Questions tagged [maintenance]
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How can I tell if buying a cheaper car will end up costing me more?
Cars can be very expensive, so it seems like a good place to save money. However, I worry that getting a car that is too cheap, especially if buying used, may end up costing me more in maintenance, gas, etc.
What should I be looking out for in order…
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Should I lease, buy new, or buy used?
I'm looking for an answer based on quality (they don't make 'em like they used to), price (are new cars even worth the $), and/or reliability/low maintenance (where leasing is attractive) which option makes the most sense. I'm not asking what to…
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How to decide whether to replace or repair?
My car has apparently has a blown head gasket...
The options at this point are basically:
put $5k into an 8 year old car with 120k mi that is otherwise in good shape (with a 2 year warranty on the new engine), or
spend $15k on a newer (used) car --…
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Zero cash buying power, what would margin maintenance be?
I have $0 cash buying power but have loads of margin buying power because of my current marginable securities. If I make a margin trade for any amount does that mean I have 0% equity in that position and my maintenance level would be at the exact…
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How to budget for home maintenance
Does anyone have any good ideas/estimates/sources for how my wife and I should budget for upkeep of the flat we've just bought and moved into.
Most of the "hidden costs of home ownership" articles are actually about things like paying utilities…
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Am I entitled to get a maintenance loan?
I have an conditional offer from a university, course starting in September 2014. I have the UK nationality, but have only lived there for one year (I left when I was about one year old), and am now living in France. I have called Student Finance…
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Maintenance requirement
I just deposited $600 in my TD Ameritrade account. I bought three stocks for $545. On the box it says $195 maintenance required.
Does that mean that I have to deposit an additional $195?
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Used car with lower TCO
I'm looking at trying to save money by purchasing and driving a used car. However, I have no idea where to start other than the realization that the total cost of ownership is far more than just the purchase price of the car - insurance, fuel, and…
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Weekly upkeep fund for cars, quantification thereof
My colleague in the states has the typical suburban collection of three cars in their family household
a fairly new used car (a few yrs old; no factory warranty left)
2x $5000 range used cars
after I got over telling him he spends too much on…
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