How many cars do you have in your home?

Well, I understand that my friend. Everybody wants to be safe on the road but you know what? you will not learn unless you will be on the road driving. That was my great fear before... I am so scared on the road but I will not over come it if I will not drive right where there are lots of traffic. And I learn how to be safe right on the road, so, your son needs a car so that he can drive and learn to be safe on the road. I am driving now.. thanks God I was able to overcome my fear.. BUT.. I have no license yet.. hahah mine is just a learner's permit and I have it for almost 2 years.. I am about to get my license this month but my car's engine broke just the other day.. It is always something.. Now I have another problem, how to have another one,,, Money is not easy here this time.. Well, maybe I have to borrow car so that I can continue my practice on the road.. hahaha...

That's a great idea my friend to let your son buy his car with his own money with that, he would treasure it and be careful in using it because it's his money. And for us, ladies in the Philippines? there is no challenge of driving in there because it is not a necessity but if you are here? you have no choice because you can not go anywhere if you will not drive. I'm sure you can drive to the highway if you would want to my friend, but it is not necessary because your hubby will do it for you to drive anywhere you go. My hubby can not do that because he has to work. I have to do it myself or wait for other people for a ride which is I do not like. Well, I know,, God will Provide.

Ahh! Thanks for that advice! Maybe I should let my son to learn really. But he has to buy the car through his own earnings. Anyway he is earning now. But with me I think, I can never learn driving just like you did. I know how to drive but only within the subdivision. Meanwhile I wish you can buy a new car soon!

hahaha!!! the same with us. My hubby has 2 cars that need to be worked on plus mine which had suddenly break down last week so, we have 3 junk cars in our drive way. 1 pick up, and 2 automobiles. We have one car that is working now, my hubby's expedition. We really need more than one so that I have one to use when I go to my part time job. It is really necessary because we are living in the country area.

That's right!! gas is expensive and our other car is less in gas and it helps us to save.

ah? ok now I know where is that color coding cars,, I read it somewhere in the responses about the color coded car hahah and I did not know that it is in the Philippines, my home country.. I have no idea about that because I don't own a car when I was there. I don't even know how to drive a bicycle? haha but here I strive to learn because it is a necessity.

Oh!! I can understand that too, if the work of your hubby doesn't need more of driving? it is just enough to have one.. my hubby's work is more of driving to different places so the car is easily worn out and we need a back up when the other one is out of order.

Well, here in US it doesn't matter if you are rich or poor. Having a car here is not a trademark that a person is rich. They have cars because it is a necessity but in the country like where I come from? if a person has one car he already has money.

Oh!! good that you have public transportation in your place.. In mine here there is none.

I agree with that.. If there is a way to travel without having your own car, why buy one? I have no car in the Philippines and can not afford to have one but when I arrived here in US? It is a hard thing when you don't have one because there is no public transportation where I was.. then I can not go anywhere if I don't drive my own car.

Well, it is not necessary to have one if you don't need it. What I mean is if there is no way of riding to go anywhere like in the place where I am now? It is necessary to have one.

Oh? I would think, you can really afford to have more than one car and that you are not an ordinary Filipino Citizen... hahahaha.. What I mean is that, most average people in the Philippines can not afford to have one and I think you are more than average. Congratulations. In here? average,below average and above average all of them have cars. It just matter on the model and that identifies the trade mark of that person.

That's right!! no body here in my area also can stand for a long time without a car because there's no available public transportation here.

Oh? that's interesting to have color coded cars on the road each day. What place are you? hahaha... that might be good to watch. Here in US. I did not hear something like color coding for the day.

Well, in a country where there are lots of public transportation, it is not necessary to have a car.. but when you are in an area with no public transport you will really strive to buy a car even if money is scarce because you can not go anywhere without a car.

Oh!! traffic in India is terrible!! cars,motorcycles, animals, buses and cyclist are traveling on the same road? and there are also people walking? that is so scary to drive in an Indian road. I've seen it how your roads are. It is similar to the Philippines but here in US? the roads are not like that. I rarely see bicycles and motorcycles on the road and no body is walking. About your question of what car is suitable for your road? I don't really know.

Wow good to hear that. At least India is now coming up as one of the developed countries in Asia. Congratulations!!

Oh? renting when you go long distance trip? My hubby don't want to use his car for long distance trip because of gas issues. But our small Chevrolet had helped us a lot because it saves too much gas when we used it for long distance travel. It is not comfortable because of the size but it can save us a lot of bucks for the gas. As to renting? I did not realize you can save a lot than using your own car.

Oh? really? that sounds good if you can select what car you are going to drive for the day. We have actually 4 but we registered only 2 because the other 2 needs work and we don't need more than two anyway. We just used the other one for emergency. That is really the main reason here in US specially when we are in the country area, we need to have our own car, no public vehicle is available but in big cities here, people can just go without cars but it is still convenient to have our own so that we can manage our own time not waiting for bus schedule, etc.

Oh wow!! 22 members in your family? and 8 cars? well, maybe the kids have no cars yet in your family.. eheheh well, at least you have cars in the house. It is very convenient to have our own.

That's what we always do also in the Philippines. We don;t need to buy a car because there are lots of public vehicles to ride if we need to go somewhere but here in US.. specially if you are living in the country area, there's no available public transport to use, and that we need to drive, so we must own a car.