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All right, here's our next question.

This one is from Lawrence.

Lawrence said, with interest rates so low and used car prices through the roof, would

it still be a financial no-no to buy and finance a new car?

So first, we ought to speak to whether it is a financial no-no to buy and finance a new

car.

And this is what Lawrence said.

I could buy it in cash, but financing at 2.5 seems to make more sense.

How should I approach that?

Lawrence, this is a question I think, and this is financial mutants.

We're so good with money that we just, we kind of run wild with the fact that there's

always going to be an arbitrage situation.

You can make a lot more money investing than the cost of the interest.

And you specifically know we do a lot of content on why if you're under 45, prepaying

your mortgage might be a mistake.

But car loans are slightly different.

And look, I know we're in some weird times right now where used cars have actually appreciated

what?

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