How can people afford all the vehicles they list in their profile?

[nerubi]

Some people show they own vehicles totalling $100,000 to $250,000 or more in their profile. They must be Warren Buffet or Jay Leno relatives because although I'm retired and had high paying professions I don't think I could comfortably afford that much in transportation. And where to keep them? I guess I am either poor or too frugal (my kids call it cheap and that I should spend my money now instead of saving it for them and my grandkids). I guess they can't be Warren Buffet's kids, he still lives in the modest house in Omaha he bought like 40 years ago. But he probably has 2 or 3 vacation homes somewhere else.

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[wibornz]

There are people that make big money. I have a bud that makes 18 grand a week in his business. He still lives in his normal house. The money he spends on drag racing is just silly money.

The doc that operated on my eyes, did 20 operations that day. Lasik, and he charged 4 thousand each 80,000 dollar day.

 

[Blown7]

Doesn't cost much to lease, or a loan...

Some people are wealthy others pretend to be.....

 

[CJ-ING-RJ]

I'm definitely not part of the Warren group. I got lucky with my JLUR I picked it up used with 1900 miles on it. Some lady was in a Raptor thought she was a Jeep person turns out she went back to a Raptor.
There are two types of people on here. Those that can afford to pay someone to put 10K of accessories on a 50K 6 month old rig. And those of us that read, watch, and dream of what we can do. But hey tax returns should be coming in

 

[drdriller]

Most of my colleagues live well beyond their means!

 

[jruss]

Most of my colleagues live well beyond their means!

There’s this ^^^^
There are also a lot of people that make really good money. A wrangler is still widely considered a “luxury” or discretionary purchase. So people that can afford a 50k rubicon as a third vehicle probably have some cash to throw around.

 

[Litfuse]

I pay for all my toys through my artwork that I sell. Half to toys and the other half towards my son’s education fund. I don’t touch the money from my daily profession.

 

[Torero]

I just have old cars. My poor math tells me that I don’t lose the depreciation until I sell a car. Perfectly running car and the trade in is a joke. I rather keep them.

 

[allenn]

Man I just let the electricity get cut off and when I buy new parts I eat ramen noodles that week haha.

 

[Moto_21]

Man I just let the electricity get cut off and when I buy new parts I eat ramen noodles that week haha.

Right there with you. Haha

 

[ZEN357]

They are on Welfare don't you know! Our Tax dollars pay for their vehicle!!! LOL!!!!

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

They are on Welfare don't you know! Our Tax dollars pay for their vehicle!!! LOL!!!!

You jest, but... have any of you guys seen those (exploitative-yet-must-see) shows like “My 600lb life,” “Family by the Ton,” or “Hoarders?” How can a person can be bed ridden and jobless, but afford to eat 18,000 calories a day? I saw a few minutes of last nights’s episode of “Hoarders” - lady had THREE houses, all hoarded to the ceiling, and all in posh neighborhoods. Her “career” was selling junk on Craig’s List.

I’m doing something wrong by working my ass off, apparently.

 

[ChrispyJL]

You jest, but... have any of you guys seen those (exploitative-yet-must-see) shows like “My 600lb life,” “Family by the Ton,” or “Hoarders?” How can a person can be bed ridden and jobless, but afford to eat 18,000 calories a day? I saw a few minutes of last nights’s episode of “Hoarders” - lady had THREE houses, all hoarded to the ceiling, and all in posh neighborhoods. Her “career” was selling junk on Craig’s List.

No Sir, I for one refuse to watch TV, because shit like that is on it...or the news

I stopped giving a poo about what others have a long time ago.

 

[ZEN357]

You jest, but... have any of you guys seen those (exploitative-yet-must-see) shows like “My 600lb life,” “Family by the Ton,” or “Hoarders?” How can a person can be bed ridden and jobless, but afford to eat 18,000 calories a day? I saw a few minutes of last nights’s episode of “Hoarders” - lady had THREE houses, all hoarded to the ceiling, and all in posh neighborhoods. Her “career” was selling junk on Craig’s List.

I’m doing something wrong by working my ass off, apparently.

Apparently we all are doing something wrong if people like that can stay at home, have all their bills paid and not work.

 

[rbjeepthing]

I don't make a ton of money, my wife makes double what I do but doesn't support modding vehicles so I buy ones and part them out to support my hobby.

My biggest issue is insurance, there are only two of us in the household with clean records and being over the age of 35 we still pay just over $500 a month for all the rides. Another thing is two of my vehicles are paid for through the business I work for which helps as well.

1995 YJ on tons (rock crawler)
2001 GMC 2500 Duramax (tow rig)
2008 Audi A4 S Line (daily driver)
2007 Jeep JKU on 40's (company vehicle)
2018 JK on 35's (wife's daily)
2018 JLU on 37's (company vehicle)

The only one we owe on is the wife's JK and that was simply due to the fact it was bought the last weekend they were taking orders and offered 0% financing on 8 years. No point on giving up that equity when purchasing. I was homeless and broke in my teenage years. Hitting rock bottom makes you appreciate things more and take care of things. It also teaches you to be very smart with your financial situation. We live of cash via a strict budget, if it isn't there you can't spend it.

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