members and their systems

millercarbon I am so happy for you, that you can spend time with perfectly normal people with normal incomes, who go to their  #$%^^& Ferrari club meetings.

"What if your car breaks down?"

Porsche? To break down? You will get on a naughty list for implying that.

"You can get a non data phone meant for people who don’t know what the internet is..."

It is for demographics with different priorities. Many know what Internet is and are quite adept at using it.

@sokogear,  "physician daughter" is no small accomplishment so congratulations to her and to you for sticking with her and helping her across the finish line.  Having a doctor in the family is a gift that keeps on giving - like the jelly of the month club, only better! 

Thanks @mitch2. Much tougher for her - I just had to write checks. She probably will have to take care of me at some point (hopefully later than sooner). She has another year+ in her residency and then a 2 year fellowship, (after 4 yrs of med school and almost 2 years of residency) and all the hypochondriacs in the family are already bugging the crap out of her.

@glupson - Porsches are actually more reliable than you think (watch .... I'm probably jinxing myself and my 10 year old one will have a problem next week) but MC could still get a flat tire. With those low profile sticky tires unfortunately we get lots of flats. I guess he carries a portable tire inflator. He could have some other type of emergency. He is the only person I have heard of that has no cell phone. No texting....wow. Just cause the non-data flip phones are meant for the tech deficient doesn't mean that thrifty people can't use them.

I think it's a perfectly reasonable question and there are many reasonable answers in the thread about who saved up how.  
I suggest next time someone posts a question for "what speakers should I buy, my budget is 10K - and I got the money from my uncle, I knew where he hid the cash for the speakers he was planning to buy, so I don't have in on my W2"
:)