RE: want to buy new car

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 > From: "Flora " <http://www.dps.state.vt.us/~f>
 > Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:33:08 -0400
 >
 > Tim is in the air national guard.  

If you were to survive on a single car, maybe you could rent a car for
that day or two.  Maybe that would be cheaper?

 > The maintenance cost right now is higher than a new car-in what I have
 > spent in repair costs over the last 6 months. What I usually do, though,
 > is look at what I spend in maintenance costs on my car over the course
 > of one year and divide that by 12 to get the monthly average.

Yeah.  Well, that was the calculation Noelle made when turning in her 1998
Jetta.  She only got $900 for its trade-in value.

 > That on
 > the other hand is close.  I have had a lot of repairs recently and have
 > taken time off from work on occasion.  Money wise, it's close, time
 > wise, it's a great annoyance!

So, you mean you have to take PTO?

 > The annoyance part has actually been my greatest motivator.  My car is a
 > 1993, with over 181,000 miles on it.    

Wow.