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Money Guy Show

What's the Best Way to Buy a Car?

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

Education, Investing, Business

4.73.1K Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

We talk a lot about our 20/3/8 rule when it comes to buying a car. So what exactly does that mean, and how do you buy a car the right way these days? We'll walk you through that question and more in today's Q&A episode! Watch more exclusive content only on YouTube! Visit our website - Get our FREE financial resources - Check out our course, Know Your Number! - Sign up for our Financial Order of Operations course - Get easy to understand answers to your financial questions Follow us on social media! -Instagram -Twitter -Facebook -TikTok Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Question from Sergio. How lenient are the guys with the 23-8 rule? If I plan on holding

0:13.6

my car for its entire useful life, he says I'm referring to Corolla's and civics here,

0:19.3

not Jaguars and Land Rovers.

0:21.4

Oh, is that the end of the grand, the end of the land?

0:25.9

That's it.

0:26.9

Should it probably go over what the 23-8 rule is, too?

0:29.8

Here's the question I have for Claire Fire for you, so talk about the thing you can go over.

0:33.4

I think a lot of people, because if Sergio is probably wondering if he can, the question,

0:38.0

if you're talking about Corolla's and other things, because realize this whole thing is

0:41.5

to be about discipline. We don't want your eyes and your ego to be bigger than what

0:47.6

you're, your wallet can afford. That's really why we have 23-8. And a lot of people have

0:51.7

a sticking point that we have three years. And I'm going to tell you, I'm very rigid

0:57.2

on the fact that I think you should pay off the car within three years. But I am flexible

1:02.1

if that somebody's offering you the same interest rate on a four-year loan or five-year

1:06.5

loan as the three-year loan, take them up on that. I mean, I'm okay with you having

1:12.1

that way if you got an emergency, I like having flexibility. But I still want this car

1:16.7

paid off within three years.

1:18.2

I was going to say, you're saying, if the interest rate is the same, it's okay to take the

1:22.0

five-year payment, but then you need to do the math to calculate what the three-year payment

1:27.0

should be. I think that's fine, strategy. But you are saying, we're pretty strict on 23-8.

1:32.0

Even if you're going to drive it for 10 years, it doesn't make sense to finance it for

1:36.7

five. Even if you're going to have it for that whole useful life, because all that car

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