|
In response to
"hmm, yes, that's a valid point -- nm"
by
Beryllium
|
cars have semi predictable costs with applied chaos principle. the question is, are you secure in your job that you are likely to have it for several
Posted by
zeitgeist
Jun 3 '12, 22:39
|
years? if yes, then it would make more sense to buy a new car and have reliability of the waranty for the 5=6 years of the mortgage with a fairly known set of expenses and few surprises.
end of life junkers are cheap but you have random repair bills, missed days at work and/or being stranded somewhere.
there was a book written comparing the costs of new, late model used and old junkers and remarkably they tend to even out, after working in repair, maintenance and replacement costs
|
Responses:
|