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Originally Posted by thill
Ironically enough this just happened to a buddy of mine last year. He cashed in a bunch of stock options from work, invested all of the money in a "sure thing oil/gas investment" which tanked. Problem was he forgot that the profit he received from those stock options was taxable income at the end of the year and had to write the government a big check and he no longer had the money. He was forced to take out loans against his 401k and sell other investments to pay Uncle Sam back.
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This is just an example of a bad move investment, and shouldn't deter anyone from making investments.
The issue is situational at best. If you have investments that are predicted to put you over the loan interest rate, it's your decision whether to take that risk or not.
As far as the car itself, I'm looking into it as somewhat of an investment in of itself. I'm looking to move up to Silicon Valley (hence SV, hence Ess Vee) and to get investors/programmers on board, what you drive is all part of the message you send. The message this car sends I think would be in line of what I'm trying to do.
I think the car says (I took an art class, so bare with me :P):
young
somewhat risky (which adds to the excitement)
refined aggression
well-rounded
Curious to as what your thoughts would be.