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Offline Matthew

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Re: SSPX Jaguar Giveaway
« Reply #25 on: December 18, 2019, 06:59:03 PM »
Quote from: SeanJohnson on December 18, 2019, 06:47:23 PM
I have a Ford Transit 150 van (which I bought used as a return from a car rental company) which gets stuck on flat wet grass  :facepalm:

TERRIBLE in any amount of snow.
Yeah that's one problem for me -- we live in the country. Snow and ice are a non-issue in our part of Texas, but our driveway is gravel, and we drive on our rolling, bumpy land more often than not. I like something with more of a truck frame than a minivan frame. Something that can pull a utility trailer too.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: SSPX Jaguar Giveaway
« Reply #26 on: December 18, 2019, 07:10:57 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on December 18, 2019, 06:08:57 PM
The car has an MSRP of $39,900

That's half the price of a good starter home. Not talking about down payment, I mean total cost.

You could sell that car, buy a new car with the money, and with the other $15,000 cash left over...
Where in the United States, with good jobs in relative abundance, can you can buy a "starter home" for $80K?   Detached home, with a modest yard (front and back), at least two bedrooms, and not in the ghetto?
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Offline TKGS

Re: SSPX Jaguar Giveaway
« Reply #27 on: December 18, 2019, 07:13:20 PM »
Quote from: SimpleMan on December 18, 2019, 07:10:57 PM
Where in the United States, with good jobs in relative abundance, can you can buy a "starter home" for $80K?   Detached home, with a modest yard (front and back), at least two bedrooms, and not in the ghetto?
Indiana.
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Offline SimpleMan

Re: SSPX Jaguar Giveaway
« Reply #28 on: December 18, 2019, 07:14:32 PM »
Quote from: Matthew on December 18, 2019, 04:53:18 PM
That will fit a natural, Catholic-sized family where the couple doesn't practice birth control.

...NOT!

A luxury car? Seriously? Why not have 2 more reasonable cars in the raffle instead?

Is a luxury sports car really what Traditional Catholics want? If I won that, the first thing I'd do is sell it so I could buy a practical car for my family. Even if I was buying a car for commuting, I'd pick a truck or something I could haul furniture and other stuff (by the side of the road, free stuff, etc.) In other words, Catholics should be seeking things practical, not luxury or cars that are only good for thrills or breaking the law (speed limit).
As noted elsewhere in this thread, the raffle is not directed primarily towards traditional Catholics.  Money from outside the movement spends just the same as money from inside the movement.  I'm as poor as dirt (in income, not necessarily in assets) and $20 for one ticket is something I'm going to have to give some thought to.  Money is tight these days.
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Offline Matthew

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Re: SSPX Jaguar Giveaway
« Reply #29 on: December 18, 2019, 07:15:42 PM »
Quote from: SimpleMan on December 18, 2019, 07:10:57 PM
Where in the United States, with good jobs in relative abundance, can you can buy a "starter home" for $80K?   Detached home, with a modest yard (front and back), at least two bedrooms, and not in the ghetto?

Texas and many other places in "flyover country". Don't have a career where you are forced to live in a huge city, and/or on one of the Coasts. You might make more money, but you'll spend it all on housing and cost of living!
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