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I literally do not plan on buying another vehicle in my lifetime, assuming it doesn't get written off.
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I think she’s one of those weirdos who gets off on feeding fat fucks. Pretty sure she feeds me and then goes home to cook her own baooo yuuu with supreme sauce
I guess I will chime in... since I also drove it...
You have to remember, I drive shit boxes, I am not used to luxury but above all I am a huge Porsche fanboy.
Looks - God damn its a 911, ofc it looks good lol
Handling - Well, we took turns like a normal car, so I don't know. But you can tell the car is capable, been so long since I drove a car where the nose just turns in the moment you breath on the wheel.
Acceleration - we barely broke the speed limit, but maybe or maybe not I passed a black BMW on the wrong side of a single yellow line, showing how much I wasn't ready, I hit the limiter twice, didn't realize even a base Carrera will rev up that fast in Sport Plus with the 20 second overboost active.
From a performance standpoint, you don't need anything more, yes there are alot more faster cars around, but I cant even keep up with the PDK, now imagine I have the manual in Carrera T, it will just be hitting the limiter all day long....
Experience - It is RAW and I love it, maybe I came from shitty cars, but I find it dailyable, I did tell my wife she will hate it... still... I can see it as my forever car to be honest, if that is where my motoring peaks, I will be totally okay with that.
Price - it is stupid, you should never buy new in BC, $190K + taxes = $256,400 out the door. Buy used, save the LST at least, and if want to "pick up a used Taycan, Cayenne PHEV to trade in" etc etc...
Lastly - Porsche should listen to Badhobz more than people like me, he can actually pull the trigger if the car ticks all the right boxes hahaha, where as I can praise how much I like it, and yet never be in the office jogging down my name on that doted line.
And yes yes, I know this is not the right gen, or the right car, or the stock exhaust, but I am just saying, some of the flat 6 can sound good... you just need to close your eye and swipe your card lolol
I'm not a car guy and I have zero experience with nice cars. I've owned 2 Mazda's and currently own an Acura and Toyota, all regular cars and from a driving experience I've driven friends BMW, Audi's, and Telsa? lol again just some fairly regular stuff none of the super high end sport models. That said, Porsche's look damn nice to me and I've always thought if I suddenly became balling out of control I'd just get one as a daily driver because it felt like a crazy car that you can actually drive all the time unlike a Lambo or something. I'll never be that balling though and in the end I just need something pretty vanilla that gets me from point A to B.
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I had the opportunity to ride along inside a 992.1 GT3 Touring at Mission last year, and that 4.0L NA flat 6 sounds out of this world at the track. Of course, I'll need to take on a second mortage that I probably wouldn't qualify for if I ever wanted to buy that GT3 Touring, so there is zero chance that I'll be able to experience that car first hand LOL~
NGL i don't remember the sound of the GT3 Cup I tracked at all ... but it was also keeping me hella busy. I remember feeling slightly annoyed at the metallic rasp above 8k but I think that's personal.
For some reason, I think about the Performante V10 and 458 V8 sound more...
They sound great when you are on it. They sound like farts when you are on part throttle just bumming around town.
That first car sounds like it's just eql mids on stock exhaust, the second vid has at least an aftermarket can or M performance titanium can, it's much louder.
Client comes in and she's noticeably low energy/mood, so I ask her what's up. She said that she's been thinking lately and she doesn't have anything to her name. She rents and only has a very small investment portfolio with some standard mutual funds in it. She's 55 this year and I guess she's having some sort of mid life crisis. She came here when she was 30, sent money home for her family, and she's probably at like $50k salary.
She asked what she could do and I pulled out a compound interest calculator. I told her that if she could save $300/month for the next 15 years and invested that in the market at 10% return she would have $125k when she's 70. Not a lot, but better than nothing. If she could invest more aggressively she would have more.
But then she said getting 10% return is too high, that's not possible and it dawned on me that there's no way she'll be able to invest aggressively. She just doesn't have the experience and knowledge about the market. If she doesn't invest aggressively now, she's not going to have anything when she retires. It's pretty sad. I guess if you're 55 and you're not financially on your way, I don't know if you will ever be. I guess it's not realistic for a 55 year old to invest aggressively, it's just out of character and I suppose quite scary to do.
My oldest client is 76 and she's still working because she needs the cash flow, that's probably the worst.
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I have the equal length mids.
They sound great when you are on it. They sound like farts when you are on part throttle just bumming around town.
That first car sounds like it's just eql mids on stock exhaust, the second vid has at least an aftermarket can or M performance titanium can, it's much louder.
I just don't think new turbo cars can really sound good. To be fair they are good at everything else. The power delivery is crazy but they are all so tooty. Like g35s on roids (like most g35 owners)
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Westopher is correct.
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seems like you got a dick up your ass well..get that checked
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Well.. I’d hate to be the first to say it, but Westopher is correct.
Client comes in and she's noticeably low energy/mood, so I ask her what's up. She said that she's been thinking lately and she doesn't have anything to her name. She rents and only has a very small investment portfolio with some standard mutual funds in it. She's 55 this year and I guess she's having some sort of mid life crisis. She came here when she was 30, sent money home for her family, and she's probably at like $50k salary.
She asked what she could do and I pulled out a compound interest calculator. I told her that if she could save $300/month for the next 15 years and invested that in the market at 10% return she would have $125k when she's 70. Not a lot, but better than nothing. If she could invest more aggressively she would have more.
But then she said getting 10% return is too high, that's not possible and it dawned on me that there's no way she'll be able to invest aggressively. She just doesn't have the experience and knowledge about the market. If she doesn't invest aggressively now, she's not going to have anything when she retires. It's pretty sad. I guess if you're 55 and you're not financially on your way, I don't know if you will ever be. I guess it's not realistic for a 55 year old to invest aggressively, it's just out of character and I suppose quite scary to do.
My oldest client is 76 and she's still working because she needs the cash flow, that's probably the worst.
You are right about the 10% return thing. I have lots of friends who have been toting about 10% yoy the last few years, and my mutual funds are doing around 5%. The problem is I don't have the experience or time to unlock that 10% average yoy. Nor do I have the wealth for some one to manage my money. The average Joe isn't going to see those gains.
I'm curious what your 55 yo client does for a living. Even without a healthy retirement saving, she should still have a decent amount of OAS and CPP at 65 if she's worked for around 30 years by the time she retires. If she's not alone and has a spouse to share costs, it's not an untenable situation. Lots of seniors in Vancouver don't drive and because they don't have anywhere to go to in a hurry, the annual senior's bus pass is all they needed.
There's lots of places that have senior friendly activities that also saves monies. Killarney community center for example has senior lunches for a few bucks and you can get out, food cheap, mingle, kill time, etc.
I just don't think new turbo cars can really sound good. To be fair they are good at everything else. The power delivery is crazy but they are all so tooty. Like g35s on roids (like most g35 owners)
I think they can sound good, but you need to piece together the right exhaust for it. However you'll rarely get the induction noise that people like unless you've got a ginormous turbo running boost pressures that would put the Mariana's Trench to shame.
I'm curious what your 55 yo client does for a living. Even without a healthy retirement saving, she should still have a decent amount of OAS and CPP at 65 if she's worked for around 30 years by the time she retires. If she's not alone and has a spouse to share costs, it's not an untenable situation. Lots of seniors in Vancouver don't drive and because they don't have anywhere to go to in a hurry, the annual senior's bus pass is all they needed.
There's lots of places that have senior friendly activities that also saves monies. Killarney community center for example has senior lunches for a few bucks and you can get out, food cheap, mingle, kill time, etc.
The challenge is that she's a renter so CPP/OAS isn't going to be enough - if she owned her place then she'd be ok especially if her spouse was around. My parents live pretty comfortably on about $45k or so (CPP/OAS + Rental Income) but that's because they have a paid off house. My in-laws live on even less ($36k?) and they manage ok as well.
Client comes in and she's noticeably low energy/mood, so I ask her what's up. She said that she's been thinking lately and she doesn't have anything to her name. She rents and only has a very small investment portfolio with some standard mutual funds in it. She's 55 this year and I guess she's having some sort of mid life crisis. She came here when she was 30, sent money home for her family, and she's probably at like $50k salary.
She asked what she could do and I pulled out a compound interest calculator. I told her that if she could save $300/month for the next 15 years and invested that in the market at 10% return she would have $125k when she's 70. Not a lot, but better than nothing. If she could invest more aggressively she would have more.
But then she said getting 10% return is too high, that's not possible and it dawned on me that there's no way she'll be able to invest aggressively. She just doesn't have the experience and knowledge about the market. If she doesn't invest aggressively now, she's not going to have anything when she retires. It's pretty sad. I guess if you're 55 and you're not financially on your way, I don't know if you will ever be. I guess it's not realistic for a 55 year old to invest aggressively, it's just out of character and I suppose quite scary to do.
My oldest client is 76 and she's still working because she needs the cash flow, that's probably the worst.
That’s the vast majority of the population. They think investing is more difficult than it seems. Once you get started it’s smooth sailing. Most people are just too lazy to start and don’t believe in delayed gratification.
You are right about the 10% return thing. I have lots of friends who have been toting about 10% yoy the last few years, and my mutual funds are doing around 5%. The problem is I don't have the experience or time to unlock that 10% average yoy. Nor do I have the wealth for some one to manage my money. The average Joe isn't going to see those gains.
I'm curious what your 55 yo client does for a living. Even without a healthy retirement saving, she should still have a decent amount of OAS and CPP at 65 if she's worked for around 30 years by the time she retires. If she's not alone and has a spouse to share costs, it's not an untenable situation. Lots of seniors in Vancouver don't drive and because they don't have anywhere to go to in a hurry, the annual senior's bus pass is all they needed.
There's lots of places that have senior friendly activities that also saves monies. Killarney community center for example has senior lunches for a few bucks and you can get out, food cheap, mingle, kill time, etc.
She has an admin role in an office, so i'm just guessing her salary. She could be making more. If she pushes her CPP payment to 70 that will help, but then that will affect her ability to get GIS if you make mor than $22k in retirement. So if she's max CPP and then she has some income withdrawal from her investments, she won't qualify for GIS.
Anyone have a go-to store for Apple refurb? Looking to buy a 10y/o a replacement phone so I’m not looking to break the bank. Looking for an 11.. local shop quoted me $425. Yikes. There’s a couple on CL for $230-275 but, ya know.. CL. I’ll do it if I have to but thought I’d check in with the frugal shoppers thread creating, Costco returns department abusing folks at RS first.
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punkwax, I don't care what your friends say about you, you are gold!
if you want an iphone but dont want to spend more than $300, don't go buying an old iphone that's like 5 years old. Buy an iphone SE 3rd gen. it's a bit more budget since it has a small screen and stuff but its only 2 years old and has a pretty decent processor. if you don't care about having much storage, this one is only like $260.
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