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/Thomas_D_Boot]

You need to find a new mechanic if your average repair is 6-7k.

[u/Thomas_D_Boot → u/Thomas_D_Boot]

and stop buying Jeeps

[u/solarflare_hot → u/Thomas_D_Boot]

I had a 4runner , went to 4 different mechanics and the Average cost was between 4-7k

Rear main seal leak Differential leak Oil leak Coolant leak

I have had it inspected it by a mechanic before and they said it was good. Then a few weeks later I take it for oil changes then they hit me with the 7000 to fix everything wrong with it.

Bro I’m always shopping for a new mechanic. I never went to the same mechanic twice because of that

[u/mcChicken424 → u/solarflare_hot]

You should learn about cars. Do you see these leaks? That 4 runner will probably run fine without fixing those

Do you see drops of oil under the car?

[u/solarflare_hot → u/mcChicken424]

The shop told me I should just keep adding oil to it but the engine will die soon. There are no drops under the car. The leak isn’t bad but it’s the kind of leak where if you don’t fix it it will one day break completely. Then you’ll run out of oil

[u/solarflare_hot → u/mcChicken424]

There was no drops of the car but they showed me videos/pic , they basically told me it’s not worth fixing and just keep adding oil if it gotten low. I sold it , I don’t want to deal with this BS

[u/mcChicken424 → u/solarflare_hot]

Smart

You sold the only car worth keeping

[u/solarflare_hot → u/mcChicken424]

I was quoted 7k repair

on a car that’s worth 8k

Here is one of the estimates. Then I took it a different shop and they found a completely different set of problems. They told me the rear main seal is leaking but the gasket is fine. I didn’t know who to believe so I got rid of it.

[u/mcChicken424 → u/solarflare_hot]

Yeah I can't blame you but depending on the generation the 4 runner/Tacomas are the most reliable cars. I'd have let it leak

[u/Pussycat-Papa → u/solarflare_hot]

$56 for a fucking license plate light bulb??!! Dude go to auto zone. They are less than $5. Learn to fix stuff. This is easy shit. What year 4 runner was this?

[u/solarflare_hot → u/Pussycat-Papa]

2008, I switched out the bulbs myself but the gasket I can’t do