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Torchlight

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23. Wouldn't it be great if that option was practical to everyone?

Reply to Greg_In_SF (Reply #3)

Wed Feb 18, 2026, 02:04 PM

Feb 18

One-size-fits-all instructions often ignore it, though.

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About 1 in 5 new auto loans have monthly payments of at least $1,000 [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 18 OP

Add in the local property tax and auto insurance and you've added another 100 at least. dem4decades Feb 18 #1

More luke a couple of hundred. Auto insurance for fancy vehiclcle is pricey BlueWaveNeverEnd Feb 18 #19

More than that for auto insurance awesomerwb1 Feb 18 #32

That's $40+ per work day, after taxes, just for transportation bucolic_frolic Feb 18 #2

Never finance Greg_In_SF Feb 18 #3

Not everyone has that option. EdmondDantes_ Feb 18 #4

In 1982 my dad ask me how many multigraincracker Feb 18 #6

That's a great theory EdmondDantes_ Feb 18 #10

I've gone on and moved it to houses multigraincracker Feb 18 #12

We love our Honda CR-V! senseandsensibility Feb 18 #18

That's what I just got. multigraincracker Feb 18 #22

Yep!!!! PCIntern Feb 18 #29

Good advice. And good taste..those 2026 Hondas look futuristic. I have a 2019 Civic and love the new models Deuxcents Feb 18 #27

Plenty of Greg_In_SF Feb 18 #7

For 5k you're getting a high mileage old car EdmondDantes_ Feb 18 #11

Absolutely. Greg_In_SF Feb 18 #13

The part where you fail to consider circumstances EdmondDantes_ Feb 18 #14

Okay, so clearly no Greg_In_SF Feb 18 #15

Paying interest on a car for 5 or 6 multigraincracker Feb 18 #24

The trick is the first one. Happy Hoosier Feb 18 #9

Wouldn't it be great if that option was practical to everyone? Torchlight Feb 18 #23

I buy used and maintain them gay texan Feb 18 #5

Averages aren't completely illustrative... Happy Hoosier Feb 18 #8

I haven't owned a car in 15 years. To me being carless is freedom. 617Blue Feb 18 #16

A place to live and a vehicle to drive are the biggest killers of the cost of living. MineralMan Feb 18 #17

Lots of folks rolling negative equity into new loans, too. flvegan Feb 18 #20

It's all part of a larger strategy. Mosby Feb 18 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Feb 18 #25

I've been driving my $3200.00 Truck for 10 years. Lochloosa Feb 18 #26

Mine is under $600 with gap dsc Feb 18 #28

I don't plan to buy a new vehicle again OC375 Feb 18 #30

buy a van... u can live in it. nt msongs Feb 18 #31

This just in, people buy cars they cannot afford Johnny2X2X Feb 18 #33