For those of you who make over $85K/year....

[mattpegher]

Yukon XL 2005
Audi A6 2001
paid cash

>5000 sqft house with pool
Beach condo
Mortgaged

Lower middle class kid borrowed for college and med school now making >200k

Stay in school

 

[Special K]

Originally posted by: mattpegher
Yukon XL 2005
Audi A6 2001
paid cash

>5000 sqft house with pool
Beach condo
Mortgaged

Lower middle class kid borrowed for college and med school now making >200k

Stay in school

Very few majors pay out as well as that. What if we aren't interested in medicine?

 

[mattpegher]

Most of my neighbors are business. One couple of lawyers, and one couple of teachers.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

All businessman are completely full of sh*t. - George Carlin

 

[Alprazolam]

Originally posted by: mattpegher
Yukon XL 2005
Audi A6 2001
paid cash

>5000 sqft house with pool
Beach condo
Mortgaged

Lower middle class kid borrowed for college and med school now making >200k

Stay in school

Thats it?

 

[EightySix Four]

Originally posted by: adwilk

Originally posted by: Nebor
Single (that's how I can afford things, duh!) drive an '03 Acura TL (daily driver), a 2001 Ford Lightning (runs a 12.0 @ 117mph) and a 1998 Volvo S70 T5 (runs somewhere in 13s.)

I Call Bull$hit... My 2003 ZO6 Has to have a good night to hit 12 or less... Comments like that amaze me... Naturally Aspirated???

Eh, Ford Lightning's are Supercharged 5.4l's.

 

[mattpegher]

You try paying off 150K in school loans, which by the time your through with residency is about 240K

 

[jcuadrado]

married..

'05 Pathfinder and 2000 Volvo C70...see sig for pics.

 

[radioouman]

married.. wife and I make 85k together.. I drive a 1993 Dodge Dakota 4x4 with 209,000 miles.

 

[saahmed]

Originally posted by: mattpegher
Yukon XL 2005
Audi A6 2001
paid cash

>5000 sqft house with pool
Beach condo
Mortgaged

Lower middle class kid borrowed for college and med school now making >200k

Stay in school

What field of medicine are you in? Just curious, as I'm currently a pre-med student.

 

[mattpegher]

ER/IM - Dont do it, specialize, the hours suck, 12 hour shifts screw your whole day, and you lose a day for every night shift. If you do end up with Internal Med or general surgery do a fellowship and speciallize. I know the contry needs more generalists but the Medicare reimbursement system doesn't work out right to support going into IM/FP. And most ER's are mega-groups that suck out all the money to corporate, plus as an ER physician your a second-class doc as far as hospital administration is concerned.

 

[Zebo]

Originally posted by: mattpegher
ER/IM - Dont do it, specialize, the hours suck, 12 hour shifts screw your whole day, and you lose a day for every night shift. If you do end up with Internal Med or general surgery do a fellowship and speciallize. I know the contry needs more generalists but the Medicare reimbursement system doesn't work out right to support going into IM/FP. And most ER's are mega-groups that suck out all the money to corporate, plus as an ER physician your a second-class doc as far as hospital administration is concerned.

Duh work sucks thats why they have to pay you to come in..but at least yours lets you make enough to save enough so you can invest in passive income sources and call it quits much eariler. I've never made 200K and will stop working Aug 8 @ 35.

 

[Imdmn04]

85k when you are single is pretty damn good.
85k with a wife and kids, especially if the wife don't work, is not a lot of money to play with.

 

[hzl eyed grl]

Amused -
I'm almost 40 and I'm just tired of throwing away money on cars.

You can throw money away on me, anytime! Actually. . .any of you feel free to send money my way.

 

[mattpegher]

Originally posted by: Zebo

Originally posted by: mattpegher
ER/IM - Dont do it, specialize, the hours suck, 12 hour shifts screw your whole day, and you lose a day for every night shift. If you do end up with Internal Med or general surgery do a fellowship and speciallize. I know the contry needs more generalists but the Medicare reimbursement system doesn't work out right to support going into IM/FP. And most ER's are mega-groups that suck out all the money to corporate, plus as an ER physician your a second-class doc as far as hospital administration is concerned.

Duh work sucks thats why they have to pay you to come in..but at least yours lets you make enough to save enough so you can invest in passive income sources and call it quits much eariler. I've never made 200K and will stop working Aug 8 @ 35.

My statement was only to advise saahmed, no one ever took the time to inform me of the practical side of medicine, so I try to let those interested have a little insight so that they can make good choices for their future. God knows their school and the residency system is going to try to pressure them into general medical fields.

 

[Azurik]

'96 Ford Contour GL
'98 Mercedes Benz ML320
'06 Acura TSX

Income: 408k

 

[SagaLore]

*Prints out list of those who replied to this thread... starts researching employers for blackmail purposes. :evil:*

 

[madmaxr6]

97 Ford Explorer with 183,000 Miles

Wife with one kid.

Lots of money in the bank for my house in spain i am going to buy in the next few years

 

[datalink7]

Originally posted by: Amused

Originally posted by: Abe Froman
Out of curiosity, all of you make over 85K/yr....and these are the cars you choose?

C'mon

Again, a car is a terrible investment. I didn't get to where I am today by wasting my money, nor will I get to where I want to be tomorrow by wasting my money.

Some people like cars. It is only wasting money if you don't get enjoyment out of it. Isn't that a big point of money anyway, so that you can have fun? (the other big part being security).

 

[wasssup]

Originally posted by: saahmed
My dad makes about 75k and drives a 2000 dodge grand caravan. He's very stingy.

I don't blame him dude. My dad made about $110k/year and I used to call him cheap, but now that I graduated and have a decent income I really don't feel like wasting too much.

I'm personally torn between getting a 350z, WRX, or keeping my old '99 Civic (which is in decent condition, no mechanical problems whatsoever). Only thing is it doesn't "show" my wealth, so to speak.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Amused
I see no reason to make the single worst investment a person can make: Buy a new car... especially every 3-5 years.

Why is a car an investment ? It's a purchase. Grrr finance-minded people...

 

[Budmantom]

Paid 4 - 2000 Accord

 

[oslama]

dating, graduated college and just quit my job, where i could have made $8,500 this year

btw, I drive a 2000 chevy/geo Prizm.

 

[smopoim86]

If i made 85k i would still drive the same car i drive now, 97 camry (only $3,000)

 

[LordMorpheus]

Originally posted by: iwantanewcomputer

Originally posted by: BoomerD
Married
Crane Operator

87 BMW 735i
96 Dodge Dakota
05 Ford Expidition (hers)

OMGWTF??? 85k for operating a crane? why the hell am i spending 4 years in hell paying 25k to get a chemical engineering degree which will earn me 55 starting?

you'll start close to the 85k and soon pass it with a chemE degree if you come work for Shell or any of the other oil companies . . . .