Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure
by jacquesm on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:29PM
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> It tends to break down every 3 months, at around $1000 a repair each time
That's really not good. Even BMW's are not that expensive to maintain, something is really wrong with your vehicle. Unless it's a classic and you're using it as a daily driver.
Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure
by leesalminen on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:44PM
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Former E46 3 series owner here, roughly 10 years into the life of the car. It was expensive.
Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure
by CydeWeys on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @06:15PM
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An easy way to improve your situation is to sell the BMW and get a more practical and reliable vehicle. Granted, that works more in favor against the rental car.
I also don't think it's a given that you'd need a rental car every single weekend. If you need a car every single weekend then owning one yourself clearly makes the most sense. It's when you only need the car occasionally that it would make more sense.
Re:The US has forgotten how to do infrastructure
by Severian on Wednesday May 31, 2017 @05:04PM
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$4000 in repairs a year? What kind of clunker are you driving?
- I drive my car only on weekends, so Friday - Sunday
- It tends to break down every 3 months, at around $1000 a repair each time(BMWs have expensive repairs.) That's $4000 a year
- Insurance is about $1750 for a year
- Looking at rates at www.enterprise.com for my city, it's about $100 CAD for a rental car for 3 days (pick up at 7:00AM Friday and drop off at 4:00PM on Sunday.)
- $100 CAD * 4 is about $400 a month for a rental
- $4000 (repairs) + $1750 (insurance) + $120 (stickers) is about $489 for owning
It looks like using rental cars on weekends is not a great investment still and that makes me sad. I only save $89 a month and have to deal with picking up and dropping off the car and also not using it through the week. $1068 in yearly savings is not worth it!
Note: Gas is not included because I have to pay for gas for both cars, I guess it might be a little cheaper for the rental cars since they tend to be gas efficient, but I still don't think it's huge savings.