[dark0821]

I am blessed that my parents and my inlaws gave us enough for a downpayment, so we got into the market relatively early

spending most of my income on a P car is one thing (parents will most defn kill me), to take a HELOC for a P car is something entirely different (parents wont just kill me, but my body will be unrecognizable by forensics).....

hahahaha. But yes, the interest is so low that I was telling my wife, taking out HELOC and just doing super basic investing will yeild more $$$ than the interest incurs... we have started doing that in the recent year, and so far... so good (knock on wood).

one thing EVO ownership VS Miata ownership has taught me is that I actually have way more fun in the miata. Driving a slow car fast is defn the way to go.

Also the looming costs of brakes, tires is always on the back of my mind whenever I think of track days when I had the EVO. The car was so taxing on the brakes (especially at mission) that you will go thru 35% of pads in a single track day....and then the tires, 275/35/18s are well.... not inexpensive....It felt super guilty every single time. I guess I am just poor lolol.

On the other hand, the miata experience is great. I can gun it in the city with my 85rwhp everywhere I go. Gas is cheap, brakes are cheap, tires are like free (comparatively). I can enjoy the car without guilt.

So yea... in conclusion, even if I somewhere did the dumb thing and got into a P car, I think it will be a very similar experience to my EVO ownership experience but 10Xs worse. lolol, I will probably never take it to a track day, because I wouldnt be able to afford it to keep it running.

One day... one day... now just need to keep my head down and work harder...