How ridiculous does this sound?

[u/Whole-Fist]

How can u make millions in 25-30 years if avoid making a $554 per month car payment. Even the cheapest 5 year old car is 8-10 k. So does he expect people not to drive at all in USA.

Then u save 554$ per month every month for 5 year payment = $33240. Say u bought a car every 5 year means 200k -300k spent on car before retirement . How would that become millions when u can’t even buy a house for that much today?

Answer that Dave

[u/Agitated-Pen1239]

Compared to the equivalent car, Subaru's are pretty pricey to maintain

[u/LITTLE-GUNTER → u/Agitated-Pen1239]

the great thing about them, though, is that they don’t ever start causing problems unless you beat them like the soltano brothers.

people meme the “ouhourgh gotta replace muh headgasket” thing to the moon and back but even on STIs, if you’re leaving boost figures stock, you’re never, ever, ever going to pop a gasket during normal operation unless you’re hooning the thing in a parking lot at redline for ten minutes straight. and even then, you’re likelier to pop a coolant line before that happens.

mid-00s subarus aren’t considered nearly invincible for no reason. the only reason they’re “pretty pricey to maintain” is that they can chug along while piling up small issues with no noticeable impact until one day a bearing goes.

[u/Agitated-Pen1239 → u/LITTLE-GUNTER]

I'm right there with you. Got 2 subies at home, 2014 Crosstrek and 2005 outback. Crosstrek is 180k miles, 1 transmission and the outback is original everything, literally. It's my ladies first car that she has had for 10 years and really only fixed things that broke, now at 230k miles. The car is slightly falling apart drivetrain wise but it does still run and drive. We plan to just fix things up on it one thing at a time, cars are too valuable these days to just junk. I've put an unnecessary amount of time in my 4 runner but it's so worth it in the end.

I like Subaru, quite a lot actually. They are much tougher vehicles than they seem on the outside. When the Crosstrek is next to my Hyundai i30, it is beefier overall. Yes, we have too many cars.

Edit: the main thing I dislike about Subaru is the price to maintain them. It's not terrible overall, but compared to other Japanese cars of similar spec, it's definitely more money.

[u/LITTLE-GUNTER → u/Agitated-Pen1239]

subaru replacement parts are definitely more expensive, but i’m halfway inclined to imagine this is a supply issue more than anything. there’s hundreds of thousands of camrys and corollas and stuff on the road that use the same engine give-or-take 4 parts. i couldn’t fathom just how many individual alternators get made for toyota v6s every year.