Nice Car. 2011? 2010? $30,000+?
Research assistant salary: $24-30K
Then, he won’t go home after dropping out...and losing his job and dorm room to boot.
Rent: $575/mo.....
Car payment: $500?
Internet purchases and other ‘sundries’: $15,000 and counting
the Hyundai Tiburon like his is 1999-2001 only had those headlights
more like a $3000 car
His Father was an electrical engineer and a senior lead scientist for FICO (Fair Isaac) the giant credit rating company.
The car could easily have been a college graduation gift.
He also had a NIH grant for neuroscience.
I don’t see much of a baffling financial mystery here.
That's a 2000 or 2001 model. Worth about $3,500 max if in great shape.