family - 

hooo my parents are gonna make me feel baaad about this car purchase

family - 

yes I'm moving too quickly and not doing my due diligence. because I know me, and if I don't move recklessly on this I won't move at all

money, pretty much just reassuring myself at this point 

I mean, I'm paying less than the value of my computer (a machine I actually want and enjoy), and it's not an optional purchase, so 🤷

re: money, pretty much just reassuring myself at this point 

@else what car did you get???? 😳😳😄😄

re: money, pretty much just reassuring myself at this point 

@wolfgang 2007 toyota prius with 130k miles, for $5k. so like. really more "roughly equal to the cost of new replacements for every part and peripheral of the computer", but still

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re: money, pretty much just reassuring myself at this point 

@else to the extent that i understand cars, that sounds like a pretty good car

re: money, pretty much just reassuring myself at this point 

@wolfgang I just took it out for my first non-test drive, and I can assure you it is not lol. like it'll work for now, but I probably shouldn't have paid even what I did for it

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