For years, two old cars have sat in my garage, collecting dust and spider webs. I was going to repair the cars, but I didn’t have the funds to do it. I had been taking public transportation while saving money to repair the cars. One day while riding the train, I was robbed by a man who held a gun to my back. I was scared that I would die that day, but I survived. That was enough motivation for me to start driving again. I sold the cars to scrap metal buyers and used the cash, along with the cash I saved for repairs, to buy a new car.
I didn’t pick anything fancy, just a car that would get me from point A to point B without any problems. Most people want all kinds of bells and whistles in their cars, but I just wanted a good transportation machine that would be reliable, because there was no way that I would be riding on public transportation for a long time, if at all ever again. Continue reading “Money for a New Car”