Casey Liss

If you feel responsible about being able to cover your other needs, then I don't think you should feel any shame being a successful working professional in your 40s to buy a new car every seven years.

That's not that crazy to me because that's something that you care about.

Yeah, you care a lot about that, and it brings you a lot of joy, and you don't go blowing money in other excessive ways.

So, like, I don't... Well... Oh, come now.

No, I think, again, like...

Your finances are up to you and your family, but if things are being taken care of, you should not feel guilt to indulge yourself in your biggest interest in life.

That is fine.

Now, granted, if you want to optimize only for money...

The way to do that is to buy a used Toyota or Honda and run it into the ground.

That is the correct option if you're optimizing for value over time.

That is by far the correct option.

yeah right like that's another option like there's lots of ways to do that and so like but but you know the fact is you love cars and wanting to buy a used car a different used car every seven years is not that unreasonable although you might want to just double this money you know just for equity's sake to say well this is your fun hobby and you get this much allocated to it what's what's the equivalent of erin's fun hobby that she gets the equal amount allocated to so whatever you think you're spending just double it

But make sure to tell her your friend Marco just saved you $21,000.

Yeah, right.

Yeah.

And the right answer is if you do want to really consider these cars, go test drive them.

Look at how much you learned.

You were all set in your mind that it was going to be this car, but as soon as you test drove it, it became very clear that there were things about it that weren't for you.

Believe me, I'm guilty of the same thing.

Here I am looking at the i4 myself.