I'm practical, I've got an eight year old civic, the Mrs drives a five year old civic and we pride ourselves on our pretty luxurious rides (cruise control, working AC, decent suspension, and an acceptable amount of power all wrapped up in an attractive body).
But...
Residency graduation is just around the corner, we have zero debt, $80k in retirement accounts, $40k in the emergency fund, and live on 60% of take home as is.
So I'm thinking of adding a current body style used manual corvette or maybe a mustang gt to the garage (not for regular commuting, but for the occasional trip to work and weekend drives).
With milmed we don't know if our next assignment will be sports car friendly (overseas, Alaska, maybe the NE, PNW, and MW just because of the bad weather half the year), and there is plenty of room in the budget (an extra $30k/yr take home) after completing residency to add a car payment, so I figured a short term loan wouldn't be the end of the world.
Is this crazy? I feel like it's a little crazy as a $4,000 used Miata would provide a good chunk of the fun at a substantially lower cost, but it seems like a newer car would be turn key reliable and I feel like I already have more money than time and I rather spend the former to enjoy the latter.
Thanks.
But...
Residency graduation is just around the corner, we have zero debt, $80k in retirement accounts, $40k in the emergency fund, and live on 60% of take home as is.
So I'm thinking of adding a current body style used manual corvette or maybe a mustang gt to the garage (not for regular commuting, but for the occasional trip to work and weekend drives).
With milmed we don't know if our next assignment will be sports car friendly (overseas, Alaska, maybe the NE, PNW, and MW just because of the bad weather half the year), and there is plenty of room in the budget (an extra $30k/yr take home) after completing residency to add a car payment, so I figured a short term loan wouldn't be the end of the world.
Is this crazy? I feel like it's a little crazy as a $4,000 used Miata would provide a good chunk of the fun at a substantially lower cost, but it seems like a newer car would be turn key reliable and I feel like I already have more money than time and I rather spend the former to enjoy the latter.
Thanks.
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