Rambling though: It’s amazing how much you can appreciate something so banal.
I don’t have a new, or a fancy car — it’s a secondhand minivan that I bought for $2000 in cash, and it runs like a charm.
What it cost and is continuing to cost me
- $300 a year in insurance ($25/month but I pay it in full up front)
- Renewing my license plate ($200/year)
- Renewing my license ($86/year)
In total, I pay $586 or $48.83 a month to keep my car on the road. Plus gas.
As for maintenance — I don’t drive it very much, but it doesn’t seem to have any problems at all, from when the mechanic did a full check-up on it last year.
I may just have to replace the tires in a year or two, but if I don’t work the car hard, or try to do too much to it, it could even last longer.
Everything you need in a car — it has:
- cruise control
- gas pedal
- brake pedal
- heat
- air conditioning
- a speedometer
- gas tank
- lots of space
When I backup into a space or drive, there is plenty of window space all around for me to make sure I don’t run over anyone.
There’s not much more I really need in a car, if I think about it. 
It works, it’s safe, and I don’t pay a crazy amount of money to have it, and that’s all I care about.
I’ve even tried other cars..
I drove a Dodge Charger for about 2 months and while it was nice and stylish, it felt cramped in comparison to my minivan.
It sure was sexy though.
But I was inside, not looking at it from the outside, so it really doesn’t make a difference to me when I drive.
Other than that, it was nice that it had a CD player instead of a Tape Cassette player.
Just a girl trying to find a balance between being a Shopaholic and a Saver.
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