re: #208 thedopefishlives

One of the biggest differences in my budget was when I was able to afford an upgrade to the Fishmobiles. Getting newer or more reliable vehicles (the Mrs. Fish’s Town Car is older than her previous ride, but has a much higher reliability threshold as a fleet vehicle) has really dropped my regular operating costs since I don’t have to perform major car surgery every other month.

Yup. The newer vehicles are inherently more reliable than the pre-80s ones, but they have traded off most of the DIY repairability. The fun part was watching Wifes ‘new’ van decrease in real value against my old LandRover. Right now the Rover is worth twice the 3500 I paid for it, because I can fix the thing. It costs me 30 bucks and 20 minutes to put a new fuel pump on the LR, $600 dollars the time the dealer fixed hers.