$100k salary - family of 5 in Boston

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Sep 9th 2012, 10:46 pm

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md95065

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Re: $100k salary - family of 5 in Boston

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Originally Posted by TimNiceBut

However, new cars are generally cheaper than in Europe. Used cars in general aren't and if they're older they're often in much worse shape.

The condition of used cars in the US varies a lot depending on where you are and the kind of weather and road conditions that the vehicles have to deal with.

A 10 year old car in California is likely to be in much better shape than one in Boston.

Sep 9th 2012, 11:00 pm

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Re: $100k salary - family of 5 in Boston

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So true...they get smacked to shit in Boston and the roads are terrible, my last set of tyres didn't even last 15K...which was expensive :/

Sep 10th 2012, 3:32 am

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Re: $100k salary - family of 5 in Boston

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a) I would argue that the average mpg across vehicles in the US is lower than it is in the UK when you compare like for like because of the plethora of SUVs and Pickup trucks that do between 10-16mpg (US).

b) However nobody stops you from buying a European-sized car and get comparable mileage to what you got in the UK.

a) That's a confusing statement. It's exactly because of the plethora of SUVs and trucks that you aren't comparing like for like when you take an average MPG of the vehicles in the two countries.

b) ... which is what I actually said.

Sorry Tim, not sure whether you are agreeing with me or not ....