Comments on: The budget equation http://banovsky.com/the-budget-equation/ Etc., culture, and life. Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:01:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: trx0x http://banovsky.com/the-budget-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-1274 trx0x Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:43:46 +0000 http://banovsky.com/?p=712#comment-1274 hold on...they have fries at Taco Bell in Canada...?!?<br><br>first it's "Subway Sauce", now this. man, we get the shaft here in the US.<br><br>let me make this car related...i think if you're going to spend $15k, why get something new? hold on…they have fries at Taco Bell in Canada…?!?

first it's “Subway Sauce”, now this. man, we get the shaft here in the US.

let me make this car related…i think if you're going to spend $15k, why get something new?

]]> By: Haya_Ku http://banovsky.com/the-budget-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 Haya_Ku Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:12:55 +0000 http://banovsky.com/?p=712#comment-1273 The average cost ow owning a car in Toronto is around $14,000 a year. That's for a run-of-the-mill sedan, insurance, gas, depreciation, maintenance and opportunity cost on the money (remember...you could be making money on the money instead). <br><br>So that's around $24,000 before taxes. Figure you own a car for 50 years out of you life and that's a staggering $1,200,000 you've devoted to owning a car. Shocking.<br><br>Of course car guys will look at that and think "I wonder what car I'd buy for $1.2M?" The average cost ow owning a car in Toronto is around $14,000 a year. That's for a run-of-the-mill sedan, insurance, gas, depreciation, maintenance and opportunity cost on the money (remember…you could be making money on the money instead).

So that's around $24,000 before taxes. Figure you own a car for 50 years out of you life and that's a staggering $1,200,000 you've devoted to owning a car. Shocking.

Of course car guys will look at that and think “I wonder what car I'd buy for $1.2M?”

]]> By: trx0x http://banovsky.com/the-budget-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-1207 trx0x Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:43:46 +0000 http://banovsky.com/?p=712#comment-1207 hold on...they have fries at Taco Bell in Canada...?!?<br><br>first it's "Subway Sauce", now this. man, we get the shaft here in the US.<br><br>let me make this car related...i think if you're going to spend $15k, why get something new? hold on…they have fries at Taco Bell in Canada…?!?

first it's “Subway Sauce”, now this. man, we get the shaft here in the US.

let me make this car related…i think if you're going to spend $15k, why get something new?

]]> By: Haya_Ku http://banovsky.com/the-budget-equation/comment-page-1/#comment-1206 Haya_Ku Thu, 22 Oct 2009 22:12:55 +0000 http://banovsky.com/?p=712#comment-1206 The average cost ow owning a car in Toronto is around $14,000 a year. That's for a run-of-the-mill sedan, insurance, gas, depreciation, maintenance and opportunity cost on the money (remember...you could be making money on the money instead). <br><br>So that's around $24,000 before taxes. Figure you own a car for 50 years out of you life and that's a staggering $1,200,000 you've devoted to owning a car. Shocking.<br><br>Of course car guys will look at that and think "I wonder what car I'd buy for $1.2M?" The average cost ow owning a car in Toronto is around $14,000 a year. That's for a run-of-the-mill sedan, insurance, gas, depreciation, maintenance and opportunity cost on the money (remember…you could be making money on the money instead).

So that's around $24,000 before taxes. Figure you own a car for 50 years out of you life and that's a staggering $1,200,000 you've devoted to owning a car. Shocking.

Of course car guys will look at that and think “I wonder what car I'd buy for $1.2M?”

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