Despite saving hundreds of dollars and even making new friends, none of the people who agreed to ditch their car for this Brisbane experiment wanted to go car-free permanently. This is why.
Article about an experiment from Brisbane, Australia.
alternative is paying the difference in rent for a car loan
Why do you have to take an expensive loan to get a car? Is there no used car market in US? I live in a bit different reality, and here there’s thriving market at any price tag. You have to do the research, pay for paint thickness check to ensure car didn’t get wrapped around a tree, but getting very cheap used car to drive your ass from point A to point B is absolutely a thing.
Buying a used car is always a crap shoot, but things aren’t as bad as the old days. It used to be that you really didn’t want a car with more than 100,000 miles, but today, any car will make it well past 200,000.
I’ve bought numerous cars with over 100,000 miles, and didn’t need any more than the normal amount of maintenance for a 100k vehicle.
Why do you have to take an expensive loan to get a car? Is there no used car market in US? I live in a bit different reality, and here there’s thriving market at any price tag. You have to do the research, pay for paint thickness check to ensure car didn’t get wrapped around a tree, but getting very cheap used car to drive your ass from point A to point B is absolutely a thing.
There is, but prices on anything that doesn’t require constant repairs is still fairly expensive.
Buying a used car is always a crap shoot, but things aren’t as bad as the old days. It used to be that you really didn’t want a car with more than 100,000 miles, but today, any car will make it well past 200,000.
I’ve bought numerous cars with over 100,000 miles, and didn’t need any more than the normal amount of maintenance for a 100k vehicle.
Nah US has used cars, got mine for like $6000 a few years ago when prices were kinda high.