a friend of mine had taken his truck in to be repaired. he says the technition ruined something else while trying to repair the damage. now he says its going to cost 1500 to get it fixed and back to him. he doesnt have it in his possession. now he wants to get a new car but that doesnt make sense to me because the truck is paid. they will have the truck he paid for and he will be paying a note on a newer car with 90k miles on it. what sense does that make?
2007-03-21 06:34:46 · 7 answers · asked by MiaDiva28 6 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
im concerned because i am sick of taking him to work at night!!!
2007-03-21 09:21:00 · update #1
i think it may be a 2000 atleast. its not that old but he complains so much about not having a car and he's on the verge of losing his job but if he cant pay the 1500 to get his car repaired how is he going to afford getting a newer car.
2007-03-21 09:24:21 · update #2
Its called immature.
2007-03-21 06:42:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
How old is the truck? I'm wondering if the cost of $1,500.00 to get it fixed is more than the truck is worth. If the truck is old or has a lot of miles on it, he may think he'd be better off getting a new car and paying $400.00 a month or so for it instead of paying $1,500.00 for the repair now and possibly many more thousands of dollars for more repairs later on a truck that may not be worth it. I had a similar situation with my wife -- she had a 1998 Dodge Intrepid that we spent over $2,000.00 on over a span of about three months because things just kept going wrong. For me it's worth it to pay $550.00 a month for her 2004 Explorer Eddie Bauer knowing she has a much more reliable vehicle that is still under warranty. Does that make sense?
2007-03-21 13:41:19 · answer #2 · answered by sarge927 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
depends on the price of the car that he's getting. If it's a relatively inexpensive car then he wants a spare vehicle for when the truck (his daily-driver) is in the shop. But if the car is newer (which i'm guessing since it only has 90K on it) then he wants something that he won't have to hopefully pay as much for repairs on when it goes into the shop.
2007-03-21 13:43:03 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It doesn't make any sense.
Americans these days don't think about what they can afford to buy. They think about what they can afford monthly payments on.
He thinks $300-500 a month is "cheaper" than paying $1500 to a mechanic.
2007-03-21 13:42:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I really don't know why you are so concerned about what your friend is or isn't doing, unless he has asked you for advice. If indeed the technician ruined something, then it would be up to the technician to fix whatever he broke, not your friend. But I don't think the one thing has anything to do with the other.
2007-03-21 13:41:13 · answer #5 · answered by oklatom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about that,sound to me like paying the visa credit card with the master credit card
2007-03-21 13:43:31 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
any excuse for a new truck.
2007-03-21 13:38:57 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋