Me??? I pay cash for vehicles.... If I can't afford to purchase out of pocket, I don't need it. My only payment obligations are to my mortgage company, utilities, and child support . The credit cards are kept close to zeroed-out, and they're most often used to accumulate airmiles, rather than extend credit. Paid off monthly. Unless, of course, there's a piece of audio gear that I gotta have at a price that can't be beat, and it's halfway around the world... Credit cards are handy for THAT.
Status?? Nah.... I drive a '92 Lumina (the stereo in the car is worth about half the value of the car), and it does the "point-A-to-point-B" adequately. It turns no heads, and that's not what I bought it for. I occasionally borrow a flatbed pickup from work to do yardwork (or haul stereo equipment). Those are the only shotcoming MY vehicle has.
Most of my friends' jaws drop when I tell them what I paid for my most recent investment.... But then again, they're driving new cars and pickups.
At the same time, I don't have the expensive drug/ alchohol/ niccotine habits that some can't seem to outgrow or break away from.... Talk about priorities?? Jeeezzz!!
MY drug of choice is less harmful, and in the long run, won't cost me my home, life, freedom, or cause complete financial ruin. How many geezers do you know who have been on an iron lung or a kidney machine due to "excess stereo gear"? Hit the local Intensive Care unit of the local hospital, and see how many of those people would rather have been addicted to audio.... Hmmmmm.
Status?? Nah.... I drive a '92 Lumina (the stereo in the car is worth about half the value of the car), and it does the "point-A-to-point-B" adequately. It turns no heads, and that's not what I bought it for. I occasionally borrow a flatbed pickup from work to do yardwork (or haul stereo equipment). Those are the only shotcoming MY vehicle has.
Most of my friends' jaws drop when I tell them what I paid for my most recent investment.... But then again, they're driving new cars and pickups.
At the same time, I don't have the expensive drug/ alchohol/ niccotine habits that some can't seem to outgrow or break away from.... Talk about priorities?? Jeeezzz!!
MY drug of choice is less harmful, and in the long run, won't cost me my home, life, freedom, or cause complete financial ruin. How many geezers do you know who have been on an iron lung or a kidney machine due to "excess stereo gear"? Hit the local Intensive Care unit of the local hospital, and see how many of those people would rather have been addicted to audio.... Hmmmmm.