Personal Narrative: Saving For The Right Car In High School

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Saving for the Right Car in High School Saving for the right car in high school isn’t the easiest task for most students. Between having an online business, and the stupid spending that comes along with online gaming and micro-transactions, nevertheless I was able to get a car, but it was not a hop and a skip. There are some things that I needed to change before obtaining the goal of getting a car. First was my spending when it came to online transactions. Second is choosing what car was right for me. Third was making enough profits from my online business to even think about buying a car (applying myself more to my online business). Fourth was finding the insurance plan (some people base what vehicle they purchase just on how much this will cost.). Spending can be something that is hard to cut down on, the way I went for it was that I asked myself if I actually needed it. My online gaming made it quite difficult to buy a vehicle, the temptation of buying extra in game add-ons was quite …show more content…

I needed a vehicle that was the right balance of reliability and low cost. The first place that I went to go look was my family members, my grandparents had stopped driving and my parents had an extra car now. The car was a 2008 kia rio base package, I actually did not want the car when I first saw it because the lack of options on the inside. The car had no Powered insides, No power windows, power locks, and had a smell of old person/death. Nevertheless it was the best option for me because my parents only wanted $500, the price was right. Another bonus that was with purchasing this car was it was $8,000 therefore insurance was cheap. Other places that I did look before I did buy was Kelly Blue Book, This is a tool to tell you the value of the car and the features that the car has. I would check craigslist also to see if anyone nearby has a reliable vehicle for sale. Insurance is a big thing

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