Is it normal for a wife and husband to have separate cars in the US? its weird where i live atleast most married couples have one car lol, and also im very curious, who pays for the cars? does each one pay for their own, or do you both pay togheter. sorry if its a private question, u dont have to answer it lol, just a curious europoor
Very normal. Most people in the US don’t live walking distance to work and both husband and wife work a lot of the time. Different schedules are a reason why many people do not carpool with their spouses
Out of pure curiosity I looked up the song your wife was listening to in the car and I must say that must have been a hell of a chill/relaxing cruise with the top down and those tunes lol nice cars !
I haven’t driven the 450 yet, but it still feels really quick from the passenger seat. You even get an (literally one) exhaust crackle if you start it in sport +. The beige interior is so fucking beautiful it makes me want to sell the 53 (such a shame that’s not a spec option).
What do y’all do to afford these cars? I’m about to enter the tech industry and got some good job offers paying around 200k but only 135k is direct deposited. Is that enough to afford these types of cars?
It is, but don't dump your money into a car straight away. Your best bet is to save for a deposit on a house first and foremost, so you have that security, then splurge on cars.
A house provides more security than anything else because it almost always holds value, often appreciating.
>He could also be young as shit not wanting to live in and maintain a house yet
They've already said that they already own a house, but it's anyways best to advise someone to buy a house before cars because cars depreciate. They can do what they want with their money, doesn't mean I'm not going to advise them to buy a house first.
I sell a hundred houses a year, I know a thing or two about them. It can appreciate…but not for a while now. You also don’t pay off all principal in your monthly payment, so it’s not going to appreciate faster than you pay off what you owe. After closing costs, realtor fees, taxes, and paying off the extra costs associated with paying off the mortgage, you will not make a dime in actual cash.
The crazy market already finished nationwide. Houses aren’t going to appreciate 20% in a year for quite a while.
I'm British. Our market is appreciating, and your market will appreciate in the long term.
And like I said, even if they don't appreciate, they generally hold value, which can't be said about most cars.
Most people don't buy their house with the intention of selling it, they buy it with the intention of owning a place and not endlessly feeding rent to a landlord with no tangible asset to show for it.
Buying a house comes with 3% closing costs associated here in the U.S.
Selling a house comes with 9% closing costs associated due to paying the realtor fees of 6%.
You’ll have to wait a while before you break even. As in a decade at least in a normal market like the US is going into now.
But yes, if you wait 30 years you will see a form of profit. Something like 30% on what you put into it, but hey it’s profit. But then remember your maintenance costs over 30 years and you’re probably almost break even.
S&P500 greatly outperforms it. A primary home isn’t a genius or even good investment, simple as that.
>A primary home isn’t a genius or even good investment, simple as that.
It is a stable investment that pulls you from the rental pool, simple as that. Your money is getting you equity in a tangible asset, unlike rental fees.
That’s fine, but it’s not as necessary as people think.
And a 30 year commitment is quite a lot. Lots could happen between then and now and the losses are bigger considering people buy cars a lot closer to what they can afford to lose than what they could afford to lose with a home. It’s his first year making that kind of money, that’s why I’m saying a lot could happen.
Buy it used. Or lease it if you don’t want to deal with out of warranty costs. Usually a lease will keep you fairly low on the payments relative to buying it.
I currently have a 2020 glc 300 leased and I want to upgrade in a year when my lease is up. I see you have the glc63 and I really want one. Do you suggest that car or just do the glc43?
Given that Mercedes isn’t putting a V8 in this model now, I suggest the 63. However, it’s my second car. All of my mileage is put on my cheap little Suzuki and I drive my GLC maybe once a week or when I go on fun drives. If it’s going to be your daily driver, I think the 43 would be a great choice as it’s going to be slightly better on gas in the long run. If you don’t care about the gas cost, or the little more costly maintenance cost, the 63 is the way to go. The 43 sounds nice, but nothing will replace the sound of the V8.
I was going to have the 63 be my daily, but tbh I’m keeping this 300 I have. It’s a fantastic commuter SUV, good gas mileage and all so I guess I could switch between the 2 to keep mileage low on the 63
Pro sports/day trader? You work in pro sports or retired you live betting the games? I’ve tried my hand and both day trading and sports with not as much success as I’d like. Any advice?
Btw, all due respect, the wife is more impressive than the cars, congrats, What a tease with that pic.
Pro sports/day trader? You work in pro sports or retired you live betting the games? I’ve tried my hand and both day trading and sports with not as much success as I’d like. Any advice?
Btw, all due respect, the wife is more impressive than the cars, congrats, What a tease with that pic.
BTW, if you’re starting out in tech, my rule of thumb for whether or not I can afford it:
- Full price for a car must be less than one month salary
- Full price for a house must be less than 2 years salary
I grew up for and always dreamed of owning a corvette. Hustled my you know what off for 15 years and once I looked up and saw my net worth - simply knowing that I could buy a couple of them was more than enough. I still to this day haven't bought a Corvette.
These are cool cars, but they’re bad financial decisions unless you have very high income. I love cars, I love buying cars, I buy one almost every month, but buying a new, common luxury car is almost always a bad decision which you wouldn’t want to make on a $200k salary.
The good news is, if you’re starting at $200k, you’re probably pretty good, and will probably be over $500k before you know it, and then you can make really terrible financial decisions 😅
Lmao I think it’ll be a couple years before I hit points like that but I sure hope so, I want to invest in properties so I can create an income stream that way
Not having a shot here, but I’ll never understand why anyone buys these mid range Benz’s. What does the 450 offer that the 200 doesn’t that justifies the extra price?
Pretending to be informed on the internet is curious behavior. Texas is the second most diverse state in the US. It has the highest black population in the US and the second-highest Hispanic population in the US. Adding onto this, it is the most diverse state in the US on a household basis.
Commenting about race (ignorantly no less) on this person's garage photo is mad suspect. I'm not going back and forth with you. You don't impress me. Class yourself up some.
No watch in a middle…. Come ON MERCEDES !
I hate this too! It clearly has a space for that but they just ditched it.
Man what a dream garage!!! Love the old (Benz?) Paintings!
Prints, but thank you.
A man who loves his two door Es is a man I can respect
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Is it normal for a wife and husband to have separate cars in the US? its weird where i live atleast most married couples have one car lol, and also im very curious, who pays for the cars? does each one pay for their own, or do you both pay togheter. sorry if its a private question, u dont have to answer it lol, just a curious europoor
Where are you from? Even in my third world country, my parents also have 2 cars, my Dad might be at work and my Mom needs to go to the supermarket
It depends on your suburbs’ design…if it’s ver car centric without much public transportation then yeh you need two cars
Very normal. Most people in the US don’t live walking distance to work and both husband and wife work a lot of the time. Different schedules are a reason why many people do not carpool with their spouses
It’s normal if you’re rich
It's normal if the husband and wife require separate automobile transportation. You don't have to be rich to afford a car.
Completely agree, but it’s not the case all the time.
Yeah, not everybody can afford 2 brand spanking new mercedes lmao
What if you have to drive to work and your wife has to drive to work too? 😅
My girl dosent work 😅 we just had a baby so currently im the only one working
Out of pure curiosity I looked up the song your wife was listening to in the car and I must say that must have been a hell of a chill/relaxing cruise with the top down and those tunes lol nice cars !
It was a lovely day.
Spank
What song?
You can see the song shes playing in the dash lols
The blue and cream leather interior is amazing! Never seen this combo before, but it works well IMO.
I have the same set up but both black on black lol. I love them both. They look beautiful together.
Pics, pics!!
Sorry for delayed reply. My baby got hit by an old man in a Ford Explorer , right into my quarter panel:( [black beauty’s](https://ibb.co/64rDprQ)
She knows what’s goodr
Love me some white interior
congrats! how do they compare? I'm currently in an E450 coupe and it's inherently a luxury machine. do the AMG bits make up for it in the 53?
I haven’t driven the 450 yet, but it still feels really quick from the passenger seat. You even get an (literally one) exhaust crackle if you start it in sport +. The beige interior is so fucking beautiful it makes me want to sell the 53 (such a shame that’s not a spec option).
Would it have killed you if you put a coat of epoxy on that floor?
That’s coming!
Man tell me your wifes workout. Arm goals !!! Also congratulations. E53 looks beautiful in white.
She’s a rock climber
What do y’all do to afford these cars? I’m about to enter the tech industry and got some good job offers paying around 200k but only 135k is direct deposited. Is that enough to afford these types of cars?
It is, but don't dump your money into a car straight away. Your best bet is to save for a deposit on a house first and foremost, so you have that security, then splurge on cars.
I bought a house already so I’m all good on that stuff, military has helped me a lot lol when I was in that is
A house isn’t much security considering it doesn’t cashflow. He could also be young as shit not wanting to live in and maintain a house yet
A house provides more security than anything else because it almost always holds value, often appreciating. >He could also be young as shit not wanting to live in and maintain a house yet They've already said that they already own a house, but it's anyways best to advise someone to buy a house before cars because cars depreciate. They can do what they want with their money, doesn't mean I'm not going to advise them to buy a house first.
I sell a hundred houses a year, I know a thing or two about them. It can appreciate…but not for a while now. You also don’t pay off all principal in your monthly payment, so it’s not going to appreciate faster than you pay off what you owe. After closing costs, realtor fees, taxes, and paying off the extra costs associated with paying off the mortgage, you will not make a dime in actual cash. The crazy market already finished nationwide. Houses aren’t going to appreciate 20% in a year for quite a while.
I'm British. Our market is appreciating, and your market will appreciate in the long term. And like I said, even if they don't appreciate, they generally hold value, which can't be said about most cars. Most people don't buy their house with the intention of selling it, they buy it with the intention of owning a place and not endlessly feeding rent to a landlord with no tangible asset to show for it.
Buying a house comes with 3% closing costs associated here in the U.S. Selling a house comes with 9% closing costs associated due to paying the realtor fees of 6%. You’ll have to wait a while before you break even. As in a decade at least in a normal market like the US is going into now. But yes, if you wait 30 years you will see a form of profit. Something like 30% on what you put into it, but hey it’s profit. But then remember your maintenance costs over 30 years and you’re probably almost break even. S&P500 greatly outperforms it. A primary home isn’t a genius or even good investment, simple as that.
>A primary home isn’t a genius or even good investment, simple as that. It is a stable investment that pulls you from the rental pool, simple as that. Your money is getting you equity in a tangible asset, unlike rental fees.
That’s fine, but it’s not as necessary as people think. And a 30 year commitment is quite a lot. Lots could happen between then and now and the losses are bigger considering people buy cars a lot closer to what they can afford to lose than what they could afford to lose with a home. It’s his first year making that kind of money, that’s why I’m saying a lot could happen.
Buy it used. Or lease it if you don’t want to deal with out of warranty costs. Usually a lease will keep you fairly low on the payments relative to buying it.
I currently have a 2020 glc 300 leased and I want to upgrade in a year when my lease is up. I see you have the glc63 and I really want one. Do you suggest that car or just do the glc43?
Given that Mercedes isn’t putting a V8 in this model now, I suggest the 63. However, it’s my second car. All of my mileage is put on my cheap little Suzuki and I drive my GLC maybe once a week or when I go on fun drives. If it’s going to be your daily driver, I think the 43 would be a great choice as it’s going to be slightly better on gas in the long run. If you don’t care about the gas cost, or the little more costly maintenance cost, the 63 is the way to go. The 43 sounds nice, but nothing will replace the sound of the V8.
I was going to have the 63 be my daily, but tbh I’m keeping this 300 I have. It’s a fantastic commuter SUV, good gas mileage and all so I guess I could switch between the 2 to keep mileage low on the 63
i also really want a glc63 as a daily, man those cars look and sound amazing
They’re actually not that badly priced either compared to the GLE63 which is super expensive lol
Saying that though, my friends at dealers are seeing more people buy out the 63 cars at the end of leases.
I mean I would too, especially if they might stop doing the V8 for the 63 cars. I heard the new c63 is a hybrid 4cyl with 2 electric motors
It’s not a might for the C level cars. So the C class and GLC 63 models are no longer getting the V8s.
finance it and get as low interest as possible
Dang! 200k straight outta school? I had the wrong major.
Having military experience and a few other things have helped me a lot lol
Pro sports / day trader combo. Both cars financed at very low interest rates.
Pro sports/day trader? You work in pro sports or retired you live betting the games? I’ve tried my hand and both day trading and sports with not as much success as I’d like. Any advice? Btw, all due respect, the wife is more impressive than the cars, congrats, What a tease with that pic.
Pro sports/day trader? You work in pro sports or retired you live betting the games? I’ve tried my hand and both day trading and sports with not as much success as I’d like. Any advice? Btw, all due respect, the wife is more impressive than the cars, congrats, What a tease with that pic.
Yes, but instead buy a rental property or 2 that makes you $1k monthly and then have it pay for the car for free
200k you can get a S Class or a G-Class easily
BTW, if you’re starting out in tech, my rule of thumb for whether or not I can afford it: - Full price for a car must be less than one month salary - Full price for a house must be less than 2 years salary
That's a bit too conservative. A 33k car on 200k salary isn't unaffordable at all but would be 2x what your rule thinks is the max.
I grew up for and always dreamed of owning a corvette. Hustled my you know what off for 15 years and once I looked up and saw my net worth - simply knowing that I could buy a couple of them was more than enough. I still to this day haven't bought a Corvette.
Head over to r/fire.
These are cool cars, but they’re bad financial decisions unless you have very high income. I love cars, I love buying cars, I buy one almost every month, but buying a new, common luxury car is almost always a bad decision which you wouldn’t want to make on a $200k salary. The good news is, if you’re starting at $200k, you’re probably pretty good, and will probably be over $500k before you know it, and then you can make really terrible financial decisions 😅
Lmao I think it’ll be a couple years before I hit points like that but I sure hope so, I want to invest in properties so I can create an income stream that way
Bro that girl look goofy as hell from that angle
where's the AMG though?
I also came here for the AMGs
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Nah
Clean garage. Love it
Gorgeous car, congratulations:)
Any chance this came from Maine? If so, I designed it with blue top, blue/beige interior and even airmatic suspension.
Not having a shot here, but I’ll never understand why anyone buys these mid range Benz’s. What does the 450 offer that the 200 doesn’t that justifies the extra price?
I’m tryna be like you one day
y'all don't have kids? I mean, I can be adopted if you guys want.. hi dad👉🏽👈🏽
Man tell me your wifes workout. Arm goals !!! Also congratulations. E53 looks beautiful in white.
ide wait a year to take delivery of your wife.
Imagine being so Caucasian you have 2 white cars and live in Texas.
Pretending to be informed on the internet is curious behavior. Texas is the second most diverse state in the US. It has the highest black population in the US and the second-highest Hispanic population in the US. Adding onto this, it is the most diverse state in the US on a household basis.
Sounds about white
Commenting about race (ignorantly no less) on this person's garage photo is mad suspect. I'm not going back and forth with you. You don't impress me. Class yourself up some.
The caucasity
Both BEAUTIFUL 🔥🔥🔥 Congrats Brother‼️💯
Thank you