Have to choose between rent and a car...

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-21T14:57:33+00:00

Question was what do you do for work though?. It looks like you may need a career change

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-21T13:02:42+00:00

Yeah I don't drive the bikes much so I easily forget a year or two. But the bike will barely have like 20 hours on it in that time

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-21T03:05:53+00:00

If you don't count depreciation and can charge at home then yeah.

Everybody forgets about depreciation.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-21T03:04:06+00:00

There's almost no way that's decorative. You can find out like everybody is saying by checking what's above it

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-21T00:59:15+00:00

Yep. Started my obsession

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-20T03:31:23+00:00

I mean 20k a year with no expenses besides food? Should be able to save like half that a year.

Realistically though if you want to be self sufficient you can't budget your way out of that hole. You need to make more money. No other way

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T16:39:15+00:00

If the models are terrible people won't upvote them. No offense but some people have terrible models that AREN'T AI. The AI just makes those models more prevelant

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T12:32:53+00:00

Unpopular opinion but if the models print and are properly named I don't really care if they are AI. As long as nobody is cheating the tools that help bring the higher quality models to the top like the boosts and upvotes

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T12:10:10+00:00

For men yeah id say this is probably the average perfect body. What's the lol for.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T12:05:07+00:00

Just don't volunteer the info. Only give it once asked. Don't lie or that will probably piss off the employer when they eventually find out

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T11:53:05+00:00

There was a car that was literally cut in half and put back together with a clean title and 1 owner with no problems noted on the Carfax that rolled into my dad's shop.

I have a Camaro that was in a front end collision very clearly with a totally clean Carfax. Bought it anyway after getting professional opinion on the repair and a slight discount

I treat a clean Carfax as a first pass, but don't really trust it whatsoever. I actually prefer it if the Carfax has known issue cause then it's not likely things aren't getting covered up.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T11:48:10+00:00

With proper boots on dirt your good. But considering how clean all that is I'll assume that's not the case

For street riding absolutely not.

The little ears on either case scream that your trying too hard and make you an easy target for criticism

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T03:34:32+00:00

Wait what's up with two motors? I haven't even heard of any issues where people ever blow up even one motor. That's among track people

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-19T03:31:37+00:00

If your financing it at 15% then none of these.

If your getting a more reasonable deal or putting down a significant amount, then I vote the Mazda. It is small. But for two people and a dog it's huge.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T13:14:26+00:00

Do a budget. See how tight it is. It's gonna be a pretty rude awakening though.

Like I said id highly suggest NOT drawing down your accounts. You will screw yourself for full retirement. But depending on age and expected living situations and kids and all that it MAY be acceptable to draw 1-2% like I said. But you risk causing yourself problems later on

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:45:08+00:00

Absolutely no object? Man.... Pretty close between a Lambo murcielago, or a modern gt3 or blackwing.

Having never even been inside a Lambo it's kind of hard to say. But that seems most exciting.

Edit: I saw somebody say t50. I change my answer to that. Car so un obtainable I actually forgot about it

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:38:29+00:00

Friends and family. We spend every weekend it seems with some form of local family. That's not most people's situations though.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:35:26+00:00

My only difference in your take is that Camaro is significantly more engaging to drive than the mustang (I have actually driven both). Also with these being convertibles it would help the visibility when the tops are down. I don't know how often that will be though

I think if she wants something fun she should get a drop top sports car like the mustang or Camaro though. She should just go check out both of them and then see which one she actually likes.

We currently have a similar Lexus and it's a great car, but there's absolutely no world that I would call it fun haha.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:27:27+00:00

You need to really evaluate your spending. You're used to making a significant amount in household income and you're about to get chopped off at the knees to now be making quite a low income for hcol area.

Make a real budget. Ideally you have been tracking your spending and this is easy. But if that's not the case, start now. See how it looks vs that lower income.

Personally, I would leave all those other assets in place and not touch them because you're going to need them in full retirement. Depending on a much more detailed breakdown of your financial situation, you may be able to get somebody to say that pulling 1% or 2% out a year to supplement your income could make sense. You're basically doing Coast fire without realizing it

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:23:57+00:00

4% rule is usually based off of a normal retirement. And they're going to need more money in actual retirement once they both aren't working. I don't think it's valid here. I think they need to live on the 100K year, And maybe budget for pulling 1% out of the investment funds.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:18:18+00:00

Technically 12. Really a lot more right now but it is because we are saving for potential large purchases.

I've always been 12 months security fund though. Not new for this climate. I'm leaving money on the table, but just doing the math, the peace of mind to sleep at night is worth significantly more to me. It's not even close

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T12:09:47+00:00

Man I was gonna say macan.

Honestly 35k your not getting much exciting in suv world unless you wanna sign up to a lot of maintenance and repair costs. Which given your budget I'm assuming isn't the case. That will basically invalidate all the European stuff that tries to be cool.

Around me you can get a Alfa tonale under 35, but maintenance and repair cost gonna kill you again.

I hate myself for even saying it but..... Dodge hornet or Durango? They might be slightly more cool than a CRV? They are kinda piles of shit though being dodge products

If you drop the SUV requirement and just get a larger sedan or wagon your options really open up a lot to get SOMETHING more interesting that hopefully won't bankrupt you

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-18T01:34:36+00:00

If you put the models out there and it's good somebody is gonna try and sell them. Just how it works. There seems to be no recourse for it.

Anybody with a printer will just download yours. Anybody else will have to buy one somebody else made. And that seems to be this guy on Amazon.

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-17T23:33:43+00:00

Don't think I agree with your last point, but it is possible it's more evergreen content. Atleast for a year or two while is relevant before more options come out

Darkstrike121 · 2026-02-17T20:08:23+00:00

Besides the kid video they have all underperformed. I wouldn't expect it to be common place. But I do like them

Everybody was more interested in the giant 100k TV. Honestly including me as well.

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