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Cake day: June 27th, 2023

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  • What are your options? For example, I would rather daily an '89 Corolla over a '01 Kia.

    What is your budget for maintenance? There will be nuisance items go like seals and gaskets due to age, even if the engine runs strong.

    What is the price? For a car that’s almost 35 years old, it better be low.

    If you have a low budget, don’t have a crazy commute, and can get a couple years out of this car for a couple grand, it could be exceptionally wise decision compared to a $600/mo car payment.



  • First, thanks for contributing. I credit r/personalfinance as one of the most important factors that allowed me to become financially literate. Still cleaning up the messes of my 20’s, but things would be WAY worse if I wouldn’t have been able to self-educate. I’m not going back to Reddit, so I’m thankful that you’re contributing content here instead.

    In regards to your question, relatively poorly.

    I’m 31. My salary when I began work after grad school was 35k with only 2% going into retirement; now my salary is north of 100k with 15% going into retirement. I am at about 40% of my annual income, so definitely behind. I should be able to have some nice catch-up progress over the next five years, but I can’t help but feel like a better starting job pre-COVID would have set me up way better.