I've had worse than that, with a divorce, lawyers, and all similar bills and im on less than you.. I bought a GU...Ezookiel wrote:Ordinarily, yes I can afford to keep it, I'm on over $70K a year.bogged wrote:Can you afford to keep it? ....Ezookiel wrote: D: I'm between a rock and a hard place. A car I can't afford to fix, and a car I can't afford to get rid of.
However, in the last year:
* my wife's transmission blew up $4K
* her aircon died $400
* My wife let her insurance lapse, and then had her first ever, in over 20 years of driving, at fault accident when she rear ended a woman - $4K
* Her own car had to be repaired - $3K
* The TV blew up permanently
* The Stereo followed not long afterwards
* The house aircon died
* The kids had to have laptops for school.
* And the real capper to it all, my wife left her job to go to two days a week to look after a Mother with Cancer.
This year has been an absolute MONGREL of a year - the Queen's anus horribilis has nothing on the year I've just had.
so your not using the 4wd at the moment, so you wouldnt miss it.. Buy a normal car for 6-12 mths till this nasty year is over, and then start with something else.And no it's not the time in my life to get a Commonwhore, or any other car, as my only mechanism for winding down from stresses is to get out bush, camping with my kids etc is my main "time-out" to clear my head, and even that has been taken from me.
You would be suprised how many people go away with their kids in a 2wd and have great time.
YMMB.