IS BUYING A CAR WORTH IT?
When we’re young, we just assume certain things will happen as we get older. We’ll own our home, we’ll get married and have kids, we’ll go on lots of holidays and have the career of our dreams, and we’ll have a car. Most of us imagine buying our first car as soon as we are able. But, the realities of adult life are often a little different.
Firstly, not many of us can afford to buy a car when we are 17 and legally allowed to drive. Even if we could afford the car, driving lessons, insurance and tax make it much more difficult. Many teenagers choose to wait. They want to have fun nights out drinking with their friends, not wanting to become the designated drivers and are unable to afford the associated costs of a car. So it gets put off. It’s all too common to find that even if we’ve passed our tests, we’re approaching 30 without a car of our own. At which point, you might be asking yourself if buying one now is really cost-effective? Or if we’d be better off without. Here are some of the things to ask yourself to help you make the decision.
