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A rule of thumb I've used is that your vehicle shouldn't cost more than 1/2 years salary. Just as a method of keeping things in proportion. A $50K car on a $4

• icey 18y ago
  While I appreciate everyone's concern for my financial well-being, I promise buying a car won't put me in the welfare line. I said this elsewhere in the thread, but it's grown much larger than I'd expected - I don't expect to spend 50k on a car, but it at least provided some limitations - I mean, with an unlimited budget I'd go buy an Aston Martin Vanquish and use that for my daily driver. Maybe there are people who aren't me who are interested in similar things. I didn't feel like over-limiting the question; I honestly didn't have the intention of making this a "Dear lazyweb, buy me a car plz ok?" sort of thread. I was genuinely interested in what sort of daily drivers hackers prefer. For whatever it's worth, there have been some very interesting answers that have had me spending time at Edmunds looking up cars that I hadn't thought about checking out before.
  • whatusername 18y ago
    I think the question skirted the bounds of HN - but I think you're just ok. For those complaining - this is likely (I haven't seen the stats) predominately male audience full of people who generally like gadgets/electronics/engineering/technology. There's going to be a lot of car-guy overlap into that. I'm currently driving a Toyota Celica (and definately enjoy it) - although since toyota withdrew them a couple of years ago - your only choice is 2nd hand now. And for my recommendations: 135i Mazdaspeed 3