minimum monthly income to own a car

• Archimedes

  15 Mar 10, 00:24

  My monthly income is 3k. Is it enough to buy and maintain second hand Toyotal altis (~3 years old)?

• airgrinder

  15 Mar 10, 00:27

  I'm 1.73m. Can I slamdunk a basketball?

  More info man. 3K is takehome? Ur monthly expenses? petrol? The owner selling how much? Ur approx milage per month?

• Archimedes

  15 Mar 10, 21:35

  After cpf deduction, I have only left 2.4 k per month. My monthly expenses is around 1k. I will consider those selling at 35k~40k. Is 1.4 k enough ?

• nOrmalbOi

  15 Mar 10, 22:08

  http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2649122 the above link will answer all your questions. spend some time to read through at least the first 5 pages.
• ditzy

  15 Mar 10, 22:10

  Do you have any money left to spend, if say you have to commit 1.2k a month to your 2nd hand car?

• eagle

  15 Mar 10, 22:15

  why get a depreciating asset?

• ditzy

  15 Mar 10, 22:15

  Originally posted by nOrmalbOi:

  http://www.mycarforum.com/index.php?showtopic=2…

  the above link will answer all your questions. spend some time to read through at least the first 5 pages.

  Wow that guy factored in only 50 bucks on petrol a month, that's like my 1 week's trip to the petrol station to get the tank up to 3/4 full.

• ditzy

  15 Mar 10, 22:16

  Originally posted by eagle:

  why get a depreciating asset?

  You can't drive your house around.

• motoway

  15 Mar 10, 22:32

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  You can't drive your house around.

   

  Ditzy's comments never fail to amaze me.

• eagle

  16 Mar 10, 01:05

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  You can't drive your house around.

  Does he even have a house first?

   

  You can drive a house around... it's called a caravan

  

• p228

  17 Mar 10, 15:49

  Originally posted by ditzy:

  Wow that guy factored in only 50 bucks on petrol a month, that's like my 1 week's trip to the petrol station to get the tank up to 3/4 full.

  Haha.. 50 bucks only half tank for me.. sometimes also not even half..

  

• s0nic

  17 Mar 10, 15:53

  Originally posted by p228:

  Haha.. 50 bucks only half tank for me.. sometimes also not even half..

  

  
  dont laugh la.. ppl dunno ma.. lol

• p228

  17 Mar 10, 15:56

  Originally posted by s0nic:

  
  dont laugh la.. ppl dunno ma.. lol

  hahahaha.. Actually I am thinking of doing something crazy..

  Selling off my car for a Toyota Sera, or modify my doors to make it open up like that..

   

  

   

• s0nic

  17 Mar 10, 17:35

  Originally posted by p228:

  hahahaha.. Actually I am thinking of doing something crazy..

  Selling off my car for a Toyota Sera, or modify my doors to make it open up like that..

   

  

   

  
  wah swee leh. nv see before sia..

  really classic car.. just do it!

• sinicker

  18 Mar 10, 08:41

  toyota sera!!! love the doors. go for it if you can... but use the car for a year or two only lah.... lol.

• p228

  18 Mar 10, 14:09

  Originally posted by sinicker:

  toyota sera!!! love the doors. go for it if you can... but use the car for a year or two only lah.... lol.

  I am still thinking lah.. If i get the car, I will extend COE for another 10 years and drive till the COE expire, and then maybe continue driving or keep it intact , as a sourvenir.

  

• lianamaster

  19 Mar 10, 22:54

  Originally posted by Archimedes:

  My monthly income is 3k. Is it enough to buy and maintain second hand Toyotal altis (~3 years old)?

  It should be ok if you do your sums properly.

• mh2

  29 Mar 10, 18:33

  have you gotten your car yet?