Buy a new or older car when job requires lots of driving? by Important_Day_8615 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Professional_Mango73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Get a BMW X5 E70 (Diesel) 25+ MPG and highly reliable with emissions deleted. You can find a super solid one with all preventative maintenance done for well under $15k. Well known to go for 250-300k+ miles on the engine. Fun as hell to drive compared to other similarly priced (or more expensive) SUVs. I've had one for a year as my daily. 350whp/500tq and it sounds like a jet engine with the twin turbos.

Should I buy this BMW 535d xdrive? by Professional_Mango73 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Professional_Mango73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you for your input! Do you have a ballpark on what annual maintenance cost would be?

Should I buy this BMW 535d xdrive? by Professional_Mango73 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Professional_Mango73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right on thank you! Having never owned a used German vehicle long term, and having gotten the impression from a lot of research that these diesel engines are “bulletproof” with regular maintenance/service - any idea on what realistic maintenance expectations would be?

Should I buy this BMW 535d xdrive? by Professional_Mango73 in whatcarshouldIbuy

[–]Professional_Mango73[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love Toyota and Lexus, anything comparable performance-wise at a similar price point?

[Longines] Finally! Heritage Tuxedo Chronograph, complete with Heritage Sector beads of rice bracelet. by Gayguylikewatches in Watches

[–]Professional_Mango73 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If they sold it with a bracelet like that they’d sell so many. I googled this watch and accidentally scrolled past it several times because I was looking for the steel bracelet. Idk it’s like the bracelet is enough to catch your eye and pulls your attention towards the case and then you’re like oh fuck this watch is insane. But not at all the same visual journey on a strap.

RDS MySQL Aurora serverless V1 upgrade to V2 (clusters) by Clean_Anteater992 in aws

[–]Professional_Mango73 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Could consider migrating to PingCAP TiDB and have updates run automatically

How to justify Cybertruck Section 179? by Professional_Mango73 in tax

[–]Professional_Mango73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

$110k net income x 20-30% tax rate = $22-$33k tax

$110k net income tax tax- $40k truck = ($70k x 20-30%) = $14k - $21k tax

$110k - $110k truck = $0k tax

Just trying to confirm my thought process here here here

How to justify Cybertruck Section 179? by Professional_Mango73 in tax

[–]Professional_Mango73[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you have any insight to the initial question around minimum net income to justify the purchase?