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[quote=Anonymous]There are sorts of alternatives to owning a car though how much you can utilize them depends on where you live.  If you are close in and do short trips you can get a lot of Uber rides for $2200.

As for whether it is worth putting the money into the car that depends on the mileage on the car and the particular make and model.  And some of it is just dumb luck - some cars run to 200,000 miles with relatively little maintenance while others require regular expensive work.

I have a relatively low mileage 12 year old car that I've now put $6,000 in the last 3 years - if I'd had any idea when I started that it would require this much work I never would have done the first repairs but in for a dime in for a dollar.  But I had no reason to expect the parade of horrors this car has turned into but if I get another 100,000 miles out of it with relatively little additional outlay it will probably still turn out to have been the right call.

Check Consumer Reports to try to make a guess about how much more in repairs your car might require - they do a pretty comprehensive annual survey of car owners about their experiences with different models even down to the year.[/quote]

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