[chisness]

good, but difficult advice. is there a good way to calculate what X amount being spent right now would be worth in Y years? do we just estimate an 8% return on our investments for those years? how about inflation?

i think op should pick one thing he wants, probably this car and spend about 20k on it and save ALL the rest of the money. i think 20k saved now will be worth over 500k in today's dollars upon retirement!