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Originally Posted by JoeD
Paying cash makes sense...if you can't manage your money.
I don't think it makes much sense to tie up a liquid $40K when you can get a much higher rate of return properly invested/traded than what you pay on a car-loan. Of course, I do that for a living so others might not have the means and know-how to make money in the markets daily, but I can guarantee you almost all broad-based ETFs and non-speculative US equities will rise significantly more than 5-6% within the next year, roughly the APR one would pay on a car-loan.
With every car I've financed, however, I've put down 50% rounded up to a nice, whole number. That is of course if there isn't a good promotional lease-offer from the manufacturer, as depending on the circumstances, leasing is the best way to go...
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I'm sorry, but this makes absolutely no sense. Paying interest is NEVER better than not paying interest. If I had a dime for every banker/broker/con man who "guaranteed" that something was going to rise by x% in the next year, I could pay cash for a Ferrari
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And, yes, I did pay cash for my car. There is no way in hell I'm paying someone money for the purpose of keeping a car that I don't own; this is the same reason I don't "own" a credit card... if I can't afford to pay cash, I don't need it.