Recently, my truck got stolen and gutted (Fuck you, Atlanta). Now, I’m looking at a new (to me) vehicle.
I, personally, would prefer to pay cash and be done with it because I don’t want to borrow money (already having debt related to school), but my parents are concerned that anything in my price range ($4-6k) isn’t reliable enough for me drive out to CA when my job moves me out there early next year. They are also against me paying cash and draining my savings account on an old, high mileage vehicle that could, very soon after purchase, need a major repair or leave me stranded out in Bumfuck on my way out to CA.
Based on the criteria my parents would like to see in a vehicle I buy, I’d be spending $12-15k (putting about $3-4K down and financing the rest).
What are some of your opinions on how I should handle this situation?
Submitted December 10, 2017 at 08:01AM by WombatTears http://ift.tt/2nOAm6E
