Well, I guess I’m not counting my first car in my teens which was a cheap Toyota sedan that my parents gave me to drive around.

My first car I actually owned wasn’t a Porsche. It was a Nissan 300zx, a great entry level sports car for young folks like I was at the time. It cost well under $30k, maybe even low 20’s. 0-60 in 5.1 secs, which was considered quick back then. 😂

Things were very different back in 1994. My first job out of college at a commodities firm only paid me $50k/yr but rent on a nice San Diego 1br was only $800, cars were cheap, food was cheap. College debt wasn’t really a thing then, at least for those in my cohort. Any reasonably motivated guy coming out of college could afford a decent place, decent car, and a reasonably attractive girlfriend without having a huge income.

Things are very different now. Even people my age (52) who didn’t take proper precautions to beat inflation can’t afford the same apartments and condos that they *could* afford right out of college back in the 90’s!! As for young guys just graduating…. Man, it’s a different world. Let’s just say I’m glad I was born when I was.