Comment on anon discusses car dependence

BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• SitD@lemy.lol ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ehm Canadian winter will make sure the food does not spoil on the way ☺️

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  • qarbone@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Neither will op’s corpse until they find it next spring.

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    • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Yeah no kidding.

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• eru@mouse.chitanda.moe ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  where are you buying a drivable car in canada that cheap

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  • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    In Ontario. It was my first car, so 10 years ago, so not quite the same market as today. It was a '96 Tercel. No AC option, no airbags, no ABS, no cruise control, crank windows, manual locks, manual transmission. Needed brake lines and a windshield.

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    • domdanial@reddthat.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      So it was already like 19 years old when you got it, makes sense that it was pretty low cost.

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      • BootLoop@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

        Yep. Don’t need all the bells and whistles. On top of that it was incredibly reliable and fuel efficient since there wasn’t much to it.

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• nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  ride a bike don’t be fat

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  • enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    That’s how it works obviously

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    • nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      basically

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• Simulation6@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Also, 200$ a month for gas is high. If you can walk back from the store carrying stuff then you probably only need to fill up every 3rd month. If you use the car for other stuff, then your argument is bad.

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• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve bought 2 and have spent ~$13k on them. I still have the first after more than 10 years, and have had the second for almost 5. The first car was ~$10k, and it had 60k miles, and I’ve put on about 100k miles.

  Buying used direct from the owner has worked well for me. My parents bought my first car for me for about $1500, though my siblings also drove it. I kept it for about 5 years before buying a replacement.

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• Aneb@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I’ve bought two and cumulatively they were 30k. I have neither of them now and I just filed for bankruptcy my first time at 25. Going strong 💪. My first car was less than a decade old and died within a year of owning it. Cars suck!

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