Comments on: Inundated by Unexpected Expenses

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 08 Oct 2014 20:14:42 +0000

In reply to Rachel. Yeah the car thing is pretty ridiculous, but we keep our cars forever. So buying a brand new car but holding it for 15 years doesn't seem so bad. If we flipped them every few years that would be a totally different story.

By: Taylor

Taylor — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 23:34:15 +0000

I FEEL YOUR PAIN!!! This was my first summer of self employment and my cat decided to swallow a needle costing us $3000 in medical bills and our car crapped out costing us another $1000.

Funny how the most expensive things happen when you have the least amount of money. LOL. All you can do is laugh at the irony and stay positive.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 14:21:56 +0000

Wow, why are you spending so much on cars? That seems totally avoidable – not the new car, but buying one in that range… I don’t usually comment on blogs but I wanted to challenge you to totally rethink the new car thing. 4 years ago our honda civic was stolen from our driveway and we replaced it with a 2004 Golf for 5K cash.
The maintenance of a used and older car has been only about $500/year.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:02:58 +0000

In reply to CheapMom@SimpleCheapMom.

My husband actually tried to start the furnace in advance, because he knows our unit is so old. Thank goodness he did!

We have considered buying a used car, but since we hold onto our vehicles until they call it quits we will probably buy new. You just never know what you are going to get when you turn to the used market. The Toyota was actually used but we purchased it from my parents. We’ve also bought from friends and other family members in the past, but we don’t know anyone looking to sell this time around 🙁

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 00:00:47 +0000

In reply to Kay. Ugh. That's the worst. We own two houses and had to replace both air conditioners in the same year! It was $4000 to $6000 for each!

By: CheapMom@SimpleCheapMom

CheapMom@SimpleCheapMom — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 15:14:42 +0000

You’ve had quite a bit of luck lately, haven’t you? I guess you have be thankful that you found out about the furnace before winter gets in full swing?

If you considered buying used cars?

By: Kay

Kay — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 13:51:25 +0000

I feel your pain. My expenses haven’t been as high as yours but it seems every year I have at least one big expensive. My furnance is new but my a/c is on its last leg. Cost to replace $6000 ugh!