>I think sticker was $29,000 but I paid out the door $27,500 -
>which means I got it for $25,700 and the rest was tax and
>registration.
>
>I was going to get a base model for $23 but the extra $2.5 for
>a V6, nav and leather was a deal for a few grand more.
>
>But now that I'm 15 years older, making twice the money, have
>fewer bills, --for some reason my brain NOW thinks paying $500
>a month is too much.

Hahaha funny how that works isn't it ? I'm in the same exact boat actually. I remember my first car loan I was like "wow - this is too damn easy" paying like $400 a month or whatever it was.

Now I spit at the thought of a car loan at all. Which both speaks to how fortunate I've been to be successful but also my aversion to monthly bills in general, even though I make way more money than I did when I was spending nearly double on my rent as I do on my mortgage, and was willingly signing on for a $400+ per month car payment.