MH>I have thought about getting a "beater" car as a spare in
case I need to do
MH>work on my main car.  I used to have the truck as my spare years ago.

Since the wife works also I used to havd a Third for many years.

MH>Personally, I enjoy driving older cars and keeping them running.  I bought m
MH>2002 Monte Carlo new with the intent of keeping it along time.  I would rath
MH>use money on the home than buying a new car every few years like some people
MH>All in personal preference, I guess.

In my car rapair years, Now gone, I did the same thing. In fact I
used to select my cars form the Consumer Rports WORST USED CAR BUY
list becasue they were even cheaper then the cars with the good
reputations. Alsm I basiclly did not buy anythiogn with less than
50,000 miles on it.
After the Audi 5000 sudden acelleration scare(Really terminally STUPID
Driver Error) and the 60 Minute report I had 2 of those and thy were
Excelent cars and saved me even more money.
We used the "Saved Money" to pay off our 30 year Home Loan in 15 Years.

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