Car payment but want to save for house Hi, I’m (27M) in a bit of a bind in the fact that I brought a new car last year. The car payments are high and I want to save up for a down payment on a house with my gf. This year I was not able to save any liquid cash as my paycheck after rent, food, car payment and retirement savings is neutral. On track to max out my 401k, HSA and half of …

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Audi’s latest RS E-tron GT ‘Performance’ is its quickest car yet Audi RS E-tron GT Performance starts at $167,000 before destination charges. | Image: AudiAudi is giving its all-electric E-tron GT sports sedan higher performance, more battery range, and faster charging speeds for the 2025 model year. It’s also increasing its starting price. The lineup now includes a new entry S E-tron GT model that starts at …

Car rent (Paris-Normandie) Hello! In May I’m going by train from Brussels to Paris. As soon as I arrive I want to rent a car and go straight to Normandy (Giverny and then Rouen to sleep and continue the journey the next day). It will be 4 days in Normandy and on the fifth day we will return to Paris where we will spend the rest of the trip. I thought about renting the c…

New college grad, can I afford a new car? Hi! I (21M) am a college student graduating soon, and I will be earning a base salary of 96K per year in a MCOL area (Ann Arbor, MI). I’m wondering if I can afford a new car. Here’s where that money will go roughly: – Taxes: $22K – Housing: $22K – Retirement: $13K (6K simple IRA including company match + 7K Roth IRA) – General/Emergency Savings:…

I’m Shopping For A Fun Car That Could Also Be A Small Project! What Should I Buy? Mitch is from New York (the state, not the city) and daily drives a Hyundai Veloster with 130,000 miles. Now that he is about to finish graduate school he wants to treat himself to a fun secondary car, but it needs to be comfortable enough for his 6-foot 2-inch frame. With a budget of up to $15,000, what car should he… Read more…

The Perfect Car Photo Takes Time Sweat the details. Be patient. Keep your goals in mind. In order to capture an image in exactly the way you think is best, it’s almost never going to be an instant snap. Thought has to go into placement, light, configuration. Each image has the capacity to be a piece of art. I don’t have this level of patience or… Read more…

Rental car insurance in theUS for foreigners We are two europeans in our early 30s. We only recently got our driving licenses (less than a year ago). We are planning a 12 day road trip in california (San Francisco to LA) in late december. Currently looking for car rentals. But we are unsure how the insurance stuff works. Given our relative inexperience with driving and that this is our fi…

Buying my first new car. I wanted to ask how much percentage wise I should put down on my new car. I can comfortably put down 20% as of right now but any more and I’d be pushing my budget since I’m not sure how much my insurance will be. Is 20% too much or too little? submitted by /u/Alarming_Flatworm_34

This Is What Happens When You Give A Rally Driver An F1 Car Formula 1 feels a little bit like it has been intentionally siloed off from the rest of motorsport, like it’s an impenetrable fortress. That’s what makes it all the more exciting when an “outsider” gets to try their skills aboard an F1 car. Even highly-controlled corporate events like this one, featuring an old… Read more…

Possible new car purchase and best use of what remains of $75K inheritance Earlier this year my husband and I were given a $75k inheritance. We were able to buy out his car when his lease was up. We were also able to clear out most of our credit card debt ($9k remaining). We have about 40k left. We have been sharing a car for the past few years trying to keep costs down, but it’s staring to become an issue, and we are …

Please, We’re Begging You, Stop Giving Us Generic Car Gifts It’s officially late November, which means a bunch of holidays are coming up, and often, with holidays come gift exchanges. If you’re a car enthusiast, that often means opening a series of completely random gifts that involve cars in some way. The intent is nice, but considering how many of those gifts go unused or… Read more…

Should I pay off car loan at 7.44%? About $24k left on this 5 year loan, monthly payment is $580 (I’ve been paying $600). I originally took out the loan rather than paying for the car in cash because I try to put most of my money in the s&p 500 since it historically returns > 7.44% but I do have a decent amount in my savings that I could afford to pay it off and still have a good …

Conflicted on car loan – 6.69% at lower amount or 0% with higher amount? Would like a second opinion on these financing options I’ve been offered to a new car purchase. Option 1: 6.69% interest loan for 60 months for a total amount of $51,683.44 Option 2: 0% interest loan for 60 months for a total amount of $59,652. Option 1 with total interest payments comes up to $60,950.59 but I am guessing that I will be able to …

I feel like I wasted $10k on a car that is having nothing but issues since I got it I thought I was doing a financially responsible thing by buying a 10 year old SUV in cash. I bought a 2015 VW for 10k like a year ago and paid all in cash. It’s been a year since I’ve had it, and it’s been nothing but issues. Constant engine lights coming up with new codes. Trying to fix things and replacing parts just for that to not be the is…

LPT – Spare car key tip When you travel by car or if you are driving and parking at an airport – keep a spare key in your glovebox or hidden inside the car. If you end up losing your keys it’s usually cheaper to pay a locksmith to break into your car then it is to pay for new car keys since they are so expensive nowadays. Even the key for my old ass 2007 car is $150. …

HELOC or personal loan to buy my mom’s car? Long story short, my mom needs me to buy her car so she can qualify for a state caretaker. Best loan option? ~$13K to buy the car. I own a mortgaged home I have some equity in (purchased $320K, $265K left w/2.875% rate). Looking at quotes online today for a personal loan, I’m a little taken aback by the rates (eg – 6.99% with a 3.99% origination…

Should I cut my trip short because my car got stolen back home? I’m currently on an international trip (5-hour flight), where I was scheduled to return home in about a week, and was just notified by the police 3 days ago that my car had been stolen and that they’d found it abandoned. Since they couldn’t confirm if it was my vehicle because I wasn’t able to respond to their calls, they left just left my car t…

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249-pc LEGO Speed Champions Pagani Utopia Model Race Car Set (76915) $14 This is the lowest price I’ve seen for this set.