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icarusGift horse. Mouth. Dental floss.
I figure most people would be dancing a jig.
I talked to dad and he's offered to pay my car payment (and insurance) while I'm in grad school. I just need to go and buy the car.
Many of you know that I came home from retreat to discover that mom had totaled my car. One month before I was due to start grad school.
The bank won't loan me money to buy a nice, cheap grad student-esque car. They want nothing to do with anything older than a 2006. (I already had loads of fun when a guy tried to cram a 2008 down my throat.)
So why am I looking this gift horse in the mouth? Jiggity-jig, right?
Welp.
Because it's STUPID, that's why. You don't buy a (relatively) new car right before you start grad school! Especially not one that you couldn't afford to pay for if, heaven forbid, something happened to Daddy-O.
What I want to do is buy an older model car, save up as much as I can for the downpayment, and finance only, like, three or four grand.
One thing's for sure. I'm certainly getting the picture on what it's like for the poor. You don't have money so we're going to Force you buy something you can't afford.
I figure most people would be dancing a jig.
I talked to dad and he's offered to pay my car payment (and insurance) while I'm in grad school. I just need to go and buy the car.
Many of you know that I came home from retreat to discover that mom had totaled my car. One month before I was due to start grad school.
The bank won't loan me money to buy a nice, cheap grad student-esque car. They want nothing to do with anything older than a 2006. (I already had loads of fun when a guy tried to cram a 2008 down my throat.)
So why am I looking this gift horse in the mouth? Jiggity-jig, right?
Welp.
Because it's STUPID, that's why. You don't buy a (relatively) new car right before you start grad school! Especially not one that you couldn't afford to pay for if, heaven forbid, something happened to Daddy-O.
What I want to do is buy an older model car, save up as much as I can for the downpayment, and finance only, like, three or four grand.
One thing's for sure. I'm certainly getting the picture on what it's like for the poor. You don't have money so we're going to Force you buy something you can't afford.
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Date: 2013-08-23 04:43 am (UTC)Yeah. I'm a privileged person, but I have NO MONEY LEFT at this point; I realize now (again) how EXPENSIVE that is.
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Date: 2013-08-23 04:46 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-23 11:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-08-30 05:20 am (UTC)Now apparently he favors automatic payments. Things are looking up.
But I like to cover my bases and want to keep this within my means.