The stupidest thing I’m lusting after? The 2020 Ford Mustang GT500 that was released Monday that I’ve been waiting years for.
It’s a dream but hard to suppress. I’ve been a “vehicle” guy my whole life. Motorcycles, jeeps, trucks, a few cars, etc.
I spend hours nearly every week just reading and researching. Every single car, new, old, etc.
Low mileage 2013 GT500’s that are loaded with the options are still around $50k. New they were around $68k. That’s $18k in depreciation over 6 years, or about $250/mo. Those are like sub 10k mile examples, not DD’s. Considering my income and savings rate, that’s about 3 hours of work per month..
I have a couple big things stopping me. 1. I’m a contractor and we move a ton, usually don’t have a garage. (We move states about yearly on average). 2. Since I’m a contractor, low job stability. 3. If I don’t buy the car, we will be close to hitting $500k saved this year, which is a big milestone. 4. After this current contract (June 2020) there’s a very good chance we might buy a diesel truck and airstream and take a longgg (6+ month) sabbatical road tripping across North America, then stay in the airstream for the contract work (so those are both expensive)
Yes, it seems stupid, and I’m lusting. I’ve just been dreaming for something like this since I was little, and on my single income this year I’ll orobabky save enough I could buy 2-3 of them outright.
I should also mention this has nothing to do with status or social aspect. I would probably honestly be too embarrassed to tell many people because that kind of spending isn’t me as much anymore. I just really really appreciate the beauty, power, and fine detail that goes into these things.