Not at all. I've always paid cash for my vehicles and my favorite vehicles I've owned were a 1972 chevy shortbed truck with three on the floor, and a 1986 camaro rs. I could work on both no matter the issue, both had more than enough room under the hood to work on damn near everything.

Now I own a 2009 bmw 328i, again paid cash. However I can't change my oil, heaven forbid something big breaks, ac goes out, etc. I will have to take it to a specialist or a dealership to keep service records up to date etc.

I'd pay what I paid my bmw to have either my truck or camaro back. I've had several vehicles throughout my life, and as much as I love driving my bmw I'd make a straight trade right now.

As an aside- I blew the engine out on my camaro (original owner had done a home bore-job and left pits which cause structural weakeness in my engine block and one day while driving normally a piston slammed through the sidewall.

A 'new' v8 350 engine installed was about 1.5k, this was about 1998, and on a car I'd bought for 1k cash.

That's cheaper than replacing all 4 brake/rotor on my bmw by a good bit.

My drive shaft on my truck broke when a geo metro t-boned me in my work parking lot. No body damage. 200 for the shaft 100 for installation. I cant imagine what would happen to my bmw if tboned, much less the cost of repairs.

I miss the old days :(

I was driving a 22 year old SUV until it got recalled for a faulty airbag. Was too old for them to do a replacement so they crushed it and paid cash. It was in top condition and I reckon I could’ve given it another five years easily. It’s nice to occasionally drive a newer car but I also just enjoy not really stressing too much about keeping it scratch free or my kid trashing the interior, etc.

Had a 16 year old Honda until this year. Nothing wrong with beaters. Especially if at least one person in your house has a nicer car for trips, I would not want to drive a 1500 mile road trip in a 19 year old truck.

I’m driving a 18 year old Land Rover, it’s great and I don’t feel like I have to care if it gets scratches or scrapes. Would not be good for a commute though.

No