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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Treebore" data-source="post: 3366711" data-attributes="member: 10177">Getting bells and whistles on cars and homes only does one thing, increase your chances of having to pay a professional a ton of extra money to fix all that stuff when it breaks down.You want bells and whistles? Only buy ones your capable of installing yourself. Otherwise your begging to increase your income to debt ratio in the wrong direction a year or three down the road.I don't know about everyone else, but I like keeping as much money as I can in my pocket. So K.I.S.S. (Keep it simple stupid) rules as much of my life as possible. Simple costs a lot less. Fewer headaches. A lot less stress over all. Bells and whistles cause more aches and pains than it is worth. Except cruise control, but that is because I do a LOT of long highway driving. If I still lived in a city with a fair amount of stop and go, I wouldn't pay for it either. Tends to break down after about 3 years and costs about $700.00 to fix.I figure it has prevented enough speeding tickets (and increased insurance rates) and leg cramps by that time that I find it worth it.</blockquote>