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Originally Posted by JARblue
Yeah, that is just ridiculous. I was paycheck to paycheck when I was making $25K/yr with both rent and car payments. That was almost 15 years ago though. We try to keep 6 months of living expenses in our savings account at any given time. When an emergency arises (like the cat needing major surgery), we just dip in there as needed. It replenishes fairly quickly since I put a full 25% of my salary into savings every paycheck.
Unfortunately, we have very few investments, and I have almost no retirement. The investments are something that I plan to correct in this decade; the retirement will start this year once I get an IRA set up through our company.
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yah, out of college i wasnt making much money either until i landed my real job. things took off a little, but i only spent half and saved the other half. when i made more money, i couldve bought a new M3 and IS300 cash, but didn't, and just saved it for a little house cause i wanted a garage for my car hobby.
these days i only spend a portion and save the rest for a rainy day, for kids colleges, and retirement.
most people making income my wife and i do would probably opt to live in a much nicer house, and drive much nicer cars... im pretty happy where im at and the cars i have so no need to spend any more than i have to.
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Originally Posted by JARblue
Nice! 
So why is it that Walmart charges $25 for either 0w20 or 5w20 Mobil 1, but when I ask for (non-Mobil 1) 0w20 at the neighborhood lube shop, they tell me it will cost $60 for an oil change as opposed to the $30 for 5w20  |
