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elraido

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On my way out the door, I noticed I had a flat rear tire. Not that big of a thing considering I just got new rear tires last night from tirerack. (Kuhmo Ecsta ASX's). Then I started wondering what other people budget things like this for their cars. So, what do you people do? :laugh:
 
I'm just in debt :shrug:. In fact, I'm going to purposely run over a nail on my right rear tire because it needs to be replaced, and I can't afford full price...(the left rear is nearly brand new)
 
sadly i dont budget for things like that,i just spend the money needed when something comes up
 
elraido said:
On my way out the door, I noticed I had a flat rear tire. Not that big of a thing considering I just got new rear tires last night from tirerack. (Kuhmo Ecsta ASX's). Then I started wondering what other people budget things like this for their cars. So, what do you people do? :laugh:
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if that is an install problem, you should go back to whomever mounted the rubber or DIY if it's a nail.

95pgt-t said:
sadly i dont budget for things like that,i just spend the money needed when something comes up
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if and only if I can't do it myself. I just go get it done, end of the story. regardless of the price, sometimes looking around and budgeting isn't worth the time ... especially for little things like such
 
$100/paycheque goes into a vehicle account to cover un-expected repairs and maintenance. Any excess is used to pay down the loan quicker, and then to save for the next downpayment.
 
Heh, happened to my 98. I didn't want to spend a dime, so I just put a crappy snow tire on that one. So now I have a snow tire on the rear right, a summer crap tire on the rear left, and some horribly crappy all-season (kelly tire, IIRC) on the fronts. It's great! :laugh:

The best part is the thing goes pretty well in snow. Haven't had an issue yet.
 
I take the average repairs, replacements, costs (gas, oil, etc) per month and divide that in to the amount of miles I average per month to get an average cost of operation per mile.

I budget that plus 5% over that per month. If my costs get higher than a threshold I set, I simply put less miles on it, like a lease..
 
elraido said:
On my way out the door, I noticed I had a flat rear tire. Not that big of a thing considering I just got new rear tires last night from tirerack. (Kuhmo Ecsta ASX's). Then I started wondering what other people budget things like this for their cars. So, what do you people do? :laugh:
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if you have a good budget for everything, there will be plenty of room for the ocassional flat tire.

I don't keep an open line item on my budget for car repairs, but I do add regular/expected maintenance into my budget as the need arises.
 
No "budget" yet. All unexpected repairs / maintenance go on the credit card and are usually paid off in 1 or 2 months.

I'm actually working on a budget by using only my credit card for the next few months. Since Nov. 19th, I have for auto-related things:
$30 - EZPass
$251.99 - gas
$280.00 - Maxima ignition coils (qty 3)

Still have to do 2 oil changes soon ($30 and $80), buy 3 more ignition coils when they're in stock, and whatever else might pop up. The Maxima needs front suspension work eventually.
 
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