What did you pay for your car?

[BanginJimmy]

drove my Jimmy off the lot with 22 miles on it for 22k

drive my crapalier off the lot with 48k for 5500


still own both Crapalier is bone stock, Jimmy is anything but stock

[SLo_MKIII]

90 teg- 3200
98 s70- 5500
95 jetta-2000
02 civic-11000

[cactusEG]

i paid way to much

[turb0teg]

POS 84 318i- $180
POS 84 318i- $250
POS 91 turbo integra- $600
POS 84 toyota 4x4 extra cab lifted- $600
97 civic EX knocking motor- $650
88 tbird turbocoupe- $900 (Since it is for sale for $1100, I have put money and time into it, didn't just jack up the price)
94 civic GSR- traded for the 97 civic EX

[Nissangeek]

'94 Dodge Shadow: $900 (wrecked in the high school parking lot and I wasn't even in it)
'93 Ford Ranger: $1350 (wrecked coming out of the high school parking lot by a Mitsu Diamante. The kid had no insurance)
'97 Mazda Miata: $5400 (got bored with it so I traded cars with my dad)
'98 Oldsmobile Intrigue: traded my dad the Miata for it cause I needed more room. (blew up the engine)
'94 Toyota Pickup: $5600 (traded)
'93 Honda Civic hatch w/ls swap: got it for the truck.

[sprix!]

87 Ford Bronco II: Paid $1100 back in '01 sold b/c of Xcountry move
96 Civic LX: Paid $2600 for it in '02 totalled
92 Prelude S: Paid $4900 in '04 totalled after 9 days
93 Prelude Si: Paid $2900 in '04 sold after t-belt snapped
2002 S2000: $19000 in '05- traded for new S2k. (never buy a used S2000!)
2006 S2000: $(close to sticker) still have it
1993 del Sol: $1100 DD/beater car picking it up today

[Total_Blender]

'62 Ford Falcon --- $600

A little over $1650 in the car as it sits, all work done myself including completely replacing the wiring harness. Its a daily driver and runs like a champ.

[SLOWLYbtngU]

90 Nissan 240 (fastback)-$700.

After my accident I got $5,463 for it! Best investment ever.

[Kourt]

98 honda civic with 76k miles for 6k... still paying on it.

[.gauge.]

93 Sentra Xe - $800
93 240sx FB - $1500
96 Altima - $2800

[CBR]

I just got my new ride yesterday, $175,835.05


Continental GT FTW!!!!

[hydroshutter]

Too much. Next car will be around double!

Damn hobby.

[Leadfoot_mf]

Too much. Next car will be around double!

Damn hobby.

so you are getting a c6 z?

[admedlin]

'05 Chrysler Crossfire limited vert 6sp with 10k miles

$23k

[Double_0_Rusty]

07 Ram 1500...paid 22k after intrest she'll be around 32ish......430 a month.

[CSquared]

89 supra turbo- 3800 bucks back 3 years ago with 116k on the clock.

[superboost]

I love volvos. $500 for a low 13/hi 12 sec car.
after a few "modifications" of course

[DinanM3atl]

hmmmm

which car?

2800 e30
16,999 for m3 multiple years ago

[Pickleteg]

Bought a 86 318i in Germany with 65k on it- $1750
95 Integra-bought at dealer-$6200
91 Eagle Talon AWD-$1700

[Jkuao]

07 Ram 1500...paid 22k after intrest she'll be around 32ish......430 a month.

10k in interest is sick on a Dodge Ram. I mean that's 45% of the purchase price you're giving to the bank to own a shiny truck. By my calculations you have a 72 month loan at ~10% APR which is borderline loan sharking. By the time you pay it off, it'll be worth no more than 8-9k or less than 1/3 of what you put in.

An old business associate got a well optioned crew cab '04 4x4 4.7L Ram at $450/60mon at 0% and 0 down during Dodge's crazy sales. Given the Dodge depreciation he still wound up crazy upside down on a truck he barely uses.

Usual rule for responsible car buying is you should never buy a car that exceeds 8% of your monthly gross...including insurance. Either you make ~75k/year but still have bad management of credit therefore the high interest or you're in over your head should you have any shortfalls.

I'm not trying to be mean but some of the people on this board are easily going overboard on buying new cars. Looking on the Wall st forum and seeing all the people trying to get out of their credit problems and I can see why. Ideally exceeding 5 years on a car not is not a good idea and double digit interest is especially bad. If your credit sucks, buy cheaper.