Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Almost zoom

So I almost bought an '06 Chevy Cobalt tonight.

I drove it, in fact, they let me keep it for 24 hours. I'm not gonna buy it. I think I'm pretty sure about that.

It's a nice car, I like it, I can afford to take on a car payment in maybe a couple months, but not right now. My rent is not cheap, due to it only being a 6 month lease, I have a loan payment that is about half the amount of my rent, and there are lots of up front hidden expenses when it comes to moving (deposit, u-haul, those random trips to Walmart to get stuff you forgot) while I could afford to take on a car payment, living paycheck to paycheck is just not my style. I guess that means when it comes down to it, I can't afford it. I would have a couple hundred left a month, but that's not enough to make me comfortable. I like knowing that just in case something happens, (and we all hope nothing does) I won't be up shit creek without a paddle. If I can get my car to survive a couple more months, when I know for sure how much I'm making, and what expenses are, I'll get a car. Now if my car 'splodes somewhere in Indianapolis, then I'll call Nagi to come get me, tow my car to the nearest dump, and bite the bullet.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

L2ImpulseBuy, noob.

Wait, no, the other one. I'm sure glad you're responsible with your money, saves me some trouble :)

Starbuck said...

Yeah, my Dad is whole-heartedly against me NOT buying the car. He doesn't seem to get that I'm not comfortable spending the money, when so many things are still up in the air.