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Originally Posted by daepp
...but she told me once that most (in her opinion - the guys) just go out and buy nice cars...
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Not an opinion, fact.
The average flight school, Navy squadron parking lot looks like an episode of Top Gear.
I was an AOCS guy. After I got my commission I stashed at an A-6 squadron in Oceana for 4 months. My old BMW 2002, sans a/c and beginning to have issues, was traded in for a new car. I needed a/c.
I went all in on a Mazda GLC. Kooky, I know. I think I traded the 2002 in and owed maybe 2k, which I had.
Green test implied.
AOCS guys had no guarantees: Bomb flight school and buenos días, rust picker.
I wanted zippy debt...I wasn't worried about the flying part, but a year plus job interview (flight school) has random, unknown, integers. The GLC was the perfect, non-sexy solution, at least to me.
I got to my first squadron in San Diego, sold the GLC and bought a '68 912.
Didn't need a/c
