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re: How are you frickers affording 70k+ Ford Expeditions and Chevy Tahoes?
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:28 am to cheobode
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:28 am to cheobode
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It's $600/month where I live right down the road from my house, or I can send my child to a home sitter that watched my other two kids for $20/day.
you can get a home sitter that will work for $2.5 an hour?
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Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:29 am to Dire Wolf
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where are people paying $650 a month for daycare?
Two things:
A. this was clearly just a hypothetical the amount could've been any number
B. In Lafayette, LA that's roughly the going rate, though I haven't been impressed with any of them
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:36 am to Epic Cajun
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B. In Lafayette, LA that's roughly the going rate, though I haven't been impressed with any of them
damn, that would be nice.
daycares around me around $1500-$2500. I am in the middle of Houston so that's my fault
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:40 am to Dire Wolf
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I am in the middle of Houston so that's my fault
Yeah, but you probably will get the luxury of sending them to public schools. We don't have the luxury here. It costs me roughly $3500/month to send my two kids to school.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:42 am to Pelican fan99
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7 year loans bruh. That's how they are buying them. It's a terrible thing but it makes it possible
We did one for a long time frame like this at 0% back when rates were low. Will keep it 10 years easy. Compared to the rates for buying used this was a no brainer.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:42 am to TDTOM
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Yeah, but you probably will get the luxury of sending them to public schools.
You wouldn't send your kids to inner city HISD schools either. You'd move to the burbs.
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 10:46 am
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:50 am to fallguy_1978
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You wouldn't send your kids to inner city HISD schools either. You'd move to the burbs.
a lot of the elementary schools are fine. It middle and up that get harry
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:53 am to WaydownSouth
Infinity is about to come out with new body style for the QX80s this fall. Just wait 6 months and all the people will be trading in their old body styles for the new body style. You'll be able to get a 2022 30k mile QX80 in the $40k range.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 10:53 am to Dire Wolf
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you can get a home sitter that will work for $2.5 an hour?
Yep, that's actually the going rate for our area. $20-25/day. Granted, most of these women are stay at home moms anyway and their husbands work away.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:00 am to WaydownSouth
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how are you affording it?
we're not poors....
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:02 am to WaydownSouth
Two car seats fit great in a Camry.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:05 am to chryso
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Two car seats fit great in a Camry.
Nah. I'm not letting my wife and kids drive around in a car with all the huge poorly driven SUV's on the road these days. It's just a safety/comfort thing.
We are good with mid-sized affordable SUVs.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:11 am to mthorn2
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Infinity is about to come out with new body style for the QX80s this fall.
My sister had one of those and it was not a good vehicle. Paint peeled off in record time. Maybe 2018sh model she bought new.
Vehicle prices are indeed quite insane but thats due to buying trends. Everyone opting for higher luxury grade trims. Larger touchscreens with better interface. Electronically adjustable seats in 3rd row. Collision avoidance tech. It increases comfortability, safety, and driving pleasure but it all equates to higher price tag.
Unfortunately for OP he missed the 0% financing Ford offered a while back. Got a mid level trim Expedition for $56k.
People don’t need bigger vehicles for the
most part. Just reduce the crap you lug around. I lost that argument with my wife so now we have the third row vehicle
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:14 am to Saskwatch
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Paint peeled off in record time
Let me guess? White vehicle?
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:36 am to Jenious
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Let me guess? White vehicle?
Bingo
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:41 am to AubieinNC2009
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80%+ of people who drive trucks do not need trucks.
Close.
LINK - You don't need a full-size picku truck, you need a cowboy costume
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So what do people actually like about trucks? According to Edwards, the answer is counterintuitive. Truck drivers use their trucks very much like other car owners: for commuting to and from work, presumably alone. The thing that most distinguishes truck owners from those of other vehicles is their sheer love of driving. “The highest indexed use among truck owners is pleasure driving,” says Edwards. Truck drivers use their vehicles this way fully twice as often as the industry average. “This is the freedom that trucks offer,” says Edwards.
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Truck owners might protest that they are slightly less likely than owners of other categories to use their vehicle as primary transport (83% vs. 95%), limiting the miles and gallons. And they might also protest that trucks provide capabilities that other vehicles lack. But, as it turns out, a significant portion of truck owners never use their trucks for these capabilities. According to Edwards’ data, 75 percent of truck owners use their truck for towing one time a year or less (meaning, never). Nearly 70 percent of truck owners go off-road one time a year or less. And a full 35 percent of truck owners use their truck for hauling—putting something in the bed, its ostensible raison d’être—once a year or less.
You don't need a truck. Stop LARPing as a blue collar baw when you are a desk jockey.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:44 am to jclem11
Quit being a twat. If people want trucks, it shouldn’t get your panties in a knot.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:47 am to jclem11
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You don't need a truck. Stop LARPing as a blue collar baw when you are a desk jockey.
I'm a white collar desk jockey and drive a truck.
I rarely tow anything but use the bed a ton. I'll never drive anything else as long as I can afford them.
This post was edited on 7/24/24 at 11:47 am
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:49 am to notiger1997
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Quit being a twat. If people want trucks, it shouldn’t get your panties in a knot.
I am a well known truck and vehicle hater on this board.
Sorry the research triggered you.
The point still remains that most people over consume on vehicles and that is bad for them financially and bad for the community as these bro-dozers are dangerous and killing us.
Posted on 7/24/24 at 11:50 am to jclem11
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You don't need a truck. Stop LARPing as a blue collar baw when you are a desk jockey.
I'll drive what I can afford, and I can afford my 10 year old paid for truck at the moment. The biggest thing is, I don't need until I need it, then I'm glad I have it. It's been useful far too often more me to go rent a uhaul pickup or find a friend who has one.
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