Where's your Ferrari?

[John_Conrad]

Woman:
Do you drink beer?

Man: Yes

Woman:
How many beers a day?

Man:
Usually about 3 draft Bock beers

Woman:
How much do you pay per Draft Bock beer?

Man: $5.00 which includes a tip

(This is where it gets scary!)

Woman:
And how long have you been drinking?

Man:
About 20 years, I suppose

Woman:
So a Bock beer costs $5 and you have 3 Bock beers a day which puts your
spending each month at $450. In one year, it would be approximately
$5400 correct?

Man:
Correct

Woman:
If in 1 year you spend $5400, not accounting for inflation, the past 20
years puts your spending at $108,000, correct?

Man:
Correct

Woman:
Do you know that if you didn't drink so much Bock beer, that money could
have been put in a step-up interest savings account and after accounting
for compound interest for the past 20 years, you could have now bought a
Ferrari?

Man:
Do you drink beer?

Woman:
No

Man:
Where's your Ferrari?

 

[OneEyeJack]

Or on a slightly different scale you could do this with cigarettes.

Or Starbucks coffee....

 

[Bandito440]

I've put more than that amount into my 401k over the past decade that could have been spent on cigarettes or Starbucks... or lottery tickets, energy drinks, prepackaged foods, etc.

So, I suppose my Ferrari is a Subaru, older BMW motorcycle, and a lakeside retirement home sometime around 2035.

 

[BRZED]

Originally Posted By: John_Conrad

Man: Where's your Ferrari?


Maybe she has lots of shoes and purses?

 

[Rick in PA]

Funny joke, with an element of truth in it.

On a side note, a few weeks ago I stopped feeding the vending machines at work. I use to buy ~$3 worth of snacks and a soda during the day, now I pack that stuff with my lunch. I did this after I calculated it was costing about $300 per year. Since I've been working ~30 years, that's about $20K. Not exactly the Ferrari zone, but it could have been a new car...

 

[CT8]

Am I the only person who wouldn't want a Ferrari or other exotic even if it was a gift with all maintenance paid? They are really pretty .I have never been smitten I guess I'll take a Vette.Camaro or Mustang or a Hellcat what ever it comes in. Low cost and reliable. Does that make me racist?

 

[Bandito440]

Originally Posted By: CT8
Am I the only person who wouldn't want a Ferrari or other exotic even if it was a gift with all maintenance paid? They are really pretty .I have never been smitten I guess I'll take a Vette.Camaro or Mustang or a Hellcat what ever it comes in. Low cost and reliable. Does that make me racist?

The current supercars are a marvel of engineering, but if I was going to deplete my savings to by a car, it would be a classic. I can't think of a more attractive design:

 

[Jetronic]

I'd get a maserati from the savings

 

[andyd]

I've been following this guy for about 15 yrs. He started with a 30 yr old Ferrari that came in boxes from a basement in VA. I don't particularly even like the cars but the process of the restoration is interesting.
http://tomyang.net/blog/