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Originally Posted by mav1178
So why exclude those that got the car as a gift if you are trying to cover all ranges?
Anyone not making enough money to support a new $30k car should be excluded, that's all I'm saying.
-alex
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I dunno. You'll have to ask the person who originally created the poll. I just copied his requirements and expanded the options.
I assume his reasoning was that he wants to know what kind of income people had who consciously took on a car payment. If you were gifted a car for free by your parents, it doesn't matter what kind of income you have; it was free. You have no payments to make. You weren't basing getting the vehicle on your income.
If you don't have any other bills because you live with your parents, but you decided to take on a car payment because you can pay just that with your $30k income (terrible idea, but whatever) then I suppose it still represents that you considered your $30k income to be sufficient for you to purchase the car. I mean, it kind of makes sense if you're just trying to gauge people's thought processes. We all know anyone choosing the <$30k option is getting help one way or another, but there's no sense in excluding them since it doesn't hurt the data in any way.