• alaphic@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Honestly, I would think that the whole ‘sweat equity’ aspect would argue more in my favor, to be honest… Even assuming you are doing the necessary restoration work or whatever yourself at cost it doesn’t just magically make that ‘value’ disappear, it would just be externalized and distributed (so to speak) over whatever time you’ve spent acquiring the ability to do so, would it not?

    I’m not trying to be argumentative necessarily, but keep in mind I’m considering this strictly from the viewpoint of it being an investment with anticipated return over that of an index over 30 years, so I’m not considering the enjoyment or what have you you might expect from a car enthusiast to be a factor. I also am basing my opinion on my feeling the implication in the original reply was that you could go out right now, get whatever car you wanted, drive it for 30+ years and finally still sell it in whatever state it may be in for something like a 5% return on what you originally paid. Do you consider (or preferably could you provide some evidence?) this to be accurate?

    • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee
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      5 hours ago

      First, we’re talking about buying a vehicle that someone else has taken the depreciation hit on, not a brand new vehicle.

      Second, nobody has claimed this will beat a 401k

      Third, it’s a shitpost on the Internet. Stop taking everything so seriously.

      • alaphic@lemmy.world
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        2 hours ago

        Now I’m not sure if you’re illiterate, struggle with reading comprehension, or are just plain stupid, tbh 😂🤣 If you aren’t even able to figure out what’s being discussed to this degree… Well, it’s been said that it is often wiser to remain silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth (or keyboard, in your case, in case you’re struggling again) and remove all doubt.

        Why don’t you get the adult that’s supposed to be watching you and see if they’ll help with some of the big words, slugger? Or at least ask them to help you to learn to read gooder.

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            28 minutes ago

            See the benefit to hanging out in your garage wrenching on old trucks is that guy wont be there talking about how a Roth IRA would be a far better investment.