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6 Responses to “Back to the old grind”

1. Todd Jordan
   September 5th, 2006 at 4.54 pm ♥

   

   Val,
   You sound like you need prayers, some sleep, and a few days of alone time. Barring the last two, I heartily recommend something else too since your married. (wink)

   I’m sad for you and yours too. Wish there was something I could do to help directly, but I’ll do up some prayers for you, and if you don’t mind, may I ask my men’s group to pray for your family.

   Note to self: in the upcoming months when I’m dragged about that same round trip, be sure to remind my wife how much she should appreciate me. :)

   Hugs, take care Val. Keep us posted.

2. anneberit
   September 6th, 2006 at 6.51 am ♥

   

   I don’t balance my checkbook (since I don’t have any…), but I’m usually afraid when I log on to my bank to check if there is any money left to pay the bills I hold in my hand….

   15000 miles is like 24000 kilometers and is around what I drive a year. If I haven’t been back home to often, though, since it’s 1015 kilometers for each trip… But you know, new cars are wonder to drive and I guess the roads at your place is a bit more pleasant to drive that the ones around here ;) Do you really have to buy the car if it’s over the limit??

3. Val
   September 6th, 2006 at 9.23 am

   

   Thanks, Todd. :) Just curious, how far is your round trip?

   Thankfully, Steve was able to ride with one of his friends from down here. Thankfully, they’re currently working together. And thankfully, tomorrow is not his turn to drive to school (he drove last week). Well at least today works out since I have to be at business meeting tonight. Have to. :P

   Anne: 15,000 does sound like a lot until you start filling it up so fast. Last week, S was upset about our mileage and I had to say, “what do you expect?” We live out here where we do and a drive to church is 60 miles round trip. It adds up really quickly, especially when sometimes we have to make that trip twice in a day or three times a week, etc. (Though usually it is once a week.) And my in-law’s are a 20 mile round trip. Walmarts range from 50 to 60 mile round trips… etc. It adds up very fast.
   Now, how the lease works. We don’t have to buy the vehicle, we can either buy it, trade it back in for another, or turn it in and “walk away.” The last two options will put that mileage limit on and if we’re over we pay 15¢ a mile. Just think, at this rate, though, we will be at, what, 40,000 miles at turn in? Approximately. That would be a penalty of $6,000. That is just completely psycho. On the other hand, you can buy more miles to use for the year, but we did not realize that at the time we worked out what we’d be paying and to add that on before closing the deal would have made our monthly payments go up. Now, if you buy the vehicle when the lease ends, they say you’ve already paid for over half of it because interest is very small, and then you don’t have to pay the mileage penalties. So mileage is irrelevant if you buy.
   My plan is to buy it, this is what I’ve had in mind all along. My first car was purchased when I was 9 months old, and by the time I got it was, what, 16 years old? We had that until a couple of years into our marriage. In other words, I believe in making a vehicle last as long as possible. :) Sure, a new vehicle every two years would be nice, but I see that as a never ending payment and that freaks me out, especially if there is no problems with the vehicle at that time, why trade it in? So Steve keeps saying things like, we’ll buy it if we can afford it, and I say we’ll have to afford it – it’s cheaper than leasing again or turning it in and paying mileage penalties, and we have to have a vehicle!
   Okay, in closing to my book here, and answer to your question: no, we don’t have to buy it at all, but I would rather! :)

4. anneberit
   September 6th, 2006 at 11.44 am ♥

   

   Hehe, thanks for the book :D
   I agree with you, seems like the very best idea is to buy it. I guess the mileage show how much you both love to drive it, so why part with it now.

   My car is only 11 years and I hope it has many years to go ;) And when taking the total mileage (or kilometers as we use around here…or mil=10 kilometers) subtract the kilometers the previous owner drove and then divide with 8 – and then dada: I drive about 16000 miles each year :D

   A friend of me once told me “owning a car is just expenses” – she is so right, but we got to have them living in rural area. So there.

   Hugs

5. Christine
   September 13th, 2006 at 1.32 pm

   

   You couldn’t skip the reunion this time around? I’m sure they would have understood….

6. Val
   September 13th, 2006 at 2.08 pm

   

   No, this was the only time around.