder head off my Mustang (blew a head gasket). But, I can proudly say that I’m one of the very few 30-something professionals who has never had a car payment, and who has never taken their car into a mechanic for servicing ('80’s era Mustangs are easy to work on.)
1998 Honda Civic DX
bought for $13,290 --$1290 down
3.9% financing for 48 months
$270.81/month
3 yrs/36K warranty
Just past the halfway mark! yippee!
The really painful one is my friends in the Bronx who bought a ~96 Camry at a list price of $14K and pay $600/mo for 60 months–$22K in interest on a used car really bites.
Well, in honor of the shaftees around here, ** aha, ** one can only hope those doggone machines appreciate the fact their owners got twisted in the wind for their sakes, and they ought to be grateful enough NEVER to break down…EVER!!
Insurance thread?? We used to pay $800 for six months, we pay the whole thing THEN we bought my college son a car, Whoa nellie!! Now we pay $1800 every six months, ouch, ouch, ouch!!!