I am blessed. I have paid off a 1M plus house in La Costa and so far accumulated over 1M in savings. I am 38. However it wasn’t until last year that we bought my wife (3 kids and a dog) a used 2009 Odyssey. Before that she was driving a used 2004 corolla which we ended up giving to a friend in need. I drive a 2002 acura rsx with over 200K on it(yes my work colleagues tease me about the rice rocket). I dream of owning a Prius one day!
I’m sharing because these are choices we made to progress towards our goals. I’m sorry but when I learned about the new/newer cars the whole picture changed and I went from sympathising to not. The best advice I could give you is live more frugally and your car’s are the most obvious unnecessary expense.
