I am "this close" to buying 160points at AKV

[joeytdog]

DW and I talked it over tonight and we would rather buy DVC than a car......I love the 2057 expiration window and the matching SSR points for a super vaca next May.

The only thing holding us back is that we would have to finance it and that is a problem but I am starting not to care or better yet, starting to more than justify this purchase since the money would be going to a car otherwise.

I mean 160 points couldnt hurt, could it?

 

[CarolMN]

.....(snip)....I mean 160 points couldn't hurt, could it?

Depends - did you WANT a new car or do you NEED one? You can't drive a DVC vacation, LOL.

Good luck with your decision.

 

[Disney_Villain]

If you can postpone your car purchase, go for it! I have a 2000 Malibu and getting closer and closer to replacing it . . . but I am pushing it off to get my DVC points to 500 (and paid off) before the new car has to be dealt with.

 

[PIERCEDRN]

DW and I talked it over tonight and we would rather buy DVC than a car......I love the 2057 expiration window and the matching SSR points for a super vaca next May.

The only thing holding us back is that we would have to finance it and that is a problem but I am starting not to care or better yet, starting to more than justify this purchase since the money would be going to a car otherwise.

I mean 160 points couldnt hurt, could it?

Did you hear you can buy only 100 points AKV without the matching points from disney? Not nearly as good of a deal but you may need a place to put your DVC bumper sticker.
BOB

 

[LvsTnk]

Just payed off 2 cars.....now to pay off that DVC contract that took it's place LOL

 

[LisaInNc]

It depends on the condition of the car you are driving? If you can get away with driving the car you have I say get the DVC, there is nothing wrong with driving a used car until it doesn't run any more.

I drove a used car for years with a deal with my DH that the amount that the car payment would cost I could have for my hobbies. For 6 years I did that and I have a rubber stamp collection with over 10,000 rubber stamps. I will have them forever, if I had opted for the new car it would already be a distant memory.

Your DVC is going to last a lot longer than any car you will buy.

 

[SamSam]

If you don't need a new car, then go for it. Just keep in mind that you will have annual dues.

 

[KELLY]

I just added on 100 points to our SSR contract. I also put off buying a new car. My current van is a 2006 but I miss having a car. My van is paid for so no new car for 4 years. Oh well. Go for it unless you need the car I didn't.

 

[shortypots]

I am a go for it kinda gal, hence why we have another contract in the works already and we just closed on our first one two weeks ago!

 

[mom2aredhead]

DW and I talked it over tonight and we would rather buy DVC than a car......I love the 2057 expiration window and the matching SSR points for a super vaca next May.

The only thing holding us back is that we would have to finance it and that is a problem but I am starting not to care or better yet, starting to more than justify this purchase since the money would be going to a car otherwise.

I mean 160 points couldnt hurt, could it?

That's so funny - we're contemplating the same thing - car vs DVC...and the 100 point "special" they're running is making it evern harder to decide.
My husband drives a Ford F150 crew cab pickup to/from work every day, including going back/forth between different job sites. Needless to say he uses a LOT of gas. We're thinking that since the gas prices are only going to get worse, he really needs to get something more economical. The truck is only a few years old and it's paid off, so he wants to just keep it rather than try to trade it and have them tell us it's only worth $1.75. So this would essentially be a 3rd car. But he fills up w/gas about 2x/week and it was $97.00 the last time. I don't know how much longer we can do that!

But at the same time, the 100 pt "special" is very tempting, especially since we always stay at AKL. We've been averaging 2 trips/year to WDW, but will probably go down to once/year since airline tix are getting so high too...we'd still be at "break even" in a short time.

I wonder how long the 100 pt buy in is going to be available. Maybe we can get a Prius and take the money we save from gas and start a DVC wish fund!

 

[*KeepMovingForward*]

I'd go for DVC if your car is not needing to be replaced in the near future. We hemmed and hawed about buying into DVC for a while-then when AKV was announced, we just bit the bullet and went for it. We've never regretted it. The only thing is that the add-on's are quite addictive. We've done it once already and are pondering another.