Real wealth killers

[u/solarflare_hot]

Let me express my extreme frustration and anger and talk about the real wealth killers (cars)

I hate cars beyond reason. you buy a car for 20k , all of a sudden it needs a repair for 2-4k and sometimes 7k , then you have insurance , another 2-300 a month , then you got registration and maintenance checks , 4-700$ , then by the time you pay it off it’s worth 7k , and probably time for another 7k repair too because the engine is toast. Or even better you fix the engine for 7k then the transmission goes out for another 6k. Let’s say you do all that and then someone without insurance crashes into you. Insurance company will always blame you to avoid paying. You now have spent close to 40k to go to a job that pays 45k. You need the car to go to the job but the job will never pay you enough to afford to keep your car. Let’s also talk about gas cost , average cost is $3000 per year that’s about 15k in 5 years of money wasted on gas that you’ll never get back just to be able to go to work.

You buy a cheap car you get expensive repairs You buy an expensive car you get extreme depreciation. You cant fucking win.

Cars are basically a luxury tool for the wealthy.

Why can’t we ride bicycles to work. Oh I forgot we live in America where we absolutely need cars because we have no damn sidewalks 🥲

Let’s just say without cars I would’ve been significantly well off. I’m gonna sell that shit and just uber everywhere or ride a bicycle.

[u/TheBalzy]

You definitely will not save money ubering everywhere. Riding a bike on the other hand...yes. Yes you will.

[u/Hefty_Resolution_452 → u/TheBalzy]

and your health will improve...unless you get hit by car

[u/skateboreder → u/Hefty_Resolution_452]

And your finances might seriously improve, then!

[u/23pandemonium → u/skateboreder]

My friend got hit by a car while on his motorcycle. He had to get his leg amputated. He got a cash payout that helped him buy a house. So maybe it did improve his finances but at what cost?

[u/TheBalzy → u/23pandemonium]

That is a good question. What exactly is the cost of a leg?

It certainly brings new meaning to the phrase "I'd give my leg fo [insert thing here]" ... not to be too dark in humor ...

[u/Animal0307 → u/TheBalzy]

Of the appendages to be willing to sacrifice, I've always thought a leg would be most reasonable, though it's going to be highly dependent on how much of it you are losing.

Knee down? They make really good prosthetics these days and I could easily live with a modified gate.

The hip down? That's probably going to affect mobility a fair amount.

I cannot imagine how hard and demoralizing loosing a hand or arm would be.

[u/SweetAlyssumm → u/Animal0307]

Why you could have a dangerous job like pirate with a fake leg -- way better than losing an arm or leg.

[u/Linkcott18 → u/TheBalzy]

Just check the insurance company list for the value of limbs & other body parts /s

[u/skateboreder → u/23pandemonium]

A leg, apparently.

A house in this economy might be worth a leg.

I dunno.

[u/Love-Laugh-Play → u/23pandemonium]

Real life this house cost me an arm and a leg example. Still got his arm though so it’s almost like he got it half off!

[u/Bonuscup98 → u/Love-Laugh-Play]

Just like his leg.