[quote=Ricechex][quote=barnaby33]NTSD, why does it matter. There is an E-5 who lives below me, but he drives a 7 series. Its so he can look fly when he drives his girl to Denny’s to order off the dollar menu. Differing priorities.

Either that or you’ve stumbled upon a lair of real estate agents and loan brokers. Ah faded glory.
Josh[/quote]
LOL! So true! I worked on a base for 12 years, and it was a daily occurrence with low ranking, young enlisted guys, driving in brand new NICE cars asking for directions to Navy Relief. (I was tempted to sell them my 1995 Mazda Protege sitting in the parking lot….may have worked better for them…)[/quote]

I think some guys also need/want cars because they are out trying to meet someone/pick someone up. Sorta hard if you either don’t even have a car and the girl has to drive you around (or you ride a motorcycle)…OR…your car doesn’t even have aircon or can barely move/start. Not a fun date if you’re sweating profusely to wherever you want to go. We can all say the girls you want to meet shouldn’t care, but let’s not kid ourselves. I think for everyone, there are at least some minimum standards.

For a lot of the married folks here, of course, your priorities are different and it doesn’t make sense, but maybe think back 5, 10, 20 years when you were single. It’s tough enough now to meet folks as seen by how busy folks are and the proliferation of all the dating sites out there.

As they also say, the type of car you drive says a lot about you. When I was driving my beat up car, I had multiple people tell me that the car told others that I was cheap…I don’t think it helped. 🙂

Congrats on your 90k car! Enjoy it since if (when/never) you are married w/ kids, you simply won’t want to put your resources there (for most of us, our resources are limited). Not to mention, with kids, a lot of folks here probably want to save for their kid’s college, our own retirement, earlier retirement, stay at home spouse, etc…

Sorta nice to enjoy it when you’re young since your expenses are low, you don’t “need” a house (or space and no nesting instinct)…

Just look at all the Porsche 911 owners on the street, unless they are making bank, most are in the 50s+. I rarely see a young Porsche owner.