19. full-time pimp. no kids that i'll admit to, single, just a few hoes to keep fed and dressed. $100-200k/ year, depending on how hard i pimp the hoes. just got done paying off my lime green suit bills and decided to go against the norm of caddillacs and benzes.











sorry, just had to considering i'm pretty f*cked up right now. made me and my buddies laugh.

 

Pharmacist and wife is MD. Just a small mortgage left, no children, no credit card debts. Just a car to play with...Abyss Blue...just got it Mar.22/04

 

What I find interesting is the people with huge salaries driving TLs. I see the numbers for some people and think to myself: "They could easily afford a car twice the price of a TL".

Very interesting indeed. Seems most TL owners are fairly conservative in their spending. That's good. Unlike one of my programmers who makes much less than I and just bought a BMW 3 series. He must be living from paycheque to paycheque. No wonder he keeps hitting me up for a raise. Ah well, this year's salary budget is going to me... hahaha!

 

My thoughts exactly ... If I where making $100k ++ their is no way I wouldnt be driving a BMW or Mercedes.

 

20 year old, well hung giggilo/cabana boy for wealthy women who also sells G on the side, income varies.

 

Before my 98 RL I had a 1996 MBZ S320 LWB...I got it 'cause it was an "S-Class", was stupid about money and regretted it from about 2 months after buying it. It was a pile...got a lotta complements (mostly because of 18" Monoblocks), but it was back to the dealer for problem after problem...everything from transmission "slippage" to dash cluster squeaks. The alternator kacked 570 miles out of warranty and I had to shell out $950 for a new one plus install. And I put a lot of miles on cars (30K/yr) so the car was only about 18-19 months old. I had a problem with the window regulator in my RL 7,000 out of warranty (again the car was less than 2 years old) and they fixed it for free anyway...plus gave me new wiper blades...acted like "What window problem ". Made me an Acura lifer. I've heard of Lexus doing the same kinds of things (although my g/f's IS is a complete pile). Before the S320 I had a 93 Lincoln MKVIII (first car after college) then a 95 Continental...both complete trash, Ford had to buy back the Continental after just over a year because of all the problems (including 3 dead tranny's and 2 head gasket failures).

I like how MBZs look, and how BMW's USED TO look, and the newer MBZs look like they have improved fit and finish, but if I were to spend that kinda money again ($60-$90K), I'd buy an LS430 and have money left over.

 

Actually, the ownership seems somewhat bi-modally distributed - you have the young, just starting out professional who is not married with kids, and for whom the chance to have a really decent car is a priority. Then you have a set of the older, more settled buyer, for whom $35K is a smaller fraction of annual income.

In my case, besides the car, I have two children who will be entering college - the first in about 16 months. And there is retirement savings as a priority. Yes, while theoretically I can "afford" a BMW or Mercedes, there is no way I can justify spending that much on something that depreciates to near zero in a decade or so.

 

25, graduated june 03, 55K/year, DB administrator and Programmer, haven't got the car - just like a good percentage of the forum i'm still waiting for mine to arrive, 1st time buyer got 4.9%, anth/ebony/navi, 10K down - around $450-480/month, got student loans, no mortgage since i live w/ parents, no credit cards, and a bunch of little monthy bills like cell phone, net flix, jordans and occasional shopping at fry's or newegg.com

 

I am a staff photographer for Government agency and make about 50Kyr sometimes more if the freelance goes nuts. I drove a 04 audi A4 1.8 and got rid of it cause it had so many things go bad. I refinanced my house saving $$$$ to help on the payment. As far as buying a car goes..don't do it if you can't afford it!! How can you enjoy driving a nice car if you are always worried about paying for it and its upkeep. good luck!

 

24 systems analyst at top management consulting firm. Put half down. Got nice low payments.

 

I am an administrator/budget/performance improvement/special projects type for a local government. I pull down around $70K and I am 34. No wife (anymore), no kids. Will be driving a TL as of this weekend.

 

21. Working as an Accountant/Auditor. Got the Anthracite/Ebony 6mt non-navi about 10 days ago.

 

iam 17 i didnt pay for my Tl but my mommy did heheh
she make about .5 million a year
paid full cash on the 03 TL type S and 04 LS430 which she drives
well i work at the pizza place making pizza make about 40 a week hehehehe

 

Military physician. 147k/yr (about half of what I should make as a civilian Radiologist or about 100k less I'd make as a civilian Emergency Medicine Physician - my first specialty - but at least my hours are awesome).

Waiting for TL fixes and possible AWD. Want to see the RL also before I defiintely go with the TL

 

v.p. real estate. company car!!

 

Wife and I are both Engineers
24 and 26
no kids
combined income of 130K

took out 5 year loan...

 

35, decent pay, Communications Support Technician, working for a non-profit organization on-call 24/7- emergency response for marine oil spills, natural disasters, or terrorist attacks.
Love my 2004 TL NBP/ Ebony 6MT w/ Navi, Lip Spoiler, Acura Protection Package, Blue LEDs in the front doors, and 27 piece Carbon Fiber Dash kit on order.

 

30 y/o, newly-single research optometrist in So Cal making 78K a year. 90k in student loans, renting my own apartment, 3k credit card debt.

Anthracite AT w/o Navi. i love the fact that i don't see 30 TLs on my way in to work every morning.

 

WORD.......i just see about 2 or 3...not bad

 

I am an associate producer for a company called Sammy Studios. I'm doing good I guess. Only major bills I have are the house, car, wife and girlfriend. Wife cost more thna the girlfriend though.

 

I'm a 25 year old UNION crane operator, just got my wdp 04 tl yesterday.

 

I am a 62 year old attorney. Traded a Subaru WRX on the TL. I'm a bit of a vehicle nut so it is one of a number of vehicles that I own at any given time...

<TED>

 

I'm 28 years old and have been a teacher for 5 years. Though I haven't made any payments on my new purchased TL yet, I wouldn't have bought it if I couldn't afford it.

 

me = comp sys admin
wife = webmaster

AA has a great mix of luxury cars so you get to see new models all the time but the TL's looks really stood out from all the 3/5's and A4/6's.

We're dink's with only the house and car as debt so it's pretty affordable for us.

 

I'm 50 yrs. young, work part time from home as asst to sales rep. Hubby makes the $$$ as Exec. Dir. and we bought the car cash.

 

22, PC/Console gaming company, the $ ammount I make is very private info. But, I'm probably going to put about 15K down on the car, maybe buy outright, I still haven't decided. But I surely want to have the car paid-off and sold before I'm out of warranty.

May get extended warranty as well. Its all up in the air at the moment. I'm just trying to locate my car and get an out-the-door price this week.

 

I Work for the railroad and my wife is an RN,I also just bought a new truck..so I have no money or sense.. ..but I do drive nice cars..LOL

 

- Computer consultant/systems designer/developer. Co-designer, developer, & maintainer of the World Trade Center Disaster system for the NYC Medical Examiner's Office....the system that keeps track of the human tragedy recovered from Ground Zero.

- Celebrity lookalike and impersonator for the most popular mafia character on television. :diablotin

 

Engineering poobah (#2 in company) at a medium size engineering firm. Wife works for financial management firm. Both paid too much. Together - way too much. Not many bills. Travel a lot. Paid cash. What a country.

 

OK.....you all have me quite depressed. I'm 50....university graduate...almost 30 yrs experience in financial services and presently earning around 90K (CDN)...less than some of the 20 somethings posting here. Going to head out in my '04 RRP TL 6MT to get over this.

 

Since when did Alfred E. Neuman join the Mafia??????

 

I'm forwarding your comments to your employers. Your pay will be cut in half. I'll be receiving 25% as commission. Have a nice life.

 

Well it's your own fault for getting an education instead of going out there and earning a living in some vacuous, lucrative, but socially irrelevant line of work.

 

Well the beauty of this is you'll be forwarding those comments to ----- wait for it--------me! As any good 10 year old online gamer would say at this point Muhaaahaaaa!!!

 

:lol1: Made me chuckle out loud! Good on ya!

derscott
"also an overpaid engineer"

 

Since 2 Octobers ago !

 

Now THAT'S worth a chuckle! Thanks DMZ, you made me laugh so hard I shot milk out my nose! (Which, if you think about it, is a lot less disgusting than it could have been.)

 

ya my daddy bout me my tl also he got it 4 me when i was 16 but now im 17 4/11/87 no flamming me plz

 

31, dept mgr @ small printing co., wife is a tech writer, 2 kids. houseohld income of 107k. Cars are my vice, so I'm helpless. Currently driving '00 TL-NAVI, deciding between '04 TL and Chrysler 300-tire-melting-C.

 

Not to be rude - but why is that ''very private'' ? Everyone else here is posting what they make, financial background, etc....I don't get it - why do people get so touchy about that kinda thing? Heck, we don't even know who you really are....why not tell us what you make?


me = network admin(underpaid) 45k/yr
wife = Director of rehabilitation in local hospital / Doctor of Physical Therapy 85k/yr

Small amount of credit card/home depot debt <$4000
Remainder of her school loan <$13,000