woot! congratulations paragon

Sounds like it's time for a Karma!

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but it's mine. MINE.

You shouldn't have said it out loud. Last time I did some asswipe slammed into it the next week. Drive safe.

good feeling eh?

I have a few left on mine as well - hope to clean it up by the end of the year

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Next week I'll go pester the DMV for a paper title--see how much ransom they want for it.

You should be getting that from the finance co.

Good for you on getting that extra income for a while. It's a great feeling to get anything paid off, isn't it.

Brakes are first - struts are second. Nothing beats being able to stop a car - you made go....

I'm one payment away from owning my 01 Mercury Sable that I bought in 03. I can't wait!

I gotta say this:

You took a seven year loan on a Hyundai Accent???? I thought the reason people bought hyundai's were so that they didn't have to take seven year loans.

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Originally posted by BBMW:
I gotta say this:

You took a seven year loan on a Hyundai Accent???? I thought the reason people bought hyundai's were so that they didn't have to take seven year loans.

Everybody's financial situation is different. Some people buy high end cars and S-T-R-E-T-C-H the payment so they can actually afford that Porsche. Yet other people have to finance the way they can afford to actuall purchase a car. I have been in the latter position a few times. I have also seen the former while working on some of those 10 year loan Porsches. Where the owner cannot afford the Full synthetic oil change much less tires or any regular maintenance.

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Brakes are first - struts are second. Nothing beats being able to stop a car - you made go....

Nonsense, bad brakes never stopped me...

I bought my 02' Saturn back in April on a two-year loan. I'm nearly at the 1/2 mark now. I always pay at least 50% over & dropped a $1k payment on them last month. The finance company HATES MY GUTS right now.

Good for You!

And Rottndad, what you didn't say is that she was painting your bedroom and got hot because you didn't have the AC on.

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Originally posted by modiecast:
Time to get a new car. Support our economy.

Ours and the Koreans that is.

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Originally posted by Mars_Attacks:
Yes, go get your paper title and put it in a safety deposit box.

If your car gets totaled, the insurance company will not pay you until they gt the title so you won't go out and get a title loan before they take possession of the wreckage.

You sound like the voice of experance

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Originally posted by 45 Cal:
You sound like the voice of experance

Youbecha!

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Originally posted by logicalsteve:

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Originally posted by modiecast:
Time to get a new car. Support our economy.

Ours and the Koreans that is.

Hyundai are built in Alabama.
Giving Americans jobs.

Congratulations on no car payment,but keep driving it till the wheels fall off before going in debt again

Congrats Paragon!

Someday, in the not near future, I too will own my own car.

brakes and struts

on my last car - a Ford Taurus...

battery

battery

inner tie rods

inner tie rods

inner and outer tie rods

battery

steering rack

(all of these items happened between 97,000 and 102,000 miles)

thats when I got rid of it and picked up a real car



the little extra revenue stream every month will be added to my mortgage principal payments...

if its not one thing its another

Don't gloat too loudly Paragon. The last time I did that I totalled it two weeks after it was paid off.

Dernit.

The best course of action would be to keep paying the $234 into a separate bank account for as long as humanely possible. It feels even better than having the title. Thats because you know its yours, and you know that money has suddenly started to build up in your favor.

You think paying off a car loan feels good, paying off the mortgage feels so much better it can't be described. Several years ago I did that and was taken to task for my poor money management. I was told that the best thing would be to make my payments on time, and invest the rest in the market (the one that is tanking as we speak.) Sorry, cars and homes are best paid off, not rented.