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Originally Posted by The Boy Wonder
Nice metaphor.
but the only problem with it is that the car may run fine, although if you lift the floor mats you can see the asphalt through the rust holes, when it rains heavily the sunroof leaks, and it is in general just so unattractive and unfun that the wife won't even ride around in it,
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Ignoring the rest of your post, these parts simply aren't a reasonable correlation. The building isn't falling apart or leaking (at least not significantly more than any other large building like it - they all have occasional leaks, etc.).
The difference between old/new car is more in the stereo, seamless pairing with your phone, power windows and locks, etc. - a bunch of things that may be a bit more convenient, but don't necessarily get you to your destination any better.
What we'll actually be doing is trading in our reliable sedan that could comfortably transport 4 adults and squeeze in a fifth, for spunky little coupe that costs way more in insurance (+$$$ season tickets), and uses more gas - now premium (+$$$ concessions). The people in the front seats will have a great drive, but we can now only fit 2 people in the back, and their experience might even be worse.
In the end, we'll probably tell ourselves that we're happy with the new car, but deep down we'll wonder if we shouldn't have just gotten a few more years out of the reliable car, paid down more of the mortgage, and perhaps taken a nice vacation somewhere (which could be the Olympics, if we want to stretch the analogy and make it a really, really, really expensive vacation).