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Senior Writer @NRO. Reaganite, Catholic, Mets fan, ex-lawyer. Opinions 100% my own, but you can share them. Not the Cardinals broadcaster.

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    Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 3 Dec 2019

    This article is entitled "The road to riches is this simple: Drive a crappy car" but it should really be say "Keep your car as long as you can." That starts with buying a good, new car & maintaining it, not an endless series of used junkers.https://www.marketwatch.com/story/the-road-to-riches-is-this-simple-drive-a-crappy-car-2019-06-21 …

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      2. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 3 Dec 2019

        A good, lightly-used car will do the trick as well in getting you years on the road with no car payments & minimal upkeep. But I've driven my share of crappy cars that were repair-money pits or had a short shelf life.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 3 Dec 2019

        My general philosophy of most things is buy rather than rent, & don't splurge but spend a little more to buy quality so it lasts & saves over the long term.

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      2. Potemkin. Once worked in a call center.‏ @IggyBeeBop 3 Dec 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Been driving used all my life. Volvo and Subaru sit in my garage. Don't buy new and maintain, buy good used.

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      3. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 3 Dec 2019
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        Yes, (as I followed up), that works too.

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      1. Da Big Guy‏ @donciccio807 3 Dec 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        Buy ~2yr good condition used is the way to avoid the gargantuan depreciation hit and still have a quality car that lasts a long time.

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      2. Christopher Lloyd‏ @ChristopheLloyd 3 Dec 2019
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        The junker route can work, though it carries more risk. My best car value: bought an '87 Olds Cutlass from the junkyard for $900; drove it for 2.5 years, about 40k miles; only non-standard upkeep was a new radiator for $250; solid it for $650. That's a monthly cost under $17.

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      3. Matt Kent‏ @m4ttk3nt 3 Dec 2019
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        I salute you.

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      2. Mr. B‏ @BrotherBeeBop 3 Dec 2019
        Replying to @baseballcrank

        But alas, as always, being poor is expensive. A decent, new car, even a modest one, requires good credit or a substantial down payment, or a an exorbitant monthly car payment. Poor folks ain't gonna be able to that - thus junker to junker to junker which costs alot which hinders

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      3. Mr. B‏ @BrotherBeeBop 3 Dec 2019
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        The ability to save up/build credit for a new one. And on and on and on

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      1. 𝕊𝕦𝕫𝕒𝕟𝕟𝕖 𝔻𝕒𝕧𝕚𝕤‏ @Jopup1 3 Dec 2019
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        My husband has been driving a bottom of the line BMW for over 10 years. It’s needed nothing but routine servicing.

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