I buy $2000 cars, shoestring them along until they break expensively or just get outright unsafe or I see another shitbox I want. Then I buy another $2000 car, shoestring it along...
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Oh so that's why my car has a litany of weird sounds
~~Ignore the fact that I procrastinate servicing~~
I know you probably already know this, but the more you wait, the more its gonna cost you. If you have the physical ability to, you should look into fixing some of these issues yourself. Theres a lot of info out there on the internet especially if you have a car built before 2010.
If you dont have the physical ability to, or are in a tight spot financially though, I do hope things work out and you still are able to find a way to have a working car.
Maybe he means the automatic service interval that pops up on a lot of cars? I personally treat that one as more of a reminder to check the oil and tire pressure
I mean, Possibly? I replace my oil at most every 6000 miles, I usually try to aim for 3000 but sometimes you get busy. I don't personally own a car with that feature but Ive heard from others that it's mostly reminding you to replace your oil. I had a friend who I helped with one of those systems and their oil was black and I just looked at them like 😐
If the car has a turbo and direct injection and you go by oil color, you barely get off the driveway before having to change it. Oil goes black in under 100 miles. Doesn't mean it stops lubricating, these cars specify oils that technically can do 30k+ miles in some cases and then have you changing the oil at ~15k miles. I still keep around 6-10k myself (10-15k km really, but I be using miles for your benefit here).
Of course, I don't use cheap or low quality oils. I keep to Motul most of the time.
I have a 20+ year old car, not sure if that affects what you said or not, but I'll have to look into that. I've never heard that before.
Only if it's a diesel. Most older gasoline engines don't dirty the oil like this.
Some cars that have this literally tell you to get it serviced by the manufacturer :/ In my limited experience, that's mostly cars after built after 2010. Mine (Skoda Fabia 2) only shows a little wrench in the display which I can simply tell to go away.
Don’t even look at it funny. Same day like any other.
Just buy a used one for 50% less and pay cash.
Yes, because the people getting cars on payments have tons of cash lying around.
People who have money, lease. That allows you to exit quickly, and interest rates are cheap, you don't have to tie up your own liquidity.
People who have less money, but are sensible with it, pay cash. That allows you to never be stuck with a car payment you can't afford, and you get to keep your car if something bad happens to your finances.
People who don't have money, or have some money and want to live like they have more of it, get car loans. Unfortunately, some people can't avoid them because they truly don't have even the "50% less" lying around. Car loans are predatory, particularly in the US it seems, and these will fuck you up, causing a cycle where once you've paid off your car, it's not got much life left, or at least, you'd need a slightly larger emergency repair budget lying around, so people tend to get newer cars on new loans.
If you don't have and can't get $3-5k in cash do crime until you have it
(This is financial advice)
It's not bad financial advice either. You can get a free roof over your head if you get caught!
Though I hear being in prison in the US is expensive in its own right... Maybe not great after all
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