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Originally Posted by nostalgiaquest
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Back on topic. If you don't mind me asking, why buy the expensive new Truck when you knew that meant more heavy payments? 300 a month is no joke. And I claim full ignorance to the benefits of buying new cars as far as depreciation and trade it, so perhaps I'm missing something.
I pondered buying a nice car when I moved to the NL, but cheaped out and bought a lame ass 2015 Nissan instead. I really hate making payments.
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Yea I don’t mind criticism or scrutiny, especially when it’s good intended, trolling stuff is obvious
I am definitely not a super success story but the original quote by the other poster I responded to had set a very low bar implying “everyone here is a virgin basement dwelling degenerate” type of attitude, so you give me a bar THAT low and I’ll step over it. Now if the claim had been something to the effect of “everyone here has below average long term financial planning and a terrible investment portfolio” I wouldn’t say shit
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Long story short I loved my old 2011 frontier and had been using the same (formerly) trusted service company until they left the cap off my radiator and it caused my engine to fry, then they denied responsibility. I was using a loaner vehicle from a family member until that started to break down and I knew I had to replace it. I wanted to go with a Tacoma this time for the reliability and was exclusively looking at pre-owned up to 5-7yrs old, but in the crazy vehicle market that happened to exist in June 2021, pre-owned Tacomas were like the same price as new. So I ended up driving 150 miles for one of the last new ones on the lots. Later I had the frontier fixed (was a complete engine re-build so it took a long time), and since it was paid in full I still made $ on the sale, despite having to eat the cost of the repair. Had the repair been able to be done sooner or the loaner wasn’t breaking down things woulda turned out differently. But at least thanks to this fucked up car market I think the new one has actually gone up in value, which should never happen for a vehicle. I guess that’s not a short version…
Nissans are great though too, not lame at all. It’s all about the reliability
08-30-2022, 04:01 AM
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