ehm Canadian winter will make sure the food does not spoil on the way ☺️
Comment on anon discusses car dependence
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 15 hours ago
The closest grocery store is 1.5 hour walk. I’m not doing that in a Canadian winter or with hands full of groceries. And no, it’s not bikeable 5 months a year.
Also, I’ve bought four cars in my lifetime. I spent a combined $13,000 on them. My first car was $1400 and I still have it.
SitD@lemy.lol 13 hours ago
qarbone@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Neither will op’s corpse until they find it next spring.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 11 hours ago
Yeah no kidding.
eru@mouse.chitanda.moe 11 hours ago
where are you buying a drivable car in canada that cheap
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 11 hours 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.
domdanial@reddthat.com 10 hours ago
So it was already like 19 years old when you got it, makes sense that it was pretty low cost.
BootLoop@sh.itjust.works 10 hours 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.
nutsack@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 hours ago
ride a bike don’t be fat
enbipanic@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 hours ago
That’s how it works obviously
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 hours 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.