{"id":456093,"date":"2026-02-03T17:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456093\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T17:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T17:18:09","slug":"34-frugal-habits-rich-people-refuse-to-give-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/456093\/","title":{"rendered":"34 Frugal Habits Rich People Refuse To Give Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>      3.<\/p>\n<p>      &#8220;People usually upgrade their vehicles when they reach a higher-paying level (&#8216;I work hard, I make enough, and I want to look good&#8217;), but having and maintaining a sensible older vehicle saves you even more money in the long run. It&#8217;s usually easier to replace, cheaper to fix, cheaper to insure, and less likely to be stolen or vandalized.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/BurntNeurons\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">BurntNeurons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I wouldn&#8217;t be caught dead driving a luxury car. I would still get something practical, unassuming and without all the modern tech nonsense. If that means storing a dozen 2011 Toyota RAV4s in a cave, so be it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u2013<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/user\/AnalogAficionado\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">AnalogAficionado<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"3. &#8220;People usually upgrade their vehicles when they reach a higher-paying level (&#8216;I work hard, I make enough,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[64,63,99,5623,186,184,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-456093","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-personal-finance","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-business","11":"tag-evergreen","12":"tag-finance","13":"tag-personal-finance","14":"tag-personalfinance"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}