Mom, 28, forced to sell her dream car after forking out $40,000 in INTEREST alone

UK Daily Mail ^ | April 15, 2024 | Neirin Gray Desai

[C19fan]

Three years ago, 28-year-old Blaisey Arnold entered a local auto dealership and came away with the keys to an $84,000 Chevy Tahoe.

But this month, the wedding photographer and mother shared a video to TikTok describing how she was forced to sell her dream car.

[C19fan]

What a financial dumbass. The car dealer and financier did not point a gun to her head and told her to spend $83 k on a car. I would think her husband would have a say in such an extravagant expense. Also she could have tried to refinance the loan if she thought the interest rate was too high. I have a feeling this family is headed to bankruptcy.

[C19fan]

I guess spending half that amount or less on day a minivan is asking too much. It is all about the bling.

[chajin]

OTOH, if that’s been the only ‘hoe in her house, she’s still better off than a lot of other household people.

[teeman8r]

damn... 84000 financed is going to cut into her cosmetic surgery budget...

just saying.

[DariusBane]

That is an astonishing amount of money for a vehicle.

[stanne]

You don’t borrow for an 84k car. People who can afford that car pay cash. Ditto a 5 mil house

[NWFree]

And that was before rates went even higher. I paid cash

[CatOwner]

"... wedding photographer ..."

All she had to do was claim she only did LGBTQ* weddings, and the donations would be rolling in.

[4yearlurker]

That's about 15 grand more than I paid for my house. Why is this Chevy so freaking expensive!?

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I financed a car in 2020, I’m almost done paying it off. Of course when I do, Biden will ban all gas powered cars.

[C19fan]

I might spend $84 k lifetime on my personal car. I get a cheap reliable car and drive it till it drops dead.

[aynrandfreak]

Paging Dave Ramsey!

[ImJustAnotherOkie]

She’s a ditz. And the bank that financed her ? They are totally corrupt.

[dragnet2]

Buying a Chevy suv is a luxury in 2024.

[smokingfrog]

Not only did she not make a down payment, she said she traded in a previous car on which she had fallen into negative equity.

If the best interest rate she can get is over 10%, she must have a bad credit score. If she’s making decent money as a wedding photographer, it might make some sense for her to have a vehicle like that since some of it can be written off as a business expense, but I’m guessing she’s way over-extended already.

[Oberon]

I know what Dave Ramsey would say to her.

[HamiltonJay]

Try spending less than an 1/8th of that for a reliable used vehicle.

[kiryandil]

She appears to some sort of “influencer”, from a casual Goolag search.

[TexasM1A]

What fool pays 85k for a Tahoe?