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Less than 5%
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23.33%
5-10%
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30.00%
10-20%
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20.00%
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4.44%
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Car payment as a percentage of your income

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Old 05-23-2011 | 05:21 PM
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Car payment as a percentage of your income

Just out of curiosity, what percentage is your car payment in relation to your monthly income

ie? $500 pymt on $5000 pre tax income (60k/yr) = 10%
Old 05-23-2011 | 05:48 PM
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1%.... :d:d
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Old 05-23-2011 | 05:56 PM
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I just use my poker winnings to pay for my car payment and I don't include poker in my salary (unless I'm having a losing year, lol) so I guess 0%
Old 05-23-2011 | 06:31 PM
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less than half a percent of my annual income.
Old 05-23-2011 | 06:52 PM
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About 6.5%.
Old 05-23-2011 | 06:54 PM
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0%. I paid my **** off.
Old 05-23-2011 | 07:10 PM
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80%. I work to drive my G.
G is my everything my asset!






















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10% but I purchased, not leased
Old 05-23-2011 | 09:10 PM
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80%. I work to drive my g.
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J/k lol
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Old 05-23-2011 | 09:23 PM
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99% of my income is spent on car payments. ive over extended myself!
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I don't have any other real expenditures (live with my parents) so I just kinda throw down a good percentage of whatever I happen to make that month.
Old 05-23-2011 | 11:22 PM
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0% paid cash
Old 05-24-2011 | 12:11 AM
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I make like 800 bucks in a good month, and I pay 322 a month so, Id say 40%, not very smart, i know, but Im 19, live with my parents and have no children, so I might as well drive a car that makes me happy.
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Originally Posted by NYCMaxima
I make like 800 bucks in a good month, and I pay 322 a month so, Id say 40%, not very smart, i know, but Im 19, live with my parents and have no children, so I might as well drive a car that makes me happy.
19, live w/ your parents and have no kids~I'd say you're much smarter than someone that's 19 w/ 3 kids trying to rent somewhere and driving a jalopy
Old 05-24-2011 | 12:55 AM
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Originally Posted by NYCMaxima
I make like 800 bucks in a good month, and I pay 322 a month so, Id say 40%, not very smart, i know, but Im 19, live with my parents and have no children, so I might as well drive a car that makes me happy.
I am a pretty conservative financial guy....but I think you're doing the right thing at this time in your life. Plenty of time to do the investment thing in a few years. I purchased a brand new turbo charged 300ZX when I was 21...took a large chunk out of every check to make the payment. I don't regret that decision one bit....enjoyed it much! Nothing is better than driving a great car when you're young....of course I still like driving a great car when I'm not so young


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