Ladies, Is your E-ring worth more than your hubby's car?

[Slickk]

We have 4 cars between us, so that is rather obnoxious.

Same We also have four cars for just the two of us. People think we are crazy.

 

[Calliecake]

No

 

[KaeKae]

Which car is his??
It's probably worth more than the old Jeep we have. Probably worth about the same as the 2012 that has some damage but runs well. Certainly not worth more than the 2017 vehicle.
If we go by the Jeep, which he is the sole driver, then no. The others, which we both drive, then maybe.

 

[Asscherhalo_lover]

Not at this point, maybe in a few years as his continues to depreciate

 

[Austina]

He doesn’t have a car, so yes!

 

[tyty333]

Yes, well until yesterday. He bought a new car yesterday so the answer is now "no".

 

[Rubybrick]

No. I think his truck is still worth more than all my bling combined

 

[Lisa Loves Shiny]

No.

 

[violet3]

Absolutely not - we had a pretty small ($3k-ish) budget for bling when we got married. It was 2009, and I worked in real estate, so the recession hit us pretty hard. If we were to get married today, I think it could be more around the $10k price point, but I don't think I'd feel comfortable spending more than that.

We drive Toyotas - mine's an SUV and DH has a Tacoma. We're fairly practical in terms of those purchases, but they are still somewhat expensive vehicles. I think I can safely say I'll NEVER have a ring that is worth more than my DHs car.

 

[MMtwo]

not even close

 

[Staceyjan]

My car is worth more than my ER ring. DH car is worth less than my ER ring. We also have an extra car we are saving for DD when she drives, but that is not worth much now but runs well.

 

[PintoBean]

Absolutely! He drove a 2009 Corolla into a tree in 2017 after it skid off the road and rolled over a few times, so depreciation plus accordion car plus dead human in car = less value than e-rings.

 

[diamondseeker2006]

My husband has two cars that are each worth more than we paid for my AVR. They are both old and are increasing in value!

 

[jordyonbass]

I technically don't really have a car, so yes. I do have a vehicle though, my day job supplies me with a turbo diesel truck with all expenses paid and personal use as part of the contract that I negotiated when I started working for them. I'm on my second vehicle now though after completely mangling the first one

 

[missy]

I technically don't really have a car, so yes. I do have a vehicle though, my day job supplies me with a turbo diesel truck with all expenses paid and personal use as part of the contract that I negotiated when I started working for them. I'm on my second vehicle now though after completely mangling the first one

The main thing is you are A OK. That was scary and thank goodness you survived that accident. My dad always said not to get too lightweight a car because then it doesn't protect you as well in an accident. Of course I always shrugged that one off but my dad is a wise man. Anyway whew for surviving that Jordy and your wife can get all the beautiful opals she wants so she is lucky in more ways than one.

 

[jordyonbass]

The main thing is you are A OK. That was scary and thank goodness you survived that accident. My dad always said not to get too lightweight a car because then it doesn't protect you as well in an accident. Of course I always shrugged that one off but my dad is a wise man. Anyway whew for surviving that Jordy and your wife can get all the beautiful opals she wants so she is lucky in more ways than one.

Thanks Missy, I reckon your dad is right. The GM Colorado I drove and am driving again are very robust work vehicles. 9 days later my own dad had an accident as well, not as bad as mine but it wrecked his Colorado (he could open his door to get out, I had to climb out of the wreckage of mine).

Either way, I'm glad that I'm not in the business of having to replace my own work vehicle or my wife's E ring

 

[Ally T]

Currently, for the first time ever, yes. He swaps his cars every year & at the moment has a 9 year old BMW 2 series convertible, because he promised the girls he'd try a convertible for a bit. We live in the UK, so it's only convertible weather for 3 months of the year! He bought it outright with cash from a private seller to see if we enjoyed it.

Last year he leased a brand new Audi A5 S-line, so no.
The year before he leased a brand new BMW 6 Series, so no.
The year before that he inherited his fathers Nissan GTR, so no. (Loved it, but sold it due to really poor fuel economy - It's definitely not a commuting car!)

Who knows what this coming spring holds, but he has his eye on a Mustang

 

[Matthews1127]

Not even close!

 

[bling_dream19]

My ering will ALWAYS be more expensive than a car that we have! Cars just depreciate soo quick and get soo dirty! Much easier to clean diamonds than a car So to me cars are necessary for transportation but I'm not wearing a car 24/ . My ering will has a lower CPU, cost per use and it will still look good after 20 30 years...not that there won't be upgrades along the way teehee . A diamond brings me much greater joy than a car so diamonds it is!

 

[redwood66]

No. His truck is no longer made in the setup we have and it is highly coveted by people. We get asked all the time if we will sell it. The answer is always no.

 

[Wewechew]

My CBI fully depreciated against his car fully depreciated- my ring is worth slightly more.

 

[KKJohnson]

Well hubs bought that new car, my ring is worth more than his car by about 20K. I was actually surprised he went very conservative with his auto choice

 

[MamaBee]

Yes because I gave him my old BMWx3...and I got the new car!

 

[msop04]

Yep.

 

[telephone89]

Not even close Both of our cars are way more.

 

[voce]

Haha, fun thread. DH's car today is worth 5x what we paid for my ER, and if new, his car would be 10x. I, for one, though, will never say never to owning a RHR that's more expensive than his car. On my own budget, of course, and then I'd need to save FOR YEARS.