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bobby
ParticipantI’m in a similar situation. Want to get a new car but been deciding the past month. can’t seem to get past the idea that spending money on a newer better car while the old one runs fine is a want, not a need.
my financial numbers are different but still… want, not need, is hard to go forward.Participant[quote=spdrun]Toyota and Honda don’t usually make RWD cars with real transmissions. (Scion FR-S excepted) BMW still does.[/quote]
Honda S2000. 2nd most fun car I’ve ever owned. Most fun car/dollar I’ve ever owned.
real transmission? not sure what that is. S2000 has the best manual transmission by general consensus.
Lexus makes RWD cars. RCF, IS, lS, etc. Some people don’t consider Lexus Toyota but those folks are wrong.Participantbut right now US gov is telling VW to bend over (and hold the lube)…
Participantthere’s precedence for this in recent news
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303654804576343763766328484
another vote for live and let live
a distant second is offer to pay them money and cover the cost of trimming the tree yourself
ParticipantI do my own cleaning. Put on the pair of headphone and with Marketplace, freakonomics or planet money (wonderful programs from NPR) and the hour just goes by in a jiffy.
Why does it take 8 hours to clean the house and why does it requires cleaning every 2 weeks.
Participant[quote=joec][quote=bobby]the more astounding thing about this is Milpitas is not the most desirable part of the Bay Area. The same house in Palo Alto and the asking price will double that with multiple offers.[/quote]
Yeah, having been to Milpitas all the time and eaten at a lot of the asian restaurants there, it definitely used to be the lower end place in the past. Everything has gone up 100% from say 10 years ago.
It does seem close to the new Levi’s stadium.[/quote]
I go there for some good Asian food and car meet. One drive two purposes.
Participantthe more astounding thing about this is Milpitas is not the most desirable part of the Bay Area. The same house in Palo Alto and the asking price will double that with multiple offers.
Participant[quote=equalizer]
If jury couldn’t convict the cops who killed Kelly Thomas by savagely beating him, cops will not be convicted of a crime except for sexual assault on 20 something female with no record.
[/quote]Nope. even then, no conviction (check out second link).
http://bigthink.com/focal-point/new-york-city-cops-acquitted-of-rape
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=flu]3 of the 6 cops are black. So why is this a racism thing? Explain.[/quote]
the biggest antisemites are jews[/quote]
let’s say your premise is true. Some black people hate black people and some Jews are antisemitic. How are the nonblacks and nonjews supposed to act? Sounds like damn if you do and damn if you don’t situation.
Participant[quote=scaredyclassic][quote=bobby]let’s see…
* first business & first check (never did frame that)
* first home (scared but felt good)
* first office building (happy to not have increasingly expensive rent)
* 7 figure net worth (never kept a close eye on this but found out when refinanced office building)
* first Ferrari (a childhood dream. the drive home was pretty sweet)
* paid off business loan (big smile that day)I feel opposite of scaredy on student loan. I would never be in my financial situation without student loan.[/quote]
well…it can work out well…but it’s risky..[/quote]
depending on major but I don’t feel that certain major is risky at all.
engineering, physics, math, medicine. Graduates in these majors tend to have jobs and make over $100K/yr.
on the other hand, middle french poetry, while might be personally fulfilling, may be financially risky.April 19, 2015 at 5:11 PM in reply to: The cost of an Ivy League undergrad degree next year…. #784967Participant[quote=AN]Here’s data for CS major:
http://www.payscale.com/college-salary-report-2014/best-schools-by-major/computer-scienceLook like best ROI would be CSU SLO and SJSU. UC are all over that list too. Not very many Ivy on there.[/quote]
I find it surprising that UCI (I studied computer engineering there) ranks higher than MIT, carnegie melon, Georgia tech, UCLA.
Participantlet’s see…
* first business & first check (never did frame that)
* first home (scared but felt good)
* first office building (happy to not have increasingly expensive rent)
* 7 figure net worth (never kept a close eye on this but found out when refinanced office building)
* first Ferrari (a childhood dream. the drive home was pretty sweet)
* paid off business loan (big smile that day)I feel opposite of scaredy on student loan. I would never be in my financial situation without student loan.
March 2, 2015 at 1:02 PM in reply to: OT: Discuss- The Porsche GT4 is a better car than a 911 and very close, if not better than a 911s #783408Participantmy guess: Fiat Abarth – sporty, affordable
February 24, 2015 at 10:43 PM in reply to: OT: Discuss- The Porsche GT4 is a better car than a 911 and very close, if not better than a 911s #783319Participantitalian cars are fun and all but they can be temperamental.
if you get one, get a second car. One never know when the car may decide to have a day off. -
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