Hal, (in red above). That's what I told Lon and he got, well, you know. I told him that, by know, everyone in the forum knows he's been "financially secure" for years upon years. The cars, the places he's been to. All of that cost money, including where he lives.
Cody my friend you are too easily impressed. I have had a good life on very MIDDLE INCOME but was very good with managing my income and savings.
I done both a "Like" of your post. My wife actually was the same way, when it came to managing income and savings. As for me, I had a fairly low "lower income", but that was my fault. I always wanted a nicer vehicle than I had, but just couldn't afford it. IOW, no credit and low paying jobs.
I liked the first one. But my favorite luxuary car was the long Lincoln and a couple Cadilacs with 'wings'forgot what they were called now..
As a very young child my parents had a 37 Plymouth with running boards. My mother always talked about that car.
We had a Studibaker when I was about 6.I use to sit in it and turn sterring pretending I was driving.Don't know why I remember that? But it wasn't that old .
The 1930's was Depression Time and many people did not have a car or a job. We lived in Newark, New Jersey in a apartment and both my parents worked.
My mother, who just turned 98, grew up during the depression, and didn't learn to drive until she was almost 40. Bought an early Corvair (remember those?) with an automatic transmission. She could never learn to drive a manual transmission car because there were 3 pedals and she only had 2 feet. Okay, back to the thread topic...
This spans over 56 years until today 1950 Chevy Bellaire 1954 Chrysler Fluid drive 1966 SS 1967 Opel Rallye 1967 Mustang 1971 Mach One 1972 Torino 1972 Pinto 1967 Fairlaine 1968 Squareback Torino 428 cobra 1964 Ford 8 door Van 1967 Chevy C-10 1970 Bellaire SW 1971 Vega SW 1965 Mustang 1978 Dodge Aspen 1969 Nissan PU 1982 GMC 3/4 ton still driving it, the last vehicle for me, bought in 1998 Nevada.
We just bought a 2010 Nissan Rogue. It's in great shape, body-wise, and it seems to run very well too, although I'm no expert when it comes to automotive stuff. At $4,000, it was a good price and it's much better looking than our 2013 Ford Fusion. The Ford runs fine but another member of my family, I won't say which, has a habit of running into curbs and stuff, so it doesn't look very good, at least as compared to the Nissan. We also have a 2022 Ford Edge, but that's leased. We bought it (the Nissan) from someone we know, so I'm not expecting anything underhanded. We're going to clean the Ford Fusion up a bit and sell it. This isn't it, but this is what it looks like, including the color. My wife has it right now, probably out looking for a curb.