Would you compromise on your first car?

[jhnkvn]

*eljo3025

Hehe, no worries, I can easily pass of as a working 20 year old guy from the corporate ladder unfortunately, I've inherited a look-old-look rather than my other sibling's look-young-look. It has its perks... like managing to go into R-13 movies (Matrix Reloaded pa nun) at 11.

*thread

I'm pretty sure I'm not that type of guy that would buy another car at 2-3 years again even if I can afford one easily. I'd say the next car would probably be a daddy car for the kids... and that's years away.

Household's culture revolves around bargaining and financial freedom as a core. Funny on how I still remember haggling over my "allowance" from my father. In the end, I got a nice sum (compared to my HS allowance anyway). Unfortunately, I found out that my brother's similar college allowance was even higher (and that's when movie prices costs Php140) and later protested for "wage increases" due to "inflation" which failed as I expected. Haha..

Since I'm pretty sure they wouldn't barge on their decision for me to split the cash if I purchased something lower, I'll settle for a Sonata. I'd still raise my brows over the Premium variant though, even I'll have a tough time justifying how spending the extra 200k for bigger rims, panoramic glass roof, push start buttons (everything they'll equate as unnecessary) is worth it. Maybe I should go use the "I need the 200% more airbags!" argument

Given a budget I can get to keep for myself, I'd really purchase a fast bike. Fuel efficient (better than a car anyway), cheaper than a Civic (it's not a Ducati no worries), and more practical (must hit side mirrors along the way..). They didn't like how the mortality rate for bikes though

[sachiel]

You can try computing for the ROI of each car and see which is better for your financials.

[eljo3025]

Goodluck sa maintenance ng hundred thousand peso bikes.

Even BMW bikes are cheaper than Civic FDs, rich people still find it a hard time taking care of their own bikes.

Pati magkano yung hospital bills pag naaksidente ang rider.

Tsaka nga pala paano maisasakay ang mga LCD TV sa motorcycle?