'MURICA!

 

Have ttribe in mind specifically because I know he loves BMW's art cars...

Anyhow, just an FYI that the preorder on Amazon is up for "BMW Art Cars" (hardcover). Looks to be a must-have for any fan and well, lovely coffee-table book too.

 

Pretty amazing truck but that GT-R had a poor launch.

 

13 seconds.. IS350 would have beat it.

 

And the RLX would've finished slightly behind the IS350 if it had upgraded tires.

 

Does anyone keep track of how much they spend monthly on their car including: payments, gas, maintenance, and insurance??

Costco, JS+BRZ this is mostly for you since i want that brz lol, but it would still be interesting to hear everyone elses. I know its new so maintenance costs are well none and there's so much variability in this stuff so i can't really use it for myself but its a good starting point.

 

I do via Mint. Helps track spending and when I go over budget.

But one of the other things I do is have my direct deposit split to a separate bank account and then the bill autopaid out of there. I never see the money and so I never have to worry about if the bill is paid.

 

Yea I use mint as well. But I dont wanna look at mine cause well i have it easy right now. I averaged $290 over the last two months. But thats only gas, parking (and a parking ticket) and tolls. I dont have a car payment and insurance. Which why i wanna know the true cost of owning a car.

THis would basically determine my goal for how big a down payment I want to put, since that is the easiest way to control monthly costs in a budget.

 

Gas = my work covers it. I average around 25mpg per tank. I rev it up like crazy.
Payments = $290 i think
Maintenance = Free for 3 yrs by Subaru
Insurance = $100 per month

I don't really keep track of them separately. It's a fairly cheap car with pretty good gas mileage.

I would keep track of everything, if I own a 911.

 

I think you got it twisted.

if you own a 911, keep track of MPG is the last thing on your list.

 

I would want to check to see how low the MPG can get.

 

$290 a month, thats cheap! How much down and APR did you get? If you dont mind me asking.

Lucky that gas is covered by work haha. I get $40 for mileage twice a month for work. Which covers only 1 tank of gas in my corolla. I probably go through 4-5 tanks a month.

 

now that is some braggin rights.

 

It's all good.

I think I put down like $12k and got 1.1% APR for 60 months. The car was like $26,200 or something.

 

This was my first new car loan. I would have put more down, but my brother (former car sales manager) told me to put down less. My monthly payment is nuts, but it doesn't really matter aside a shitload of rainy day money. As in be unemployed for 1+ yr and still be perfectly okay.

was this part of your deal? I don't think Subaru offers this. Is it 3 yrs warranty? I know Scion offers 2 yrs free maintenance.

 

I heard it's only for Subaru in CA.

 

how much is a shit load of money?

 

Apparently some Australian car magazine website is saying Toyota's back on with the STI's turbo in the GT-86. 295hp ...

Plus a convertible, a gran coupe, and some sort of hybrid.

 

If it is true and it stays RWD, then i just found my next car.

 

does it really matter?

Like I said, more than a year of zero income and I still wouldn't need to sell my body to survive.

 

Ahh thats a big down payment. Man I wish I worked during school so I could have started paying down my loans. That shit is holding me back haha. Could have easily bought the 2015 brz whenever it came out if i didnt have any loans

 

I hear you. Hopefully, you're making as little as you ever will over the course of the rest of your career ... So, while you are being responsible about not getting a BRZ right now it might me you're about to get a M3 later (or whatever you want).

Then again you could get married and throw all your money away on a wife and ungrateful kids.

 

Or marry a very rich wifey.

 

 

The Wsklar approach...

 

Like Whiskers.

 

What car owner over 21 doesn't do this?

$321/month for the car, $100 for insurance, $60 a week on gas, $40 a week in tolls, & maintenance is usually just oil changes done by a friend at work. The work beyond that are merely modifications.

 

I'm fine with a BRZ in a little later then a M3 after.. Two reasons. My parents are still paying for this corolla so I want to give it back to them and let them do whatever they want with it. And I can't drive a corolla for the next 5 years, i'll go crazy lol

Ummm I want to guess most americans?? If people kept track of their expenses they wouldnt buy things they couldnt afford and we wouldnt have been in a recession..

 

 

Hey everyone I'm new to the tl game and have a couple of questions. Got the 06 tl with 86k on it. The previous owner said he but 08 rims and side mirrors and bumpers. They are Falling Off A Little Bit How Can I Fix That Other Than Double Sided tape. The tpms says psi 58 then says check pressure after driving a mile or 2. And the stock speakers sound horrible. Any help would be great.

 

 

I have a feeling most Americans do keep track of these things, they just continue to spend money on things they think they can pay off later on.

Why I'm not particularly fond of using credit cards unless it's a large purchase over $1,000.

 

I'm jealous of those insurance payments...

 

Except, supposedly, no MT for the sedan. 8AT

 

I dont. I dont feel a need to track what i spend on the car. Not to mention when i fill up on average everyday i dont want to know what im spending on fuel.

 

I don't keep track at all.

 

Sedan BRZ??

 

Re: reliability these days

my friend got his SLS Black Series in January, it is in the shop now because it needs the transmission replaced. Why? A bad sensor. Apparently it has happened to several SLSBS's. The transmission won't come in until June, he ain't too happy about that. They gave him some incentives and a 2014 S550 as a loaner.

 

Oops.

 

touchy throttle?


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