This is my brother-in-law. He complains about his partner and how she doesn't save like him (he makes more than her) and how they/he can't afford a house but he spent $20,000 on camera equipment last year (it's a hobby, not a job for him), has bought and sold 3 motorcycles since I've known him (progressively more expensive), and puts a lot of money into his other hobbies.

The housing market (at least in the US) is shit and everything's overpriced right now but at some point your own choices need to be considered.

Because they were invented before computer simulations of airflow. It turns out they do exactly the opposite of what people thought and actually pull the car upwards instead of pushing it down.

Taking oneself ever so seriously with a Porsche or being absolutely fabulous in a modded Toyota. Tough choice.

The dumbness in on purpose

It's not that the car is relatively affordable that has made him poor, it's the mods. I've seen people spend multiple times the MSRP of a car in mods alone, which is a poor decision to do with this car because it's entire purpose was to be an affordable sports car.

Also, this was the original which was sold by the now-dead Scion brand. This could be as old as a 2012 model. I suppose at that age, throwing money at it could be well described as a financial mistake.

"Only 30k"!?

You're fucking joking, right? Twenty years ago a $30,000 car was expensive and unobtainable for me, and it still is today. I can only dream of owning a car that expensive. My budget has never been above $10K, and that's why I drive a 350Z.

Toyota GR86. Started as the FRS, and Subaru produces their BRZ model. Last year I almost bought one new and iirc it was about $33k in my market (before taxes/registration/dealer fees).

A $500 shitbox would put me in debt rn... 😩