PAID OFF (finally)

I've always had a car payment. Since I can remember. Well, since I've been an adult, I've had a car payment. I've always budgeted for it, don't get me wrong. I like nice cars. I like cars. I like driving. 

So I always thought I'd be ok having a car payment. 

Yeah, well, that was a long ass time ago, when my most expensive car payment was $300 per month. So that didn't seem so bad.

Now? Cars are so stupid expensive that a monthy loan on a car, financed for a stupid length of time...I mean I know people paying $1,000 per month. For a car. 

No sir. 

My current vehicle is a 2014 Ford ExploDER Sport. I bought it in January of 2018 and it was by far the most expensive car I've purchased. I think we paid $32,000 or something back then. It was 4 years old and I don't remember the mileage, but it wasn't terrible. 

It was the fanciest car I've ever owned. 

It now has over 112,000 miles on it and I just paid it off, people.

I paid the final $2,905 Friday and it feels SO good.

And here's the thing. I'm not about to go buy a new (to me) car. I was planning to get a newer car in the Spring.

I might not now. I didn't expect to pay it off today. But I've been watching Dave Ramsey a lot and I figured, I had the cash in my savings, may as well pay that fucker off and reduce my my monthly bills. 

So I did. 

I thought this was pretty iconic. 111,111 miles. 

But now I've released $500 each month (we've actually been paying more than that, to get it down) so that can go to other bills and savings. 

And I have no desire to get a new truck. I mean, I really love my truck and there are no issues with it. I just replaced the rusty tail gate, so it looks much better now too.

I want to make sure that when I get a newer car, I'm not paying a ridiculous monthly payment. 

We also haven't had a payment on the Expedition in years. I don't think we've ever NOT had a car payment! 

Gah this feels good!