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Participantjimmyle, we got our first prius in 2006 (w/ carpool stickers) and our second in 2007 (w/o). we are big prius fans. my husband usually works 9-6 (so he’s away from home 7-8 with the commute).
Chris Scoreboar, yes, OC does seem to be much more expensive than SD, which is funny to me because i much prefer SD!
Participantjimmyle, we got our first prius in 2006 (w/ carpool stickers) and our second in 2007 (w/o). we are big prius fans. my husband usually works 9-6 (so he’s away from home 7-8 with the commute).
Chris Scoreboar, yes, OC does seem to be much more expensive than SD, which is funny to me because i much prefer SD!
Participantjimmyle, we got our first prius in 2006 (w/ carpool stickers) and our second in 2007 (w/o). we are big prius fans. my husband usually works 9-6 (so he’s away from home 7-8 with the commute).
Chris Scoreboar, yes, OC does seem to be much more expensive than SD, which is funny to me because i much prefer SD!
Participantjimmyle, we got our first prius in 2006 (w/ carpool stickers) and our second in 2007 (w/o). we are big prius fans. my husband usually works 9-6 (so he’s away from home 7-8 with the commute).
Chris Scoreboar, yes, OC does seem to be much more expensive than SD, which is funny to me because i much prefer SD!
Participantjimmyle, hello fellow prius owner! how long have you been commuting? even with our prius, my husband finds driving back and forth from home to work pretty tiring, so he just drives to solana beach, takes the train to irvine, then drives a second car to his office. telecommuting on fridays is a possibility for the future, but not guaranteed. i asked my husband how long he thinks he could handle the commute and his reply was: definitely 1 year, most likely 2 years, probably 3 years, maybe 5 years, and ehhhhh 10 years. interestingly enough, my dad commuted from nj to ny (which also took about 2 hours each way via car, train, and subway) 5 days a week for 30 years before he retired, so i know it is possible, but obviously not ideal, especially now that my husband and i have a baby. i hope you don’t mind my asking, but do you have a family? also, do you anticipate commuting for the long haul?
Participantjimmyle, hello fellow prius owner! how long have you been commuting? even with our prius, my husband finds driving back and forth from home to work pretty tiring, so he just drives to solana beach, takes the train to irvine, then drives a second car to his office. telecommuting on fridays is a possibility for the future, but not guaranteed. i asked my husband how long he thinks he could handle the commute and his reply was: definitely 1 year, most likely 2 years, probably 3 years, maybe 5 years, and ehhhhh 10 years. interestingly enough, my dad commuted from nj to ny (which also took about 2 hours each way via car, train, and subway) 5 days a week for 30 years before he retired, so i know it is possible, but obviously not ideal, especially now that my husband and i have a baby. i hope you don’t mind my asking, but do you have a family? also, do you anticipate commuting for the long haul?
Participantjimmyle, hello fellow prius owner! how long have you been commuting? even with our prius, my husband finds driving back and forth from home to work pretty tiring, so he just drives to solana beach, takes the train to irvine, then drives a second car to his office. telecommuting on fridays is a possibility for the future, but not guaranteed. i asked my husband how long he thinks he could handle the commute and his reply was: definitely 1 year, most likely 2 years, probably 3 years, maybe 5 years, and ehhhhh 10 years. interestingly enough, my dad commuted from nj to ny (which also took about 2 hours each way via car, train, and subway) 5 days a week for 30 years before he retired, so i know it is possible, but obviously not ideal, especially now that my husband and i have a baby. i hope you don’t mind my asking, but do you have a family? also, do you anticipate commuting for the long haul?
Participantjimmyle, hello fellow prius owner! how long have you been commuting? even with our prius, my husband finds driving back and forth from home to work pretty tiring, so he just drives to solana beach, takes the train to irvine, then drives a second car to his office. telecommuting on fridays is a possibility for the future, but not guaranteed. i asked my husband how long he thinks he could handle the commute and his reply was: definitely 1 year, most likely 2 years, probably 3 years, maybe 5 years, and ehhhhh 10 years. interestingly enough, my dad commuted from nj to ny (which also took about 2 hours each way via car, train, and subway) 5 days a week for 30 years before he retired, so i know it is possible, but obviously not ideal, especially now that my husband and i have a baby. i hope you don’t mind my asking, but do you have a family? also, do you anticipate commuting for the long haul?
Participantjimmyle, hello fellow prius owner! how long have you been commuting? even with our prius, my husband finds driving back and forth from home to work pretty tiring, so he just drives to solana beach, takes the train to irvine, then drives a second car to his office. telecommuting on fridays is a possibility for the future, but not guaranteed. i asked my husband how long he thinks he could handle the commute and his reply was: definitely 1 year, most likely 2 years, probably 3 years, maybe 5 years, and ehhhhh 10 years. interestingly enough, my dad commuted from nj to ny (which also took about 2 hours each way via car, train, and subway) 5 days a week for 30 years before he retired, so i know it is possible, but obviously not ideal, especially now that my husband and i have a baby. i hope you don’t mind my asking, but do you have a family? also, do you anticipate commuting for the long haul?
Participantpatientlywaiting, i appreciate your bearish perspective! it’s true our mortgage is so low only because our down payment is so high. i find it ironic that although my husband and i didn’t make some of the typical mistakes of bubble buyers (i.e. buying too much house with too little down, utilizing exotic loan structures, etc.), we still were pretty idiotic (i.e. playing into the fear that if we didn’t buy now we would eventually be priced out of the market, getting a 15 year fixed when we’re 29 and 30 years old, and of course, reversing the standard 20/80 downpayment/mortgage breakdown). good point about the tax rules concerning rentals, as well!
Participantpatientlywaiting, i appreciate your bearish perspective! it’s true our mortgage is so low only because our down payment is so high. i find it ironic that although my husband and i didn’t make some of the typical mistakes of bubble buyers (i.e. buying too much house with too little down, utilizing exotic loan structures, etc.), we still were pretty idiotic (i.e. playing into the fear that if we didn’t buy now we would eventually be priced out of the market, getting a 15 year fixed when we’re 29 and 30 years old, and of course, reversing the standard 20/80 downpayment/mortgage breakdown). good point about the tax rules concerning rentals, as well!
Participantpatientlywaiting, i appreciate your bearish perspective! it’s true our mortgage is so low only because our down payment is so high. i find it ironic that although my husband and i didn’t make some of the typical mistakes of bubble buyers (i.e. buying too much house with too little down, utilizing exotic loan structures, etc.), we still were pretty idiotic (i.e. playing into the fear that if we didn’t buy now we would eventually be priced out of the market, getting a 15 year fixed when we’re 29 and 30 years old, and of course, reversing the standard 20/80 downpayment/mortgage breakdown). good point about the tax rules concerning rentals, as well!
Participantpatientlywaiting, i appreciate your bearish perspective! it’s true our mortgage is so low only because our down payment is so high. i find it ironic that although my husband and i didn’t make some of the typical mistakes of bubble buyers (i.e. buying too much house with too little down, utilizing exotic loan structures, etc.), we still were pretty idiotic (i.e. playing into the fear that if we didn’t buy now we would eventually be priced out of the market, getting a 15 year fixed when we’re 29 and 30 years old, and of course, reversing the standard 20/80 downpayment/mortgage breakdown). good point about the tax rules concerning rentals, as well!
Participantpatientlywaiting, i appreciate your bearish perspective! it’s true our mortgage is so low only because our down payment is so high. i find it ironic that although my husband and i didn’t make some of the typical mistakes of bubble buyers (i.e. buying too much house with too little down, utilizing exotic loan structures, etc.), we still were pretty idiotic (i.e. playing into the fear that if we didn’t buy now we would eventually be priced out of the market, getting a 15 year fixed when we’re 29 and 30 years old, and of course, reversing the standard 20/80 downpayment/mortgage breakdown). good point about the tax rules concerning rentals, as well!
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