would you prefer to have a beautiful house and an ugly car... or vice versa??

i'd definetely choose the beautiful house, the car gets depreciated with time, or could be stolen, the house seems to be a more permanent thing, and anyway i can live without a car but not without a house so even if i have to choose wheter to improve the first or the second, i still have the same priorities.

Of course I choose beautiful house, ugly car. Just like we usually buy house first, and buy car only when we have extra money. House is home, it is a place we live in, comfortable is very important. While for a car, we only drive it while in need, and we can choose to use other vehicle if we do not like it. Thanks and have a nice day.

I would take the beautiful house and the ugly car too. My reasoning is a little different thou (although you are correct about the equity of the two! lol For me I think of it as, you are in your home more then your vehicle. You can entertain in your home and not so much in a vehicle. Yep give me the beautiful house and ugly vehicle!

I want a beautiful house AND a beautiful car!! lol but if i have to choose just one then definately the house.... A car you get in drive from point a to point b and get out....you spend all of your time in your house so i would want my house to be nice!

I agree with your take on it, definitely the beautiful house and the ugly car! I spend a lot more time in my house than my car and it gains value while the car does the opposite. Being comfortable in my home is way more important than being stylish on the road.

I would definitely rather have a beautiful house than a car. I spend about 8 hours sleeping in my room. That is definitely more time than I spend in my car. And like you said, a car depreciates in value while a house's value rises.

hello bookreadermom08, i believe that most men if not all will prefer to have a beautiful car for that is what they like and enjoy. and that most women if not all will prefer to have a beautiful house for they can decorate on it.

Hi Dear really intresting discussion to be honest, i agree with u i would like to have Beautiful house and Ugly car. as house is place where u spend most of ur time, if u have nice house its comfortable and relaxing and u enjoy ur time here. Cost is seperate issue that it increases with passage of time, but i prefer it as its peace of mind. Take care

I have to say, I'd much rather have a beautiful home and an ugly car than the other way around. I have seen homes where you would think no one could ever live in them from the outside, but the car was the nicest car you could imagine. I always find myself thinking "why didn't they spend that on the house?" Now that I have my own house, I can see why it is much easier to spend on a car than a house. Usually the house takes a lot of work. I'm not afraid of hard work, but I'm not so handy. What would be ideal for me was if I had both. LOL

For me,I goingto chooose a beautiful house and an ugly car. I'm not really into car coz i don't drive, and my dream is to have a beautiful house. But my hubby,he definitely choose the nice car.

I would also say beautiful house, ugly car. Mostly because I wouldn't care what the shape of the car is as long as it's drivable. I would even prefer a forever ugly house if I was guaranteed a forever working car ....even a piece of crap one.

This is a pretty tough question to answer. However, I guess I would prefer the beautiful house and the ugly car, myself. I would be embarassed either way but I think I would be more embarassed to have an ugly house and a beautiful car. If people were to come to see me, I wouldn't want to be embarassed about the shape my house is in. If I were to sell this house, a person would more likely buy it than they would an ugly house. Kathy.

I would choose the car just so I could show off to my friends...ooh yeahh!

No competition here, brm, the house would win with me hands down. Maybe it is a "nesting" thing, I don't know, but a house would probably be yours for a very long time after the car has come and gone. The equity point also appeals to be frugal side, so that is another good point you make. Besides, every night I could hide my ugly car in my beautiful garage - lol

Well, I don't drive so I will go for the beautiful house! I think that everyone would love to have the home of their dreams! Once you have achieved that then you would truly feel fulfilled I think! I'm not sure that I will ever achieve that though! I'm just getting started with my life in terms of career planning and training and I'm 34 years of age. I have to win the lottery or something like that in order to pay for a beautiful home in cash. I do have the intention of eventually learning how to drive and so at that point I would love to have a car that I can grow to love, a porshe or something like that but boy do I need a tremendous amount of salary in order to realise this dream. There are so many obstacles and not enough doors opening! Andrew

I would definately choose a beautiful house. A house is somewhere you live every day and night. You make anything in your house, cleaning, washing, living, eating, cooking, sleeping etc. I pass most of the time in a house not a car. On the other hand as long as I have a car with four wheels in good state, i dont care if its beautiful or not I just need a good car but obviously I prefer the beautiful home!!

bookreadermom, From what I know, men will generally prefer to have cool cars to show off and we ladies will definitely wish for a beautiful house. I wish to have a house I can make a home. A beautiful one that means "home sweet home" so that my man can say "home is where his heart is"

Given only two option, I would prefer a beautiful house. It is good to look at and so much better to live in one. As for a car, as you rightly say, it depreciates and need a lot of upkeep and maintenance. But given a choice, many men would prefer beautiful wives to be in their beautiful cars and to live with them in their beautiful houses!

i prefer a beautiful house and an ugly car. i really dont mind about the status in the community. count me in for practicality. :)

I would prefer the beautiful house. Your hubby is right, he is able to bring with him the car anywhere however the car needs maintenance after a few months or years and its value depreciate as time passes by. while the house does not. you may not able to bring with you the house yet you have a permanent structure where you can start your life without renting. Renting a house is so expensive. Take this as an advice "Save your money". The land depreciates but never the house itself.