I think some people worry way too much about being "set for retirement" and then life goes right by pursuing that goal. Then they realize when they're in their 60's that maybe they should have had more fun while they were younger. It's cool to retire in your 50's or even 40's but not at the expense of not having fun on your 20's and 30's. You're only young once after all.

To each their own. Do what makes you happy.

 

I'm one of those people who drives a car until it won't drive anymore or until another dunken idiot crashes into me and forces me to get another one. *knock on wood, even though I never understood it* I completely understand wanting something bigger and better but never understood not being content with what you have. If there's something wrong with what I have, I will go get something better, but I don't get something better just because I can. If I did that, I wouldn't even have the G I have now; I'd have better.

 

I made a little stretch to get my G. I'm not doing bad by any means, but I made that decision knowing that the G is a car I was going to love for a long time. I don't know what the future holds, but it has nearly every single option, and I don't see myself missing on anything else until cars start to fly or get 100mpg and don't look like econoboxes.

I currently have a beautiful, fun, feature-loaded car and I don't think I'm going to get anything besides more payments and less financial freedom by going to something newer.

 

Gotta glorify the hard work.
But like said before, depends on how much u make and how you wanna live when you're retired.
Being 65 and rolling in that Gt3, lol. Go ahead

 

Around here, dealer lots of stock piled with used '08s in various configurations. Most probably coming off of lease. All this supply can't be helping to keep the value of the car up.

 

get G Sedan, 2012 . it's a driver's car. IMO

335i are nice, but the lack of reliability also well known for overheating issue on those turbos will drain some more expenses down the road.

be realistic. get a G. never go wrong.

 

Yeah I had a 08..I am real happy with the 12...I can drive it all year since Im in ct. I will just keep it for a while and get a proper RWD beast. The IS-F is sick though haha..Its a unique car

 

I bought my 08 like 7 months ago, for a really awesome price, and I plan to keep it until either the following happens:

1. Wife gets pregnant
2. Look to move to another state which won't be G37 friendly.

Of course most of that is subject to change, however is interesting to see how fast people get tired of these cars so quick.

 

Very true. However my 20's and 30's are past and I had tons of fun. Often times too much. I want to have just as much fun in my 50's and 60's by being retired by then and having a nice standard of living by making sound financial decisions while I'm still in my 40's. As you get older your thinking and priorities changes. It's only natural.

Even without planning for my financial future being involved, I'm still the type of cat to put a lot of thought and planning into a major purchase like a car and (hopefully) make a good decision that I'm very happy with and keep it for a long time. While it's not perfect, I am very happy with the purchase of the G and plan to keep her a long time.

Now as soon as I've said this publicly, I'll go through the midlife crisis in a few years and something like a GTR or Porche 911 Turbo S will come along and make me eat my words.

 

Isn't that all contingent on an individual's income? I mean, there are a lot of variables in a persons retirement.

 

It's dependent on a ton of things. Way too many variables for any 2 people to have the exact same circumstance. This is simply my reasoning. Yours will vary. This is assuming all things being equal, simply for the sake of comparison of one way versus the other.

 

I've been considering this too. I bought mine used towards the end of last year, and got a pretty good deal. I love the car, but I if I ever get a nicer house or we have a kid I know what I need to do. While I have considered selling it, I wonder what I would buy to replace it. There aren't many cars under $20k I would want to drive. If anything I would probably pay cash for a beater and fix it up haha.

I have the same mind set as Neeto though. I want to have fun while I'm still half young, and don't have any kids.

 

Very true...

I watched my parents do this while I was a kid. We never did much of anything fun or spent money on anything even though my parents made enough money to. We only went on two real vacations when I was a kid. My dad worked all the time to make more money for the future.
My parents live pretty comfortably now in their 70's and travel and take vacations more than we did when I was a kid. They spend more now than before...
But years ago when my kids were young, my dad told me not to do the things he did when I was kid. He said he regrets not spending enough time with me and doing more things together, and now neither of us have the memories we could have had...all because he thought money and the future for retirement was more important at the time.
I never over did it with spending on my kids like some people do, but I did make sure we spent more time together, took vacations, didn't mind spending some money to do things and have some nice things.
You're only young once and no matter what you do, you cannot get that back. You could also die any day...I had a near death experience once and it's a real eye opener about life.
I also learned this about investing for retirement...there are things that can take that away too. Nothing is for sure in life, not even the money you are investing for retirement. I, like millions of other people, lost sizable amounts of money in the 2001 and 2007 recessions. I'll never see that again.
I'm not saying blow all your money like some people do, but you can't go through life only worrying about money for retirement and not enjoying life while it passes you by.

Sorry for going off in that direction...just had to add to what 1NEETO posted.

 

I have thought about the m3 as well, but i might just look at the 335i, I love that new body style

 

When are you looking to trade in P? I could be interested...