Prius Owners Income

This was easy as I just did our taxes last night. Made more than I thought!!!

 

Makes a difference where you live, but interesting survey. I read somewhere that Prius drivers tend to have higher incomes than normal cars. Here are the statistics: According to Polk’s motor vehicle registration database, women account for 38.8 percent of all hybrid registrations. Women account for 36 percent of gasoline engine vehicle registrations. The average age of a hybrid vehicle buyer is 49.6 years, compared to an average age of 47.6 years for buyers of gasoline engine vehicles. The average income of hybrid vehicle buyers is $78,350, compared with average income of $71,576 for gasoline engine vehicles.

 

I bought and registered the car in my name, but my wife drives it. I think(I may be wrong)guys do most of the buying of cars in any household.

 

My wife did the deal on our 2005 start to finish...I just had to come in and sign the papers after work as my wife is a full time Mommy! Whatever the lady wants, she gets...within my budget of course

 

From preliminary results it would appear single incomes 46-60 and double might account for more of the $101-150,000 range...do ya think??

Women are negotiating cars on their own a lot these days.

 

Ok, who's the millionnaire?

:lol:

 

Is this poll going to be used to place the right ads with the right income level?

<_<

I got my Vin number today. Feb 8-16 should be the rest of the car.

 

we're at the very, very bottom limit for the choice i voted. if that counts for anything.

 

Oh? ...and to think, you assumed we'd all think it was you? :lol:

j/k Doc...

 

If the husband is working full time and the wife stays at home or only works part time. My husband and I both work full time. He buys his cars, I buy mine. He makes more than me though...so if I'm ever in a difficult situation or short of cash one month he has no problem giving me the $ I need to cover anything whether it be gas, groceries, drugstore buys, entertainment, etc. Although I feel bad taking the money sometimes, like I should have planned better or what have you. It's more 70/30 than 50/50 in our household, although if we made equal amounts of $ it would be 50/50 for sure.

 

Everyone, all together:

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

Po' galaxee...

And I'm in the second to the bottom. But I'm 40 years older.

You and DH are millionaires waiting to happen. B)

 

i should clarify. we barely qualified to vote the category i did. i didn't say we were in the bottom category.



maybe we're secretly the millionaires!

 

We persist in saying "millionaire" largely from habit, even though its 1955 value has diminished by, what? 50% or more? Anyone got an inflation chart handy?

In 1955 there was a popular TV show called "The Millionaire". In it, a never-seen wealthy person (named John Beresford Tipton, for oldies like me) gave $1 mil each week to a different person, who, of course, had exceptional circumstances from everyone else. How would the recipient use the windfall? Blow it? Give a lot away? Set up a humanitarian non-profit? That was the plot, and it was a quality show (no Ralph Edwards schtick).

So a million was a universal standard in the US in '55.

My folks bought our best-ever house, two-story, 4BR, 3-car garage on its own 5 full acres in NY (state) for $16,500.

A new VW beetle was $1395, a new Caddy $4,995.

Gas was $.27, cigarettes $.22, movies $.35, hamburger $.15/lb (six years LATER McDonald's would sell cooked ones for $.15).

Somehow, "billionaire" sounds excessive in the place of millionaire, and, depending on what that 1955 million really is worth today, it probably is. What word can we
use until "billionaire" IS a "reasonable" substitute, relatively speaking, for millionaire?

 

This is kind of a strange question. Certain retired folks, having a large net worth (several million dollars) will have zero income, but won't be hurting.

Other people, living in NYC, making over 100,000, will not have the same disposable income as a person living in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
I remember in "The Millionaire Next Door" there was a piece about a formula where you factored in your age, debt, income, savings, investments, and equities to come up with a rating. These ratings could be used to compare a person's actual wealth.

So, having $200,000 in semi-liquid retirement savings can be very good or very bad, depending upon your age.

Same with income.

Maybe a new poll is in order:

My Prius is:

-Above my means
-Barely within my means
-Somewhat below my means
-Quite below my means
-Cost was irrelevant

Alright, starting poll now....

Nate

 

Well, my $7k of scholarship from last spring semester was the only real payment I got last year - my husband made the lions share of our household income. This year I should (with crossed fingers) be able to contribute much more financially.

I bought the Prius - I handled the details, I secured the financing, and I registered it in my name - I can't imagine a situation where I wouldn't be the one buying the car I drive. Perhaps I'm just the odd one out on this one - wouldn't be the first time =)

 

You're right, Nate. And, making a $M in income does not, necessarily make you a millionaire... I look forward to your survey.

 

I'll fess where I am, my wife and I sit right about $110K gross.

 

-"our" car
-i drive it
-he gave me the idea
-i agreed with him
-my credit score on the app
-my name first on the loan
-registration in both our names
-he fixes it
-i let him drive it every now and then :lol:

you're not the odd one out, geo-rox