Outrageous Purchases Thread

[azgreg]

Welp......we're under contract.

[scumdevils86]

Just got off the phone with the builder and they've offered us a property. They weren't able to get ahold of the three couples ahead of us on the list. $264K, 5.75%, $4,100 in closing costs. Monthly mortgage will be $2,575. End of June move-in.

Yeah that's crazy. We paid 244k in 2020 for our house at 3.5% and our payment is $1390

[azgreg]

Just finished our walkthrough. We put up over 100 little tape dots on items they need to fix. We close Thursday.

[azgreg]

It's official. We are now an additional $377K in debt.

[Carcassdragger]

Congrats Greg!! Hope the move and the new abode bring you and Mrs Greg many years of fulfillment and happiness!

[azgreg]

Congrats Greg!! Hope the move and the new abode bring you and Mrs Greg many years of fulfillment and happiness!

We're in Vegas. If God were to give the world an enema this is where he'd stick the tube, but thanks.

[Chicat]

$50k for a new car no longer feels outrageous…

BUT THE 7.8% INTEREST RATE SURE AS FUCK DOES!

Anyway, spent my morning at a dealership and my afternoon sucking in new car fumes. All in all not too bad a day.

[dovecanyoncat]

Are you gonna make us guess what you got for your daily commuter?

[Chicat]

Toyota Venza Hybrid for the wife.

Of course I’m now stuck with the behemoth mommy mobile minivan pretending to be an SUV (Honda Pilot). Someone shoot me in the fleshy area where my balls used to reside.

[wyo-cat]

Pilot?

Yeah, that’s an issue.

[dovecanyoncat]

Femcat will love the Venza. Your suffering is ........ a sacrificial standard, as you know. But take heart! those cool 20 somethings you work with wouldn't think any more of you if you rolled up in the Venza.

[scumdevils86]

I love my minivan

[Chicat]

Femcat will love the Venza. Your suffering is ........ a sacrificial standard, as you know. But take heart! those cool 20 somethings you work with wouldn't think any more of you if you rolled up in the Venza.

This is very unfortunately true.

[azgreg]

Time to start looking at water treatment systems. The water in Vegas is horrible.

[Merkin]

I love my minivan

Same here. When my kids grew up and moved out, I wanted to get another one. My wife said no. She wanted a crossover, so we bought a Nissan Murano.

My oldest son had a minivan for a while too, and would have kept it but it died.

[azgreg]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

[dovecanyoncat]

Time to start looking at water treatment systems. The water in Vegas is horrible.

Are you gonna change your handle to lvgreg or nvgreg?

[azgreg]

Time to start looking at water treatment systems. The water in Vegas is horrible.

Are you gonna change your handle to lvgreg or nvgreg?

No. I still have a house in Phoenix and my job is based out of Phoenix. I'm not even getting Nevada license plates or a Nevada drivers license.

[wyo-cat]

Mr Veg(reg)as

[Chicat]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I think I’m in for a Rivian in a few years if I were to get a truck but I truly don’t need a truck. I don’t haul a goddamn thing outside maybe some bagged mulch. Instead I think I want something sporty. Maybe a BMW or Audi.

[azgreg]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I think I’m in for a Rivian in a few years if I were to get a truck but I truly don’t need a truck. I don’t haul a goddamn thing outside maybe some bagged mulch. Instead I think I want something sporty. Maybe a BMW or Audi.

The hybrid version gets over 40 MPG. It's basically a car with a small truck bed. We like to tent camp and it's just enough for that.

[Chicat]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I think I’m in for a Rivian in a few years if I were to get a truck but I truly don’t need a truck. I don’t haul a goddamn thing outside maybe some bagged mulch. Instead I think I want something sporty. Maybe a BMW or Audi.

The hybrid version gets over 40 MPG. It's basically a car with a small truck bed. We like to tent camp and it's just enough for that.

Have you seen the 2025 reintroduction of the El Camino?

[azgreg]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I think I’m in for a Rivian in a few years if I were to get a truck but I truly don’t need a truck. I don’t haul a goddamn thing outside maybe some bagged mulch. Instead I think I want something sporty. Maybe a BMW or Audi.

The hybrid version gets over 40 MPG. It's basically a car with a small truck bed. We like to tent camp and it's just enough for that.

Have you seen the 2025 reintroduction of the El Camino?

I used to own a 1972 El Camino.

[azgreg]

Have you seen the 2025 reintroduction of the El Camino?

Are you talking this thing?



Hideous.

[Chicat]

Yep. Also will come in a 4-door with AWD.

[dovecanyoncat]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I didn 't realize the Mav hybrid had such good mpg. Still, real men don't drive half-tons.

[azgreg]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I didn 't realize the Mav hybrid had such good mpg. Still, real men don't drive half-tons.

I no longer race stocks cars. I don't require the use of a 1 ton pickup.

[dovecanyoncat]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I didn 't realize the Mav hybrid had such good mpg. Still, real men don't drive half-tons.

I no longer race stocks cars. I don't require the use of a 1 ton pickup.

Gear-head libtards are a rare breed Greg.

[Merkin]

I'm going to be in the market for a new car in the next year or so and right now this is the leader in the clubhouse.

I didn 't realize the Mav hybrid had such good mpg. Still, real men don't drive half-tons.

I was looking for a new Maverick about 18 months ago. None were close, and the ones little further out had huge markups on them of $4-$5K and I would to drive several hours to even test drive it. But I'm not paying more than retail, and have superb credit.

[dovecanyoncat]

$2.99 per gallon at the Fort Stockton Flying J. So cheap I decided to get TWO blowjobs from KaibabKat.

[RichardCranium]

Have you seen the 2025 reintroduction of the El Camino?

Are you talking this thing?



Hideous.

That's what you get when GM kills Holden and Ford abandons Australia. Australia invented the Ute and know how to design them. The El Camino and the Ranchero were copies of the Aussie Ute. They were perfect for tradies to buzz around narrow suburban streets. Chevy doesn't know how to build a Ute. That thing is both useless and ugly.

Now our roads are overwhelmed by Ford monster trucks and some City Councils are up in arms threatening to ban them. My street is going to go parking on one side only so cars can actually navigate the street without having to sit outside peoples houses blowing the horn for somebody to come out and move their car, or watching a house burn down because the firetruck can't get through.

[RichardCranium]

Holden and Ford stopped building in Oz in 2017. There was going to be a Holden Ute rebadged as a Pontiac in 2009. But Pontiac died before that happened.

Some pictures here - ya gotta scroll down a bit. Holden Ute in US with weird history / Pontiac Ute pictures
Those 2008 era bodies are STILL hugely better looking that that thing pictured above.

[dovecanyoncat]

I think it looks cool. A cracker's Santa Cruz. It has no conceivable broad practicality with that ridiculous bed, but the 1st gen Honda Ridgeline was similarly configured and we bought one for Mrs. Dove's forays into the woods before I retired. That Ridgeline was a fucking tank, had excellent clearance, and was way more powerful than it had a right to be.

[Merkin]

Australia invented the Ute and know how to design them.

Looking it up, short for UTILITY TRUCK.

[azgreg]

I'm in the market for a TV for the living room. With the move and all (new house, furniture, etc.) I don't want to spend a lot of money so I'm looking at one of those TCL units from Walmart (75" or 85"). Anybody here have any experience with one of these? And if so, how long have you had it?

[scumdevils86]

I've had 2 different TCL TV's over the last 5 years or so and I never had a problem. I'm not a huge av nerd though but it gives me exactly what I want for a great price. Mine is only 55" though.

[dovecanyoncat]

Does my 2005 36" Sony Wega count?

[azgreg]

Does my 2005 36" Sony Wega count?

High def black and white?

[dovecanyoncat]

Does my 2005 36" Sony Wega count?

High def black and white?

You have one too!

[azgreg]

Does my 2005 36" Sony Wega count?

High def black and white?

You have one too!

I keep it next to my 8 track player.

[dovecanyoncat]

Does my 2005 36" Sony Wega count?

High def black and white?

You have one too!

I keep it next to my 8 track player.

#Mancave.

[azgreg]

having a new couch and dinette set delivered tomorrow.

[CalStateTempe]

Wife wants to remodel the house in 2 years.

In fairness - we are living inthe late 80s early 90s

[dovecanyoncat]

Wife wants to (seriously consider a) move to Paso Robles.

[Merkin]

Wife wants to (seriously consider a) move to Paso Robles.

Wine country! Although it's Tucson hot in the summer and cold in the winter. Hotspot (literally) of the Central Coast.

But if you want some land, that's the place. Just a short drive to cold Morro Bay too come summer.

[azgreg]

What's the allure of Paso Robles?

[dovecanyoncat]

What's the allure of Paso Robles?

She's a Cali girl. But mostly it's a kneejerk reaction to a fight she nearly got into with a MAGA bitch here. Recency bias left over from a several day trip to Paso several weeks ago combined with the post-election cope most of us are struggling with has her fantasizing about the move.

It'd probably be as outrageous an expense as moving to Australia, not that that really matters, but she's the thriftier of the two of us, so I figure it'll pass. I hate everything right now so she's kinda pissing me off. But everything is pissing me off lately so I need to get over myself first.

[Merkin]

Paso is pretty red like most of the SLO North County.

[dovecanyoncat]

Paso is pretty red like most of the SLO North County.

Yeah, because of course it would be.