Financial consultant detailing his 5-year, 60,000-mile ownership review of a 2008 Lexus LS 460, including maintenance costs, reliability, brake actuator failure, depreciation, and real-world cost of ownership.This long-term Lexus LS 460 review covers repairs, tires, brakes, common problems, and whether buying a used or salvage-title LS 460 is worth it.0:00 Intro – 5 Years With My Lexus LS 4601:36 What Reliability Really Means (Lexus LS 460)5:13 Stop Acting Rich & Buying Used Luxury Cars8:15 Was I Chasing Status? Luxury Car Psychology12:49 Vehicle History Report & Salvage Title Check14:25 Test Driving a Used Lexus LS 46017:58 What is Unique About MY Car's Build19:58 2020–21 Reset Year (Major Maintenance)29:20 2021–22 Stability & Routine Maintenance30:42 2022–23 Preventive Maintenance (Transmission & Suspension)32:45 2023–24 Optimization & Michelin Tires35:00 2024–25 Low-Cost Ownership Phase35:28 2025–26 Brake Actuator Failure & Repairs36:24 Year-by-Year Maintenance Cost Breakdown44:20 Best Tires for Lexus LS 460 (Michelin vs Continental)47:51 Lexus LS 460 Brake Pads & Rotors (60k Review)50:18 Gas Cap ($10) — Restoring Lost Performance54:16 Lexus LS 460 Brake Actuator Failure ($4,500 Repair)56:42 Should You Fix or Sell After a Big Repair?1:07:45 Does Owning an LS 460 Make Financial Sense?

Why do we buy what we buy? What does it say about ourselves to ourselves?

This year, while I was writing my financial course for business owners, I was also going through some cognitive dissonance regarding my clarinet. So I created this video and this video is the premise for an academic paper I have submitted for publication in the Journal of Personal Finance.

I didn't time my presentation before recording it - I just 'did' it. If you make it all the way through... this must really speak to you.

Earspasm has a tech test 2 $90 clarinets:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gex9caO-F7kEarspasm blog article: https://www.earspasm.com/blogs/blog/just-how-hard-is-it-to-make-a-living-as-a-professional-clarinetist Earspasm: “How much do I make?”https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQhQt9m2O7o Earspasm: How Brand Endorsements Work!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzJIxZJKyPk Clarinet Ninja reviews clarinet cases:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VWcX_AQcsk Tom Ridenour:Classic Ridenour Articles: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1jRSTmpHTmQ4zrmvyoj8powWL-wMs_kNJ&usp=drive_fs Your Hierarchy of Values: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=meD1HLv0zfs The Stradivarius Effect: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeAhv9npGz8 What I did on my Spring Vacation (announcing new clarinet models): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1s9TodlGPBQ Something I don’t understand: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xN48wlBC-xo Fact vs Factoid: The case for hard rubber: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQmZOWsTaEM The Case for Hard Rubber Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFjShrYyNig The Case for Hard Rubber Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf9cIfAhWbI What is a professional clarinet pt 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJL_QvozOAw What is a professional clarinet pt 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL_OLm_EmiIBuffet 200th Anniversary Tosca clarinet selling for $15,499:https://prestomusicalrepairs.com/product/buffet-tosca-clarinet-new-mopane-limited-edition/

What is Long Term Care? What is a Partnership LTC policy? What happened in Washington State about long term care? All that and more we'll cover today.