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Originally Posted by Gogar
Tell her that if you sell the car now, you would be selling it at the ABSOLUTE BOTTOM of it's depreciation curve. A lot of the Bruce Anderson data shows that the depreciation/appreciation turnaround is right about 1986-87 right now. Convince her that the car is an ASSET.
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And this is opposed to a Lexus that you can buy for many $$$ so you can drive it for a few years and then sell for almost nothing??? (
because it is a POS to begin with...) Then you can go buy another soulless POS so you can endlessly tithe to a car manufacturer for a car that you don't really want anyway!
There is no way that you could put as much money per month into maintenance as the money for monthly payments would be for the type of car she wants you in. You would have to get a new gunkmobile every 5 years so you can keep paying for the continuous depreciation. (
Thank god she is being sensible...)
First - The important things in life aren't about being sensible. (
except for some accountants...) The important thing is having a life that you enjoy living. It is about emotional content.
Second - If she feels it is important to pick and choose the subjects that you enjoy then she should be prepared to allow you to pick and choose the subjects that she will enjoy.
In that vein here is a starting suggestion:
Makeup and whatnot is basically about attracting the opposite sex. She already has a mate so all that expensive girly stuff is just wastefully consuming time and money that should be going towards the family. That should save a minimum of an hour a day and god knows how much money. (
Lets see how far that suggestion goes even though it is basically identical to her 'suggestion'.)
She needs to take a good hard look into herself and decide if she wants the person she married. That person enjoyed having a fun car and enjoyed tinkering with it. She found that person interesting enough to go out with and get married to. If she really wants a person that drives a nice sensible minivan (
Lexis, POS, whatever) then she should have been looking for one when she was dating.
Have you been telling her how she needs to change?
Hmmmm...