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minus-squareandrewta@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoI’m spending close to $1,000/yr to keep my 2009 car on the road and that beats $1,000/month by a long shot.
minus-squareBluegrass_Addict@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoand you probably don’t need to deal with the trashy workmanship that is in these things these days, plus all the fancy useless crap they force on people that when they break, the whole car stops responding.
minus-squareLemmyoutofhere@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoExactly. As long as I am spending less than $500/month on repairs, I am ahead of the game. Also helps that I can do all the repairs myself.
minus-squareIconoclast@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up0·8 days agoI drive a 2007 diesel pickup and the total expenses for the past 4 years average 313€/month.
minus-squareAlDente@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoI’m driving a car from 1992 and I dont even spend $1000/year on maintenance and gas.
minus-squareCADmonkey@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 days agoMy little paid-for econobox saves me so much money
I’m spending close to $1,000/yr to keep my 2009 car on the road and that beats $1,000/month by a long shot.
and you probably don’t need to deal with the trashy workmanship that is in these things these days, plus all the fancy useless crap they force on people that when they break, the whole car stops responding.
Exactly. As long as I am spending less than $500/month on repairs, I am ahead of the game. Also helps that I can do all the repairs myself.
I drive a 2007 diesel pickup and the total expenses for the past 4 years average 313€/month.
I’m driving a car from 1992 and I dont even spend $1000/year on maintenance and gas.
My little paid-for econobox saves me so much money