people and cars!

Regarding cars, there are five different types of people in this world. The first kind of person makes the least sense. They will put an inordinate amount of money into a car that is guaranteed to not make them money (Cavaliers are the perfect example). Although a Cavalier is a car that some people deem a quality vehicle, these are people who out and out refuse to pay any attention to any literature regarding quality of cars. Literarature regarding the quality of cars does not include promotional brochures from the dealership. These cars are usually owned and at the very best, maintained, solely out of sentimental value. This type of person is usually quite content with their vehicle and their situation and find their money spending completely justified. More power to them.

The second type of person is a person who although I am not this type of person, I greatly admire. They buy and extraordinarily economical car (these people understand that economics are not limited to fuel consumption, but simply to how much money is spent on a vehicle in its entirety by the end of every month). They drive this vehicle, usually for years, (because they are smart enough to buy vehicles that will last years) until the vehicle flamboyantly expires. When they repeat the process, this type of person tends to have spent extraordinarily little on reliable transportation. Their motto is, no flash, but lots of dash.

The third type of person makes some sense, although, I would not choose this. They buy a car brand new, they buy extended warrantee, they drive the car without much attention to the car, except for maintenance until the car is deemed no longer safe or at least, no longer prudent to their style of life. (They had children or something like that). They then sell the car at an enormous loss and go buy another brand new car. This means that in someone’s entire life of driving, they will drive perhaps four or five different cars. The last one definitely being a Caddy or Buick. Although this has some merit to it, it is not the option I subscribe to.

The fourth kind of person makes no sense at all. They buy a care for between 5-10000, they do not maintain it; they effectively grind the car into dust. They then complain that the vehicle was a bad vehicle and they take out another loan, purchase another car and repeat the process. These people tend to make foolish decisions, like not changing their oil, and never cleaning the car. They also choose terribly marginal vehicles (Chevy makes a killing off these people).

The fifth kind of person is me. I buy a vehicle, I do what I can to the vehicle to increase the value, and then I sell the vehicle. As for frequent use vehicles, they should not exceed $500 purchase price and $1000 repair value total. The vehicle should last 1 ½-2 years.

These are the only options. If you don’t fit one of these, you actually fit # 1 or 4!