qtla9111 wrote:
JAC1982 wrote:
My husband and I are those people that buy expensiveish vehicles. The truck we have (in signature, Platinum model) sits in the garage most of the time. When we bought it, the husband traveled for work all the time so it was just used when he was in town to run errands locally, or for towing. It has something like 12,000 miles on it. My 2016 Explorer Sport, which was northward of $40k, just hit 20,000 miles. Now that he's not traveling, we bought a used 2016 Fusion Titanium EcoBoost this year to use as a "commuter" car.... basically to reduce the amount of miles on my Explorer for road trips where we don't bring our dogs or to go downtown.
But you know what? Who cares what we buy. We are DINKs with a very good income in our mid 30s. We own a modest 3 bed/2 bath house with a decent amount of equity, we save for retirement. What else should we be spending our money on? We don't eat out a lot, I bring my lunch to work, we don't hit up Starbucks 3 times a day, and we don't take expensive vacations (unless you count the toyhauler as an expensive vacation haha). WE like nice vehicles. Even before we were married we both had nice vehicles with all the bells and whistles.
I say if people can afford it, who cares.
Oh and for the record, the truck prior to this one was a 2014 F250 Platinum. We traded that in for the dually when we decided to upgrade the trailer and they gave us more than what we owed on it even though we only had it a year. In our area at least, trucks hold their value relatively well. The dealerships keep more trucks on the lots than cars.
Wow, you live the life of luxury and that's good. I'm sure you forgot, in your description, the amount of money or time you donate to charity. I know you do so that is important to share as well. Otherwise, people would think you're selfish millennials.
Why would anyone have to feel obligated to give their money to charities that they themselves worked for? I give when I can but don't like when people think that someone should be obligated just because they have money.
