Can I Afford A New Car | 10 Percent Rule

Now first I want to say, that when I say new I don’t just mean NEW car, I also mean a New to you car; what that means is I use this rule where the car is brand new or used, and it doesn’t reallly matter.

Now this rule is simple, but it doesn’t mean you have to use it, for example when I bought my first car it was actually way below the 10% rule, beucase I didn’t need to buy the car I could buy, I just wanted to buy what I needed.

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What is the 10% Rule

This rule says, that a cars cannot be more than 10% of your networth on average

Now when people here this, they either smile or they start going crazy and throwing a fit

But a rule of thumb is just a guide its not a commandment like that 10 God gave us with Moses

So for example:

If your networth is $4, how the heck do you buy car

And if your networth is $1 million, do you have to buy a car for 100k

The answer is obviosly no

So if your Broke or Rich here is my Advice

Buy a car you can afford to pay for in cash.

And before you say Tommy, I don’t have any cash

I’m going to reply with ( save up the money and sell the things you don’t need around the house )

Here are some suggestions

Look at Toyota, Hundas and mazdas

These are cars with solid track records that could run for 100s of thousands of miles

And this guy on YouTube called Scotty his mechanic and he talks about these cars

So instead of looking

A 15k or 30k car and saying I can afford the car payment

Look at a 3-5k car and say what I can do to buy this things in cash

Obviously if you have more saving you can do more and if you have less you can less

Here is the Car I bought.

A 2014 Toyota Prius for $9000

And I regret buying that, they save you money on fuel but they are expensive to fix

So in the next year, I’ll probably be passing on that headache to someone else

Is It ever okay to finance a car ( suzi says 3 years is fine )

You could do it

But its not something I would personally do

So I cant tell you to do it

The benefit is:

You can buy something nicer and pay it off in 3 years

But you could also just buy something decent

Save up and buy what you want, without having to anyone any money

Some Closing Advice

My goal with a car, is to own it.

My goal with my money is to grow it and protect it from liabilities

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