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January 21st, 2005 09:48 AM #31
Hindi po sa ipinagtatanggol ko yung papalit-palit ng sasakyan dahil isa ako dun pero dala po ng kasalukuyang kalagayan kung bakit marahil kami papalit-palit ng sasakyan.
Una ko pong sasakyan ay '00 Civic (Dec. '99) pero nung dumating yung anak ko galing Pinas (mahabang wento), biglang lumiit yung sasakyan so we decided to trade it in for a '01 MDX. After a year of using it, medyo namahalan kami sa gas (3.5L V6) at medyo nalakihan kami masyado. Ipinalit namin sya sa isang practical na '02 CR-V. Kinailanga din namin ng second car since the wife and I both have to work kaya kumuha na din kami ng '90 ES250 (beater car) nung 2002. Late last year naman nawalan kami ng projects pareho ni misis. Since nadagdagan kami ng 2 pang babies from early '03 and late '04, hindi magkasya ang family of five with 2 car seats sa CR-V and ES250. Dahil na rin sa nagbabayad pa kami ng monthly sa CR-V at wala na kaming income na dumadatin, we traded both our CR-V and ES250 last Aug. of '03 for a 6-passenger '96 Odyssey. Dahil sa mataas ang resale value ng Honda, kumita pa kami sa CR-V namin at $1K lang ang cash out namin plus the 2 cars para sa Odyssey. Atleast wala na kaming monthly which is important since jobless nga kami parehas ni misis. Naibenta namin yung bahay namin last Dec lang and nagka-trabaho na din ako so kailangan na naman namin ng 2nd car kaya ayan..... kumuha kami ng isa pang minivan, '99 Odyssey.
Mahabang kwento pero family needs (syempre safety ang priority pagdating sa pamilya) ang drive namin to get those cars.
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January 21st, 2005 10:47 AM #32
Wala namang masama by itself... Maraming valid reasons as long as it's not pride or greed...
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January 21st, 2005 12:39 PM #33
Honga.... basta ang natutunan ko lang is napakasarap ng walang monthly car payments Sa katulad kong by project ang trabaho, hindi ko masasabi kung hanggang kailan ang trabaho......
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January 21st, 2005 12:49 PM #34
nakakasawa lang siguro.. siyempre tao lang naman tayo.. angsasawa din.. kaya pagsa mods.. dahan dahan na lang.. sa sounds.. mags.. hehehe. kasi pag nasa peak ka na.. wala na.. ayaw mo na...hehehe.. palit na lang muna tayo hens for ilan days para hinde ka magsawa.hahaha
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January 21st, 2005 01:09 PM #35
hens, eto plano natin since nararamdaman ko na parang sawa ka na yata sa kotse mo.
1. bili ka ng bagong clk
2. padala mo sa akin yung mga useless brabus parts
3. bili ako ng c-class benz
4. install ako ng brabus parts
ok ba? :D
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January 21st, 2005 01:16 PM #36Originally Posted by M54 Powered
cls yata ang balak ni fafa hens... :D
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January 21st, 2005 01:27 PM #37Originally Posted by Walter
Yes, me.
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January 22nd, 2005 07:40 AM #38basta ang natutunan ko lang is napakasarap ng walang monthly car payments
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January 22nd, 2005 08:38 AM #39Originally Posted by Macky
Pero ok na rin kesa i-risk ko ang buhay ko sa lumang sasakyan. Remember ko kasi 5 years ago, may isang member sa Filipino Community namin dito. Like most of us na gusto mag-save maski na may pera, bumili ng 10-year-old second-hand SUV(I think $8K ang bili). Nang nag-interstate ang buong pamilya(parents+4 kids), bumigay yata ang brake kasi hindi raw nakastop when there was a sudden stop sa freeway. Na-total ang sasakyan and everybody got hurt and hospitalized. Although binayaran ng Insurance Company ang part of the hospital bill, ang share ng pamilya sa babayaran sa hospital inabot ng $35K. Kaya sabi ko, I'd rather invest on my safety kaysa i-risk ang life ko...So, naka-save nga sila sa pagbili ng murang sasakyan, pero nakabayad naman sila ng $35K for hospital bill. This story really sticks to my mind.
So for my new vehicle, I am hoping this will last for the next 10 years para ma-save ko naman ang car payments.
Back to the TOPIC: It is really a money-making na practice kasi may kaibigan ako sa Cebu na ito lang ang ginagawa niya. Of course, he has 3 cars with him. The two were always for sale while yung isa is permanent for his use. Pero this supported his lifestyle talaga. I can't beleive na he earns more than being an employee of a company at nakaka-save pa raw siya. Iba talaga kapag magaling sa sales at kapag maraming kakilala. Sabi nga niya, he conservatively earns at least P350,000/year and could be more. That's way more than a pay of an ordinary employee in a year, plus he manages his own time. Advantage lang talaga niya is he knows about cars really well and competitive ang price niya since walang binabayarang showroom or whatever coz he parks his cars at his garage. Pinagyayabang pa nga niya na mas malaki pa raw ang kita niya than his wife na doctora. He he he....
Last edited by cyberdoc95; January 22nd, 2005 at 10:06 AM.
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January 22nd, 2005 09:51 AM #40
tama ka diyan cyberdoc - like i said above, madali akong magsawa sa kotse. but my current car i bought brand-new, and when i work out how much i am paying for in price + interest, and how much of that money is basically a total loss from depreciation if i ever sell the car....kailangan talaga 10+ years mo i-own yung auto bago ko masabing sulit ang pera ko.
Originally Posted by Karding
Yung sa full record documentation nyo po, sa service manual ng CASA nyo po ba nirerecord self PMS...
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