Remember if a new car has a 7-year warranty that's exactly how long you can expect it to last before it is basically unfixable. This means you must amortize that new car cost over a mere 7 years and not 20 or 30 like cars from the 70s.
This fact alone means your cost of transportation for the machine itself not including gas oil or any other kind of maintenance immediately goes up to at least $5,000 a year or about $400 a month whereas even adjusted for inflation a 1970s style car which could be expected to run for 20 or 30 years or even 50 would have an actual vehicle cost inflation adjusted of less than $50 a month.
This is why you should buy any used car you can that was built before the 1990s when they started putting too many computers in them and they become unrepairable
Willy was a foster cat I had. I obviously failed because he stayed with me which can be common. I had him since he was weened from his mother. Blue eyes which would eventually turn emerald green. He was everywhere I was. He would put his paws on me delicately when he wanted attention and would rub his face into mine. He suddenly started acting funny and was swollen in the abdomen. See male cats can get UTIs that become impacted but don't become a problem until it's too late. I watched him as he cried to me. No fever, swinging his tail. Made a vet appointment for the next day. Got up to use it and saw him next to the full food bowl and water bowl. He was gone. Had been for a while. Now he's a box ashes and a baggie of fur. I still see him in my dreams and he's fine. Thanks goats.
