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@ManicProgressive - So what exactly is your question? Are you trying to decide if now's the time to trade in or wait longer, or do you want to figure out what car to get? Or is your question something totally different? My last 3 or 4 cars were Toyot...
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@CandisM936612 - I can relate to your post, after an incident this summer. I'm a single elder orphan living in a car-dependent suburb. I'm pretty healthy, but early July I fell while walking in the neighborhood for exercise, and broke both wrists! It...
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Maximize your 401K (or similar) contribution, if one is available .. especially if your employer has a matching program. Out of sight, out of mind; if you set up autowithdrawl from a paycheck, you'll get used to the reduced amount, and will be growin...
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A simple answer would be "yes, that's the way many modern families seem to be today." But your post didn't give us much to go by, as far as you living with them. Did you move in because you can't live on your own anymore, or was this just an optional...
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@ManicProgressive - So what exactly is your question? Are you trying to decide if now's the time to trade in or wait longer, or do you want to figure out what car to get? Or is your question something totally different? My last 3 or 4 cars were Toyot...
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@fcschwartz Unless you reference a specific post, or person (the way I did you here), it's hard to know exactly what you're responding to .. especially since this discussion is kind of old.
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@CandisM936612 - I can relate to your post, after an incident this summer. I'm a single elder orphan living in a car-dependent suburb. I'm pretty healthy, but early July I fell while walking in the neighborhood for exercise, and broke both wrists! It...
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Maximize your 401K (or similar) contribution, if one is available .. especially if your employer has a matching program. Out of sight, out of mind; if you set up autowithdrawl from a paycheck, you'll get used to the reduced amount, and will be growin...
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A simple answer would be "yes, that's the way many modern families seem to be today." But your post didn't give us much to go by, as far as you living with them. Did you move in because you can't live on your own anymore, or was this just an optional...
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@ManicProgressive - So what exactly is your question? Are you trying to decide if now's the time to trade in or wait longer, or do you want to figure out what car to get? Or is your question something totally different? My last 3 or 4 cars were Toyot...
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@fcschwartz Unless you reference a specific post, or person (the way I did you here), it's hard to know exactly what you're responding to .. especially since this discussion is kind of old.
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@CandisM936612 - I can relate to your post, after an incident this summer. I'm a single elder orphan living in a car-dependent suburb. I'm pretty healthy, but early July I fell while walking in the neighborhood for exercise, and broke both wrists! It...
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Maximize your 401K (or similar) contribution, if one is available .. especially if your employer has a matching program. Out of sight, out of mind; if you set up autowithdrawl from a paycheck, you'll get used to the reduced amount, and will be growin...
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A simple answer would be "yes, that's the way many modern families seem to be today." But your post didn't give us much to go by, as far as you living with them. Did you move in because you can't live on your own anymore, or was this just an optional...
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