QUOTE(Grimm @ Jan 22 2010, 09:05 AM)
I'm irritated by how everyone is lamenting how a car is a liability etc etc in the past few pages. Don't be stupid. Its an investment alright. Its an asset in its own right.
Just because it doesn't bring in cashflow
directly doesn't mean it doesn't bring you benefits
indirectly. Its just like saying "My factory workers are liabilities.. I'm paying them but they don't bring in money for me. Only my sales department is bringing in the revenue". Padahal if you have no factory workers, your manufacturing collapses, and therefore your business dies.
So don't be stupid. A car will transport you back and forth to and from work. Having a car will open up your career options, employment options. Having a car will increase your customer outreach if you are doing your own business.
PS : Having a car might even score you a partner that is looking for someone that can provide. And that, is a lifetime investment in its own right! :@
PS2 : But how big/expensive/fancy a car you are willing to get is up to individual desires.
Just to correct you. In the companies, the annual finacial report, workers and utilities cost, are considered as liability. Yes. without worker, the factory cannot produce any. But still, it is a liability. Car value will be depreciated as year by year. Property value will be increase.
Conclusion, diff ppl will have diff way of manage their own cash flow. There has no any investment without liability. So, what is the important thing is, do think, what is the unavoidable liability, then just go ahead.