I prefer new but would have accepted a CPO small to mid-sized Japanese coupe/sedan. In most cases, realtors that drive luxury cars lease them. However, in the Pro section above, Mr. Daste is mostly engaging in justifying poor financial decisions, and I'm going to call him out on it. I have ranted about this before so I guess I just have to accept the fact that this ignorance exist. For more details, see our guide to Armenian border crossings. Have about 200 thousand miles and lost about 7% range. Not make or break for doctors, but I still hate throwing money away. Many will go for comfortable and nice vehicles that arent too expensive. They're bad in the sense they don't follow rules, are emotional, unorganized and undisciplined which is actually an issue that extends beyond just driving. 06 Subaru WRX. Well done, Craig. Cheaptimes M. says:I was in Gdale last niteI had a Troys burrito--------------You blew it. That's because they're part of the 63.6% white. From 1890-1915 Armenians were massacred by Turks and Azerbaijan (Armenian genocide) Only because Armenians were SO smart that they were taking over Turkish government with all of the bright politicians. someone (the original owner) got hosed and someone (me) got a hell of deal. Yes, their family had a hard time with it in the beginning, but if someone's got a spine they'll stand up for the person they want to be with. This makes me want to order the Armenian Special at Jack in the Box.Armenian customer: "Let me hevvv Arrrrmenian Special"Jack in the Box Cashier: *puzzled look* "Uhhh, sir. Needless to say I want that car to start everytime, all the time. No matter your specialty youll be doing better for sure. I grew up in Glendale during the 60s thru 70s. A fun small town that was safe. Since the Armenians have infiltrated our town it has never been Yeah, but if I was a high income professional a cool car would be my weakness. January 6th is also the day that the three wise men are said to have visited Jesus in the manger. Ssshhhh.do you really want all those city dwellers to move elsewhere? The resale value of used cars is also proportionally much higher since someone else has already paid the massive depreciation that comes with driving a new car off the dealer lot. For more details, see our guide to Armenian border crossings. ", Have I got a Vietnamese girl for you. That's called a splurge- when you buy something you can afford because it will make you happier. Another couple reported paying much less, 9500 dram. I hope i did not come off as ignorant. Most firms will allow the car to be taken to Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh but there may be a surcharge. The Wealth Equation: Are You a Numerator or a Denominator? Others will get there too, just like your family has. Just like it would suck if Mexicans were to cease to exist. Excellent discussion, however I am increasingly asking myself, Should I even own/drive a car? In the next 5 to 10 years, that will become a more practical and common question for all of us. I agree that someone making $50K a month can throw away $250 or $500 a month without significant effect on his financial life. One might downplay how he had to get his engine rebuilt, as if a project that puts his vehicle in the shop for weeks is somehow as routine as an oil change. So r u a conformist or a trailblazer?Is your bf an Iranian Armo as well? The answer isn't so simple. One small accident and they're fucked. Yeah, it is little bit of a splurge, but a car is a real product that provides a real benefit. You'll rarely ever meet an Armenian with a 401k plan, or life insurance, or a savings plan, or a college fund. Just swap out the word car in the original post for another noun and it becomes an automatic approval for buying everything new with every possible feature. That $1,850 car needed two (used) tires, windshield wipers, and a battery over the course of four years. There is an interesting video/study of one of the worst cars of all time, a Bon-Aire I believe being demolished by a mid 2000s Chevy Malibu. Here we discuss Armenian roads and road rules, insurance, customs clearance, car rental and repair. In fact, I traded that car in on a Toyota . Eventually gave it to my daughter.she totaled it out a couple years ago.walked away with a couple bruises.so happy to get an insurance check that was much higher than I could have sold the POS for. That said, I think it isimportant to avoid justifying bad financial behavior. Police is kind to foreigners; talking your way out of paying a fine tends to be easy. Wifi in your car is really just a built in cell phone and data plan. Life is dangerous. Our notes are at 1.49% and 1.79%, and any savvy physician with good credit should be able to obtain those rates or better. All this would make sense if the author was pictured in front of a Toyota Camry instead of a BMW. Comment below! LOL you guys are funny!Its not fair that im generalizing this with all Armenians there are a lot of us who love all, and dont care! Second, which varies city-to-city, is crime, and in my town, as well as several others Ive visited, the hospitals are in the worst, highest-crime areas, e.g., here in New Orleans you can walk down the sidewalk next to university hospital and stand in the spot a med student was literally shot for trying to help a rape victim. I thinkthat much more condemnation wouldbefall an Armo woman if she were tochose a partner outside of the matrix.LoL, @ Peter No he is Armenian! But everyone in my immediate family has an extremely expensive car. Total expected cost for above lineup = ~$250-$300K depending on age and specifics. Terrible at technical driving skills, not necessarily. To you guys, it sounds like something silly. In fact, sitting in my garage right now is a 2005 Toyota Sequoia and a 2016 Toyota Sequoia. I had nothing to do with it. Buying a car for the safety features is just justification. Driving, especially an automobile with an expensive price tag, They have never broken down and rarely needed much more than a new battery. Drive a 10 year old car and you will be way ahead. The best and easiest way to do so is to front load your retirement in the first 5-10 years of practice and then allow it to grow till you retire. It is a splurge. I just had a few questions. Would love wifi in t. I dunno. Your email address will not be published. Copyright 20042023 Yelp Inc. Yelp, , and related marks are registered trademarks of Yelp. Thank you Rafik jan!If a woman (of any race) doesn't want to be treated as inferior, then she should establish herself as an individual and strive towards self efficacy (this should never be at the cost of femininity, beauty, and grace). 2023 - The White Coat Investor Investing & Personal Finance for Doctors. The reason behind my chuckling is because of the question, asking if What does that mean?2) We care. Winter tires are not compulsory in the snowy season. This question is of interest not only to the Armenians themselves, but also to representatives of other nationalities. ----------------------------------Personally, I drive a jetta. Mot CYour statement saying who cares, live your life exactly differs Armenian from everyone else because Armenians do not forget who they are and they live a full life based on who the are , your past is what makes of you. Cynthia have you ever dated a Latino guy? . I just had a few questions. There are way more Lexus/MBs/BMWs driving around town than there are wealthy people. nobody (including me) is judging you. But as we can see, inexpensive cars are also extremely reliable. A home mortgage is usually borrowed for how long. No car ownership is definitely the utopian/dystopian future. Crossing borders with a rental car. Jeanny B. says:Armenians women, dont want to be with armenians guys, because they threat them like shit!, they see the womens lower than them, dont know how to respect women, even with their own mothers.!!!! I don't think it would be acceptable in any other country to drive around the flag of any other country. !But thats mostly is also a strong word! Why do Armenians have big noses? If youre planning to get a car as a realtor, consider your target market, location, and fuel efficiency of the car. You mean Armenian Iranian, right?Barry, are you the only that can concur with me that AXE=ASS? Sales calls are considered to be one of the best types of leads that come in to a dealership. Of course, but it's a pretty good case control study for us! I find the arguments about reliability unfounded and amusing. So, most agents go for luxury cars to give the impression theyre doing well. Did we occasionally do some work on them? Used Cars, New Cars, Buying Cars, Selling Cars, The following errors occurred with your submission. I am glad I made this thread I learned a lot. Lessons Driving an $800 Car Can Teach Your Kid, Moving The Goalposts - Attack of the Lifestyle Creep, How Much Car Can You Afford? It is infinitesimal! Armenian men are encouraged to get married with other race's because they will grow the number of Armenians. That car is a little more niche and as suck will be much more expensive to fix/maintain that a honda accord etc. It's really expensive to go to theme parks. live your life. 2016 How to Buy A Car link actually directs to 2013 May I Please Finance My Car. Cars are depreciating assets, simple as that. The Yerevan-Gyumri road has a large police presence; only cross the solid white line if you are certain no cops are waiting for you. Its past the most precipitous depreciation, has most of the modern safety and amenity features and is usually 30-50% off new model sticker. That'll be $4-5K. The worst example of keeping-up-the-Joness since a car is always one of our most visible possessions (as counter example, what percentage of the hundreds of people you know have ever set foot in your house?, but people at work know where you park). With what money?!!". This way, you can avoid disappointing the clients that care about cars and that sort of thing. Here, we discuss why realtors drive nice cars and what to consider when getting a car as a realtor. As an emergency physician, some say I have a stressful job. We are not India or even Brazil level yet, but shit's still scary, and the number of road fatalities is absolutely disgusting. But the reality is that old cars break down and arent designed to last forever, and despite some peoples luck, most old car drivers will be faced with unforeseen breakdowns and annoyances. For realtors, their reasons for driving nice cars include: 1. I would love to have 6 or more different cars in my garage/driveway. It has never broken down and Ive never missed work due to vehicle problems. chillax.seriously. If you can catch one before the initial 36/48 month warranty expires, you can rest pretty easy knowing that youre not inheriting the first owners problems too, and without having to deal with 3rd party warranties. This is a bit of a counterpoint to the posttitled How to Buy a Car. A luxury car in bad shape doesnt communicate successfully. Driving home with all the windows open was the cheap option for staying alive back then. I know when I moved out for school, all relatives freaked out that I was moving out but its just a matter of preference, and most armenians do stay with parents till marriage! Our most recent purchase was a brand new decked out huge land yacht known as a Toyota Sequoia. sticker price new was 58,500. walkway cost including taxes and title was 35k. They have 12 operators signed up to their platform at the moment: all the major companies like Hertz, Avis, Sixt and Europcar, supplemented by local Armenian operators: a good mix of the affordable and the reliable. I do wonder though about interest rates. If my current car exploded along with my credit score and I had to buy something with cash, Id probably have kept it pretty cheap since at this stage of the game I dont like being without a comfortable cushion. Rox G. says:KC "beach wood" O. says:Lebanese Armos have 401ks and 529ks but still roll a Benz. In the same way that people dress for the job, cars are we just laugh. Getting a car is a major expense which means its important to make the right choice. I honestly like a safe car, so Ive been driving my Tesla model s to work for the last 4 years. Most firms will allow the car to be taken to Georgia and Nagorno-Karabakh but there may be a surcharge. Then I pump 4400 lbs of water into it and drive it around the lake full throttle just to see how big of a wave I can make behind it. Do my own wrenching? Breakdowns are actually happening more than ever. For example, this month two of them were racing in Burbank and killed three innocent teenagers. They cash their checks and go enjoy life. Required fields are marked *. Very cool.. Diagnosing a transmission whine or a driveline clunk doesnt assist a patient or develop the doctors skills. Cops just give everyone a ticket that goes 5mph over speed limit. Same mentality that caused armenia to be run into the ground by greedy people. Local player Caravan also has the option to pick up at Gyumri airport. And more often than not, this guy owns or has access to other unused vehicles when his usual beater is out of service, be it a second beater, a weekend toy like a Corvette, or, more often than not, the stay-at-home wifes car (which coincidentally is a much nicer, newer, more reliable car than the frugal buyers own car). Jeanny B. says:Armenians women, dont want to be with armenians guys, because they threat them like shit!, they see the womens lower than them, dont know how to respect women, even with their own mothers.!!!! I have a lot of friends from your background, but none of them can answer this question. -only normal maintenance and a new battery. In fact, he considers me a jerk for making him live somewhere for four years that he didn't want to live and deploy across the world for long enough that hischildren didn't recognize himwhen hecame home. Besides, I have a feeling a lot of these features are much less reliable than we think. The majority of my posts are here. Kevin W. says:Melt or get out of the pot. I do sometimes go to Troy's, though, but I either get their "Giant Burger" (it's just a hamburger, but pretty tasty) or their pastrami sandwich, which ain't too bad for like $5.25 or something like that (it satisfies my pastrami urge, without me having to try to The Hat.). Not sure that metric is so useful. If you tracked the repair and maintenance numbers carefully, I think youll find the used car is almost always less expensive with more time involved for those things. please stop being culturally relevant to what your life has offered you. Mot "non//gargantuan" C. says: who cares? Or does it just look good to see a bunch of diffrent ethnicities walking around? In my opinion, if a person would rather enjoy their car today than their pension tomorrow its their decision and I'm all for it. Even a five year loan only gets you to $12,000 or about half the purchase price. There has been quite a bit of improvements in engineering. but then again its stupid choices that people make and again its not an Armenian thing, Its people in General! I got my luxury car 3 years old and 50% off the retail price and it had only 18K miles on it. No bullshit. as stated before comrades, who cares, live your life the way you want to. Rafik. Kinda noticed by your name =]Rox Thats cool! While a luxury car is nice, whats more important for perception is the cars condition. Some realtors go for nice cars that represent their brand to the client. Why not have both flags? In response to the luxury debate I just wanted to share the following: The target market also matters. Yeah, they actually are considered white. and to be honest, I think its because when it came to the others I might not have given it my best to make it work because deep down inside I was feeling that I COULD/MIGHT disappoint the "parental control"! ready? What do borrowers use to secure a mortgage loan? My family's come a long way too. Why is it OK for Armenians to fly Armenian flags on their cars? And according to him, it would have never happened if he weren't so worried about making the payments of his S550. Yes, I also don't agree with it Apotheosis but I've seen it happen plenty. Right now while were starting our family, possibly moving across the country for a fellowship, etc., its very nice to have extra cash in the bank. Heck, you could get twice the mileage out of a Prius instead of your Fit but apparently hate the planet too much. Neither was a CPO but were both under warranty at time of purchase. Are germans really that hard to be friends with? In some cases, that means going for the luxurious brands. Clients want that, and it gives them the confidence that the realtor will help them close the deal. Again Ill point to the professionals fascination with products like life and disability insurance here. While most people wont admit it, we all judge people by what they have. Instead I've noticed it with other forms of enjoying life. "Me: *Pointing to my new Armenian friend* "I'll have what he's having. we just laugh. Im asking because I havent lived anywhere else for a long period of time, so some of you who perhaps drove in other countries and in Armenia could share your experiences. So add to that sleek Corvette a stylish aluminum-foil sticker on the windshield behind the toll tag. Michael "The Gospel Truth" G. says:one does not simply walk into mordor -----------------what do you mean? While its definitely possible to spend a few grand on a reliable old car, chances are just as good that youre purchasing someone elses headaches. Anyone arguing otherwise is already a lost cause. Seriously though, different strokes for different folks. I would never consider moving to another country and flying the American flag on my car and draping a flag on my hood. A few hundred dollars a month matters to me especially with the costs of young kids. Im not counting the usual stuff (prophylactic timing belt replacement, plugs, batteries, clutch, rotors, brakes, tires). I think I parked in the 3rd spot from the door to work for free and that was getting there 10 minutes later than normal. The one in the driveway costs me over $300 to fill it's 67 gallon tank with premium at the lake. Terrible at choice making and following basic rules and common sense while driving, most definitely. I don't understand. are you or are you not? This is a 400 bed hospital so were not talking a doctors office. In fall of 2013, husband (then boyfriend) purchases brand new corvette stingray just out of residency. Lots of fun at the time, but It turns out they actually wanted the car back in drivable condition which cost another couple thousand at lease end. For example, a realtor in the posh areas of California could be driving a Lamborghini and wont feel out of place. What model and year? A doctor would never choose to use old, unreliable equipment in the OR. Two realtors in one city could have different target markets and require different cars. You asked him to elaborate on why the culture might cease to exist, and he did. However, if your target market is multimillionaires or youre a listing agent in Beverly Hills. Wrenching on an old car might be a great hobby for a pensioner with a penchant for British sportscars, but for a practicing physician its one more source of stress and loose thread to tie up in a mountain of tangled strands. Thats actually really impressive to get your transportation costs that low. Straighten out your financial life today! Now she drives a 2005 Toyota Sienna and it is excellent. 3. they know how to make money. Or what if a study was to be conducted with the number of BMWs amongst Armenians in Glendale compared to the that of other cultures with similar income?Yes, not everyone is like that. You lose!!!! Brakes for that year were incredibly expensive.couldnt get off label calipers so got bent over again.A/C died at about 120k miles. I have lived or worked in Glendale and have for over 16 years. My best friend is Armenian. Glendale is ranked one of the safest cities in the U.S., And yeah youve got to return your lease in drivable condition ;). This isnt an attack, is really love to hear what you love about a huge city so much that the jobs are worth it. Caucasus mountains where Caucasian comes from runs through Arminia. They listed my trade-in at a very attractive price. But Ill go ahead and implore the readers to stop reading after Dr. Jims paragraph about admitting defeat. The Armenians drive Mercedes, BMW, Bentleys, usually with paper plates. Only normal maintenance outside of the 5 minutes it took for each bulb. I dont think Ive ever traded a car in. #KC'speople ------------------It's not because they're lebanese. Reader strategy #5: Dont buy a car unless you have to. ---who cares? If your husband hadnt bought a cheap Chevy that never would have happened. At a minimum, it would seem like sleeping in a call room might be a little easier, or hiring an uber for the 50 mile commute at the same cost of the hotel. Moving to Indiana is not a great option since kids definitely benefit from many parks in walking distance, plus my 15-minute bus ride to work and ability to get home in 10-minutes on Uber if needed for kids). -replaced a headlight bulb and tail light bulb. How is linking to a news article Tesla bashing? For example, have you noticed that a majority of the people at Magic Mountain, Disneyland, Raging Waters, etc., are mexican families? Nor does it mean I'll stop cooking for him. Great cars dont necessarily mean the person is the best for the job. You already have one of those in your pocket! I am amazed what we do for wives and children. Excellent point. Very attractive price Tesla model s to work for the job, cars are we just laugh we judge... 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