Hate DHs car!!!!!!

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Registered: 02-09-2004
Hate DHs car!!!!!!
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Wed, 05-03-2006 - 10:51am
We just had DHs car inspected last week and got the bill and it is $839.00!!!!!!!!! I am so upset, I was expecting between $200-$300.00 because he just had it in for some work in December to the tune of $800.00! I absolutely hate this car. We bought it in 2003 right before we had our daughter because his previous car had over 100,000 miles on it and this had been his dad's company car so we knew it had been taken care of and we got a great price, or so I thought. It's a Volvo so a very safe car but holy crap the maintenance bills are out of this world! The problem is that it is paid off and we can't afford car payments so we are sort of stuck but my question is this... We had to put the inspection on a cc. I have $1,000.00 in our efund and $200.00 set aside to pay what I thought would be the bill. I'm afraid to take the money out of the efund because I'm afraid I won't replace it but I don't want to have the extra on the cc. What would you do? As an aside, my car also needs inspected in May although I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it won't be a huge bill last year it was about $800.00 although at that time I needed tires this year I won't. I have a Jeep Grand Cheroke which is also expensive to maintain but again it is paid off so.... Do I suck it up and take the money out and promise to replace it or make the cc payments????

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Registered: 03-19-2003
Wed, 05-03-2006 - 11:21am

Since your car was $800.00 last time and his was $800 - do you think that's a standard amount?

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Registered: 01-06-2005
Wed, 05-03-2006 - 12:42pm

If you bought it in '03, is it still under warranty?

 

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Registered: 02-09-2004
Wed, 05-03-2006 - 2:05pm

Avaris,

I just had to respond because I am sitting here laughing my a** off at can dh learn to do some of the work himself. If you knew my DH you would understand. The answer to that is a resounding NO! I love him to death but the man is not handy. We purchased my parents house 5 years ago and I still call my dad when something needs fixed. The car is a 2000, we bought out FILs lease in 03 so no warranty. I do have about $150.00 budgeted for my car and as long as nothing needs done for it to pass inspection that should cover it. The card it is on currently has a 0% rate but only for another 2 months I think then it goes up to 12% or something like that but I do have another 0% card that I can transfer it to so I think I will wait and see what my car is, make payments for now and transfer what is left once the interest rate goes up. I am just so frustrated because we bought the car thinking it would last forever and we have sunk so much money into it that it makes me sick!


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Registered: 01-06-2005
Wed, 05-03-2006 - 2:39pm

I understand, my father isn't very handy either.

 

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Registered: 08-19-2003
Wed, 05-03-2006 - 8:00pm
You use the $200 you have set aside. Take the difference from the emergency fund. Then you stop the snowball (only pay minimums) until the emergency fund is back to $1000.

Shannon


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Wed, 05-03-2006 - 8:06pm
I vote for take the $200 budgeted + bal. from e-fund. Deal with your car when it comes time to cross that bridge. Like the other poster said, delay snowflakes until the e-fund is replenished. You'll still have the credit card if something comes up before the e-fund were replenished.

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