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Originally Posted by fsy82
My wife and I were seriously considering getting a Hybrid and i went to the BMW dealer to look at the X3 hybrid. Nice car and all but the total cost with all taxes came out to $101,000. Mind you we like our current Q7 and would like something comparable. We walked out and figured we'd rather wait for more variety in the Hybrid/EV scene and that were not ready to make monthly 1,000 car payments. Our current vehicles have no debt on them so another $50 for fill-up won't hurt that much
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How'd you manage 100k? A X5 phev with some options is around that ballpark (93k + shipping + tax). I think I can get a X5 out the door for roughly 100k.
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Originally Posted by Euro7r
Same here glad I'm perm WFH, it's also made me look at life at a different perspective, and not even look for a higher paying job at this point. I did the math, even if I got a new job that offered me $10,000 more but having to commute to office, my net overall gain is minimal that its not even worth switching. Mind you a $10,000 pay increase is quite substantial; however, once you factor in insurance, gas, etc, that $10,000 pay increase isn't much.
$10,000 gross. $7,000 net taxes, less your car expenses say $4,000 a year. Your really only up $3,000.
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10k gross is not that much money after taxes. It's not really enough to get me to make a move as I gain roughly $500 a month after taxes. It's not nothing but if I am happy with a current job, it'll take more than that to entice me for a move, plus if it means I lose WFH, that's an extra bit more to cover my time loss commuting and transportation costs.