Should we buy car now?

• WickedZord

  21 Nov 08, 13:24

  COE only $2 right? Is it the right time to buy?

   

  Is this the right place to ask??

• sIaN87

  21 Nov 08, 13:28

  $2 bid over, you have to wait for the next bid. if many people rush to get car, than the bidding will be higher. it's all about luck

• the Bear

  21 Nov 08, 13:29

  if you can afford and need one, sure..

  if you can't and don't, no..

  simple enough?

• seyKai

  21 Nov 08, 13:34

  if you can spare about average $1500 a month

• caleb_chiang

  21 Nov 08, 13:56

  Well... it is a trick to get you guys buy cars...

• soleachip

  21 Nov 08, 22:13

  what about low paper value?

• nightsky87

  21 Nov 08, 22:21

  Originally posted by soleachip:

  what about low paper value?

  You buy low, you sell low.. seriously there's no loss.

  There's never really a 'best' time to buy a car. Buy what you need, when you need. And the bear has effectively summed up the perfect answer to this question as well. Can afford + need/want? Go for it. We live but once. Cannot afford but want? Better to save up more first, then get into unneccesary debt.

• lianamaster

  22 Nov 08, 12:03

  Originally posted by nightsky87:

  You buy low, you sell low.. seriously there's no loss.

  There's never really a 'best' time to buy a car. Buy what you need, when you need. And the bear has effectively summed up the perfect answer to this question as well. Can afford + need/want? Go for it. We live but once. Cannot afford but want? Better to save up more first, then get into unneccesary debt.

  I agree with that man...

  But reading the advertisements on Classified are certainly very tempting...although car loans seem pretty hard to secure.

• sinicker

  22 Nov 08, 12:07

  buy car if where you stay has no public transport links to anywhere.
  
  let's say you stay at jalan telawi or punggol 24th avenue or andrews terrace, then you would need a car.

• lianamaster

  22 Nov 08, 12:28

  What do you guys think is the appropriate age to own a car?

• soleachip

  22 Nov 08, 13:03

  Originally posted by nightsky87:

  You buy low, you sell low.. seriously there's no loss.

  There's never really a 'best' time to buy a car. Buy what you need, when you need. And the bear has effectively summed up the perfect answer to this question as well. Can afford + need/want? Go for it. We live but once. Cannot afford but want? Better to save up more first, then get into unneccesary debt.

  true. but most of the time people buy high and forced to sell low, no?

  especially when times are bad.

• sinicker

  23 Nov 08, 01:55

  Originally posted by lianamaster:

  What do you guys think is the appropriate age to own a car?

  29!
  
  actually depends, if i'm getting a flat near a supermarket + MRT stn. then no need car lah right.
  
  but if my future wife pregnant i'll definitely get a car. it is inhumane for a pregnant woman to board our trains.

• zaxis

  23 Nov 08, 10:37

  without bank loan can buy

  if require bank loan better not buy

  1840 plus coe if next round all or mostly submit S$2 again

  chance will be S$2 as successful bid

   

• starlancer

  23 Nov 08, 12:00

  i am in a dilemma. i think i can afford a car (through a bank loan), but i have no actual need for it... i take public transport to work.  on weekends, i go out ocassionally. i have no wife, no kids. there are times of course that i hope i have a car... should i get a car (normal or OPC) now to feel like "wow, i own a car liao"? 

• lianamaster

  23 Nov 08, 13:11

  Originally posted by starlancer:

  i am in a dilemma. i think i can afford a car (through a bank loan), but i have no actual need for it... i take public transport to work.  on weekends, i go out ocassionally. i have no wife, no kids. there are times of course that i hope i have a car... should i get a car (normal or OPC) now to feel like "wow, i own a car liao"? 

  I also have this feeling too. But to own a car.. u need to set aside at least $1000 depending on what car you want irregardless of OPC or not.

• sinicker

  23 Nov 08, 15:08

  depends lah.. if you're always alone and think u can go public, why not. you wouldnt even spend more than $5 a day travelling lah right...
  
  car str8away u need to put aside at least $1k. servicing also quite cut-throat one.
  
  if you're compelled to own a car just so that your gf stays with you, then dump your gf.

• zaxis

  23 Nov 08, 15:15

  pubing cannot drink

  parking need to walk back, to collect car

  passenger alight you need to park your car,

  valet parking if you can affort

   

• sinicker

  23 Nov 08, 15:21

  Originally posted by zaxis:

  pubing cannot drink

  parking need to walk back, to collect car

  passenger alight you need to park your car,

  valet parking if you can affort

   

  valet parking scratch car, they deny responsibility.

• starlancer

  23 Nov 08, 15:50

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  valet parking scratch car, they deny responsibility.

  so, having a car is so much more than just feeling good or having a status symbol...

• youyayu

  23 Nov 08, 15:53

  Originally posted by starlancer:

  so, having a car is so much more than just feeling good or having a status symbol...

  by any chance u are xxsp1r1txx

• sinicker

  23 Nov 08, 15:57

  Originally posted by starlancer:

  so, having a car is so much more than just feeling good or having a status symbol...

  yup.. must think of all the possibities that may take place...
  
  does it make you feel good to be stuck in a traffic jam? trains have dedicated tracks.
  
  is the train always most efficient? dedicated tracks also mean only one track for people to jump onto. (my journey home took 1hour longer thanks to suicide at tampines mrt)
  
  and the cost difference is very large too.

• thoreldan

  23 Nov 08, 16:08

  Originally posted by lianamaster:

  What do you guys think is the appropriate age to own a car?

  it's not the age...but how much spare cash you have every month

• Ice Dive

  23 Nov 08, 16:18

  how does the COE works ?

  ( Even though I have a car .... ha ) .

  NOt sure if I am right . My idea of COE is that it allows people to drive for 10 years. If you sell before end of 10 years , you get part of the COE money back . ( Right ? ) .

  If its 2 dollar only , the depreciation per year is neligible . Its damn worth it .

• soleachip

  23 Nov 08, 16:18

  Originally posted by zaxis:

  pubing cannot drink

  parking need to walk back, to collect car

  passenger alight you need to park your car,

  valet parking if you can affort

  says who pubbing cannot drink?

  you just need to know how. if you pub and consume alcohol in large quantities, just chill, sober up with hot tea, wait 2 hours and then head home. alternatively, chiong until 7am, where got road block at 7am? alternatively, get a friend to drive you home or send you home. better still go home in a cab, collect your car the next day lor. very ma fan meh?

  no need to walk to bus stop and wait for bus?

  no passengers means no need to park your car lah?

  you've got some ridiculous ideas there my friend.

• starlancer

  23 Nov 08, 16:43

  Originally posted by youyayu:

  by any chance u are xxsp1r1txx

  no, i am not.