Maintaining the car is like raising a kid....
By Melissa
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
Guangdong, China
December 26, 2019 2:58am CST
My car loan was paid off finally.
I can breath a little bit easier now.
However, when I calculate the total cost of maintaining the car, OMG, it is expensive, although it is under the control of my budget.
It reminds me of how expensive to raise a kid... even I don't have any kids right now.
On the one hand, the car does his job to offer me its much convenience and save me a lot of time, on the other hand, of course I need to spend a lot to maintain it.
Sometimes, I would rather take the subway or buses to work than driving to office. Especially when encounter the serious traffic jams!
The traffic jams are worse in the center of town. Once I got stuck in the traffic jam line 1 miles away from my home and it cost me 30 minutes.
How desperate for a lucky break ...And the fuel burned my money while waiting...
.maybe a few years later, I will sell it as a secondhand.
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6 responses
@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
26 Dec 19
You are right with your analogy. We have 2 cars that we bring to the dealer's shop for the regular preventive maintenance. It is very expensive.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
27 Dec 19
@Behindtheguitarbar when the car is getting older the cost of maintenance is increasing.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
30 Dec 19
@Alexandoy I gradually get to feel the increasing maintenance cost. oh, no~
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
27 Dec 19
YES! My car need to do the regular maintenance this week. It costs a lot, I think.
@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
26 Dec 19
@Behindtheguitarbar
Congrats on that. Traffic jams are not fun. I have suffered through enough of them.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
27 Dec 19
Especially worse in Friday than normal workdays...ho! and today is Friday.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
27 Dec 19
@Behindtheguitarbar
I would not know about traffic jams on Fridays. I am home on Fridays and do not go anywhere.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
30 Dec 19
@Hannihar Glad that you don't suffer the traffic jam. Otherwise, it will ruin your good feeling of the day.
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@LadyDuck (472004)
• Switzerland
27 Dec 19
@Behindtheguitarbar And if you do not need the car anymore you stop the costs, but you cannot with a child.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
27 Dec 19
@LadyDuck hahha, make sense!!
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
27 Dec 19
I think we bought the convenience instead, haha
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
30 Dec 19
several scratches had made on the car...sad.
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@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
31 Dec 19
yes, I also would like to pay for the cost of the freedom of coming and going. hahah.
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@porwest (92462)
• United States
31 Dec 19
@Behindtheguitarbar Besides. The characters in public transit are just downright scary.
@Behindtheguitarbar (2831)
• Guangdong, China
15 Jan 20
sometimes I have to save some money to pay for maintaining.
