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How Long Should it Take to Pay Off Your Car?

Money Guy Show

Brian Preston, CPA, CFP®, PFS and Bo Hanson, CFA, CFP® | Fee-Only Fiduciary Advisors

Education, Investing, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 April 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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What do we recommend for buying a car, and why do we recommend doing it that way? We'll walk you through that question and more in today's Q&A episode! Jump start your journey with our FREE financial resources Reach your goals faster with our products Take the relationship to the next level: become a client Subscribe on YouTube for early access and go beyond the podcast Connect with us on social media for more content Bring confidence to your wealth building with simplified strategies from The Money Guy. Learn how to apply financial tactics that go beyond common sense and help you reach your money goals faster. Make your assets do the heavy lifting so you can quit worrying and start living a more fulfilled life. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Alright, moving on to Ankeeta's question, why would it not be better to take a car loan

0:14.4

for 60 to 65 months instead of 36 months to reduce your monthly payment so we can contribute

0:22.0

more to the Roth IRA or 401K?

0:25.6

And she says, I'm not buying a fancy car just a regular car.

0:29.4

So first of all, could you all tell everyone what your car buying rules are and then speak

0:35.9

to Ankeeta's question?

0:37.3

Brian, you want to talk a little about the car buying rules?

0:39.2

Because I got a story to share that I think it'd be helpful.

0:41.4

I'll set up the car buying rules and, and, but we'll probably give you the context on

0:46.0

why, what's the why on every one of these?

0:48.6

First of all, 20%.

0:49.6

We want that to, that's what, that's the 20 is 238.

0:52.4

So pay attention to these numbers, 238.

0:54.6

20% down.

0:55.6

Make sure you got some skin in the game.

0:58.1

Three years.

0:59.1

That's the amurization, meaning 36 months is if you're going to have, if you can't pay

1:02.7

cash and you're having to finance this, we don't want that amurization really beyond

1:06.8

three years.

1:08.3

And then the last part, the 8%, if you take your gross income for the annual income,

1:14.1

multiply it by 8%.

1:16.1

You can quickly see if you divide that by 12, what the monthly payment should be.

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