4 May 08
05.05.08 (1:57 am) [edit]I've been thinking about getting a car, either shared or buy one myself. Cars here are cheap, really cheap. A second hand car can be as cheap as $2,000-$4,000 and a better and newer car would be about $10,000. Also a new Volvo C30 is between $40,000-$50,000 cheap right. Though not that I got alot of cash to spare but then again I don't mind taking this opportunity to try to own something big and learn to maintain it. Treat it like a 1st hand experience with an old car, so when I get back to SG it would be better for me when I get my 1st car. The first problem I have here is sharing or fully-owned. There are four of us staying here so if share cost would naturally be 4 of us but I would not ask my Baobei to pay and they said three of us share. Then again only 2 of us can drive, why should Brown be paying for a share. Even if he does not mind, maybe I do. I would not let him drive that car, unless he passed is license in SG or gets a learner/provisional license here. I only trust whatever is on paper, so a qualified license would be minimum not his character. If someone possess a license how can you not let him drive, but if anything happens then the fault would be negligence not qualification. If someone can drive but without the paper, if anything happens then the consequences would be more severe. The second problem I have is cash, well technically like my Baobei had mentioned before, I'm in debt. Meaning every single penny I have should be used wisely to reduce the amount I would borrow from Citibank or use to pay other costs of education I might incur during these times. So if three people share is relatively cheap, two people share then its not that cheap, and if fully-owned needless to say. I guess here are many more things I need to consider before I make up my mind, but buying a car now here is earlier the better. Maybe will just wait for a good deal. Maybe will worry about that after my exams, got the timetable, not fixed but still more or less, 7,12,13 & 20 Jun. Got some days in between to study I guess will be fine =).