# How much did you spend?

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [December 27, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-did-you-spend/40840 "2007-12-27T08:56:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![d3x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8491ac/32.png) [@d3x](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/d3x)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2007, 9:57am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/how-much-did-you-spend/40840/12 "2007-12-27T09:57:16Z")

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> [@boxxa](#):
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> I was told that you should never spend more than 35% of your take home each month on debt.

where did you get that figure from? most people are spending 35+% just on their mortgage. or are you not considering a mortgage debt?

my car cost me 33% of my yearly gross. the payment is 13% of my take home. but other than my mortgage, which is 28% of my take home, the car is my only debt.

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