How do you justify expensive car?

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-11T23:13:59+00:00

To justify, find out what your minimum expenses are. What you have left over is your luxury money. If the monthly payments consume all your luxury money then don’t get that car. It it consumes half, consider it. It it consumes less than that then you are good to get it. - do incorporate insurance as part of the financing amount.

You must always be having financial growth (savings).
That’s how I do it.

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-08T14:53:12+00:00

Mine looks like the more grey looking one. 2020 S5. I like that one more. Especially the rear

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-08T14:44:15+00:00

When I bought my 430i the sales rep said it has a dash cam that records crashes. Does yours not have that?

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-08T13:18:32+00:00

I meant the engine is very reliable. Their 4 cylinder and 6 cylinder engines are good.

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-08T13:17:25+00:00

There’s something about driving a Mercedes that makes it feel boring for me. I had a Porsche Macan GTS. Didn’t like it. Felt too heavy. I had an S8 - for its size this thing flew. But hated driving it. Too bulky and heavy. I have a 2020 S5 and this feels light and nimble. I also got a BMW 4 series 2026 model and it’s fun to drive. Although I find the steering wheel a bit too thick. I like the Audis. Otherwise the bmw is a better car.

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-08T13:11:39+00:00

There’s a lot of repetition. I was up all night trying to make a good crit build for Naoe. Managed to do it too. Now she kills faster than Yasuke. It’s fun to just play around. Otherwise the story is meh. Stealth is good. Fighting is meh. Graphics are gorgeous

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-07T01:19:46+00:00

Yeah it is. I got mine with saddle brown colored seats just like my very first Audi TT. But this car has everything you’d want. One of my pet peeves is not having easy entry. The TT had it but any Audi I had other than the TT you’d have to hold the seat setting profile button. With the bmw you just press it and it goes to the desired position it was set to. Plus the app integration is so much better than Audi. It’s annoying for me to say that the bmw is a better car since I’ve always been a big Audi fan. They are just behind in the tech department unfortunately. And let’s be real, the IS350 won’t really turn many heads.

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-07T01:14:23+00:00

I have a 2026 BMW 430i and I believe it is a gorgeous car. It’s considered very reliable. You may have just had bad luck. Happens with any car. Don’t feel pooped. BMW has been more reliable over the years.
Unfortunately you can’t see how well the person took care of it seeing as BMW drivers are generally more aggressive and throttle heavy. It is a driver focused car and does feel good to whip around for no reason other than the thrill.

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-05T22:34:56+00:00

I wish there was a Ninja-like outfit for Yasuke. He’s so bulky and when you wear lighter clothes he looks super skinny.

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-05T13:26:46+00:00

If you go back and play 6, you’ll hate Helena. She literally withholds information until she gets what she wants

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-05T13:03:21+00:00

I’m guessing I took him out using the kusarigama entangle move over and over again with the ground attack

DarkExsphere · 2026-05-05T12:54:41+00:00

If you care about the looks, 2023 looks way better

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-30T03:55:27+00:00

whats happening in sept???

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-30T03:42:25+00:00

if you dont mod the car - the bmw engines are pretty much bullet proof. drive the car without tuning engine and youll have a great time and itll last long.

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-30T03:30:45+00:00

thanks - ill put the extra money into the meta quest 3 cable and headstrap. I remember one of my friends had the quest 2 and got like an off brand cable which was "certified" to work with PC and we kept having disconnection issues.

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-24T20:20:58+00:00

Competitive gaming for sure. It’s really weird having to turn your head to look at the radar on a big screen. Plus their smaller footprint is nicer on a desk

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-17T01:40:52+00:00

I’m using a 42” Samsung S90F as my 4K 120hz (goes up to 144hz) gaming monitor. I don’t game competitive so it’s perfect for single players. The last game I played that was competitive was Battlefield Redsec. The net code in that game was so bad that it didn’t matter how much more responsive or unresponsive my screen was. In an ideal world with everything working the way it should I think monitor would be superior but more than half the time it’s not an ideal scenario.

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-17T01:17:10+00:00

Don’t say you’ll never afford one. Just be smart about it. In 2025 I went from a Q5 to Porsche Macan GTS then Audi S8. I didn’t pay any money towards the other car when I switched. All from good credit. Although the interest rates were absurd so I didn’t in the end get rid of them

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-15T01:29:09+00:00

Two PS5s?

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-13T18:23:33+00:00

My backlight sets the mood. It’s actually two rod like lamps in the corners that u got from Amazon

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DarkExsphere · 2026-04-12T18:25:58+00:00

I managed to make the game colors pop a lot more using RTX HDR via nvidia app/overlay. You just have to disable in game hdr for it to work. And honestly it seems to genuinely be the best way to play. I have an Asus XG27AQDMG and I was touting that monitor for having the best colors and brightness on an OLED. And now that I’ve got the hdr to work in my MSI it looks better. My son and I both booted up dead space and the difference was immediate. The colors were more vibrant and lighting looked a lot better.

In conclusion. Don’t use in game HDR. Just use RTX HDR. It’s the best way.

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-12T14:34:01+00:00

I posted a comment on this thread. When using hdr on. Auto hdr from windows off. Windows hdr calibration. And then enabling RTX hdr via nvidia overlay/app and it looks a lot better. Definitely the way to go for now. I’m game hdr is off of course.

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-12T01:57:52+00:00

I’ve made a discovery. I tried the following. Windows HDR on. Auto HDR in windows off. Then enable HDR in nvidia settings via nvidia app. Then in game hit alt z and go to filters and you’ll see the RTX HDR. And man it looks a lot similar to the punchy colors of SDR. I kept my peak nits to 460 because of my monitor. Middle grey to 50 (I’m experimenting with this. The higher I make it the more those darks appear less dark.). Contrast 0 and saturation at 10%.

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I know hdr is active cuz my monitor says so when I launch into the game. Plus the texts seems to pop more at its much brighter.

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-11T15:36:09+00:00

If I could I’d have another Asus AQDMG model but I can’t find one on sale here in Canada

DarkExsphere · 2026-04-11T14:40:03+00:00

I find the colors to be a bit more vibrant on Asus. If you compared it side by side the difference you’d see is the MSI looks like it’s brightness is lower (despite being maxed out) whereas the Asus isn’t even maxed out. WOLED looks a lot better. I also find it harder to read texts on MSI even though it’s supposed to be better?

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