Too YOUNG for a TT?
08-17-2000, 01:09 PM
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Lesson in Compound Interest
Just to be a naysayer, I will mention
that, assuming a conservative 8% real
rate of return, a dollar spent today
would be worth nearly 25 dollars 40 years
from now. If one saves 10K on a car
now, that's a 1/4 of a million at
retirement. A slightly more optimistic
real return of 10% translates into 1/2
a million 40 years from now.
that, assuming a conservative 8% real
rate of return, a dollar spent today
would be worth nearly 25 dollars 40 years
from now. If one saves 10K on a car
now, that's a 1/4 of a million at
retirement. A slightly more optimistic
real return of 10% translates into 1/2
a million 40 years from now.
08-17-2000, 01:15 PM
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HEY!! What's wrong with us OLD people driving TTs??
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08-17-2000, 01:29 PM
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Ok, what about absolute happiness
I could have been the guy who wished he had bought that car straight out of college. Then it became too late because he met a girl, then marriage then a kid, then practicality. Screw that, I 'm young now. I have the money now, I already have various investments for the future, (I bought Nvidia before they introduced the Ge force), so the future is of no concern to me. I may die tomorrow but I will always know I owned a TT first, no a bank account at 8% interest.
08-17-2000, 01:30 PM
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I'm 18 and have had a TT for 2 months now..
and completely love the car. Yes, maybe I am too young for a vehicle like this, but hey, we all have the same great taste don't we? 
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08-17-2000, 01:53 PM
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Old people with nice cars........ Maybe?
This remind of the first week I got my car. During a smoking pit stop a pack of girls in a VW cabrio park next to me and admired the car. Then promptly asked if my dad knows I drove his car out. 
I told them I bought it with my own money. Then shrugged and left for the store and I overheard one of them say, "Its not his car, only old cars drive nice cars." um... ouch? Not all bad, since that means I'm not old. <p>JasonC
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I told them I bought it with my own money. Then shrugged and left for the store and I overheard one of them say, "Its not his car, only old cars drive nice cars." um... ouch? Not all bad, since that means I'm not old. <p>JasonC89 200
00 TTq
Redmond, WA
08-17-2000, 03:06 PM
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And just think, when you're 'old' like me, your insurance could go down another 50%.
BTW, my second "real" car (i.e., out of college was a new RX-7). I was 22 at the time and had also just bought my first house (even if it was tiny). Times haven't changed all that much.
