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      11-24-2017, 08:47 AM   #39
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Originally Posted by Ali Shiralian View Post
You have to be smart with money. If you have 80k and want to buy a car which is worth 80K and you want to pay cash for it sounds ridiculous to me. You can put a down payment and enjoy the .99% or any low interest loan and invest the rest in stocks which pays somewhere around 18%. This way you're enjoying the cheap money from the finance company, have the car and the rest of your money is making money at the same time. Win win imo
Essentially what I said above. Bingo. Keeping that $80k working for you while you enjoy a low interest loan is a better option. Again it has to be within your means to do so. I’m not cashing out a portion of my 401k for a car, ever.