Good Morning!

up to you @Historylover re car . they are very expensive these days ie rego/insurance/RAC then petrol plus licence , but doesnt stop me lol. I was car-less prob 5 years twice. requires being in city and different mindset re time when catching buses. Uber can be a good option but have to check prices they multiply in peak hour

Anyway , good luck. hope you find something.

I'm not rushing things, @Former-Member. I know I won't get a lot of use from it, and I don't want buyer's regret. These things are costly to buy and to run.

I know, @TAB. It's a big decision. I've made enquiries re price, registration and insurance. I sold my last one because I didn't get a lot of use out of it. I still walked everywhere for exercise anyway, but things get more difficult as we get older. There has to be some pleasure in life, doesn't there? I'm owed heaps!

I did see somewhere years ago there are places where you can go to protect yourself and your future investment in a vehicle @Historylover I may try and dig it out just for interest. Its so people don't buy a lemon and are afforded sufficient buyers protection

I checked the budgeting site I belong to and could not find the post I made regarding lemon cars. It was so old. But this is from CHOICE. Its extensive information. Don't want you forking out all your hard saved money for a lemon. The advice here is excellent and should protect you. I know how hard you try and save money. This advice is quite incredible. It should cover you @Historylover from buyers regret

https://www.choice.com.au/transport/cars/used/buying-guides/cars

I'm buying new if I buy, @Former-Member. I think there's a 7 year warranty.

Ah ok. Did not know what market you were in @Historylover

Thanks for the thought, @Former-Member. It will just be a small car to do my shopping in—a larger model shopping trolley. Thinking about it. No rush.

Thats nice. I don't think I could afford the cost of a vehicle with its maintenance and running costs. I prefer being without one as the last car I had just sat in my driveway @Historylover. I seem to get by somehow

I know, @Former-Member. Mine last one did 14 000km in 8 years. It was like new. But my life was different then and, I thought, going in a different direction. I'll never have a home of my own and going without everything so that my estranged daughters get an untouched inheritance doesn't seem fair to me. I just don't know. I know it will make my budget very tight so there's a lot to weigh up. But going out is such a task these days. I'm just so darned tired.