CAR vs A nice HOLIDAY

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CAR vs A nice HOLIDAY

This year I am thinking about taking a holiday, but I am also thinking about buying a car too. Buying both would not be a smart move, financially. I have never owned a car before so the insurance premiums are going to be high. But having a car would add a little bit to my cool factor, unlike a holiday.

Mind you I have not had a holiday for some time now, since I went with a social group to Sweden. I am too old go with that social group because I am too old (20 –30 years). If I was to go on holiday, I would have to go alone and that would scare me a lot because I might become very depressed, this often happens even when I go up to London to buy stuff like books. My workmates say that if I go on the right holiday, I would meet many people there, unlike her in London where they are too busy to stop and talk. In this case, it would not be wise to go to big cities like NY or Hong Kong; one of the cities I would like to go.

On the subject of getting a car, at some point in my life I would need to work on my driving experience and my no claims bonus. So I can buy a newer, and cooler car without the insurance premiums going though the roof. I will start of getting a low insurance car like a Skoda Felicia.

Buy car, go on road trip. Why do you need to visit another country at all? 'Meeting people' who live in bizarre parts of the world that you won't be able to see when you go home - what's the point? Some cool stories, a few pictures and a sore bank balance. Maybe some regional illness or adverse reaction to the local water supply to go along with your adventure. Woo! I love puking in foreign toilets, don't you?

I've noticed in your posts that "cool factor" is a big thing with you. I can certainly understand that, and don't denigrate that at all.

However, I am wondering if you believe that having a high "cool factor" will suddenly make you into Mr. Popularity/Personality (which, since I don't know you I can't say you aren't now, it's a wild guess)?

Much like women of a certain age (my age!) who think that if they botox their foreheads and have their bottoms sucked free of fat that this will suddenly make their otherwise miserable lives perfect - it just doesn't happen that way.

I've known some "cool" people in my time. But they weren't the stereotypical type of cool. They were maybe brilliant, or funny, or had done something wonderful (I'm talking real doable here - like volunteering at a children's hospital). Usually tho, it was just their outlook on life. They maybe had bad hair, drove a crappy car, but they had a joy about them.

Cool can be a lot of things. But cars and cell phones, rust and become obsolete very quickly, leaving you scrambling for the new cool thing constantly.

Just my .02

Believe me, cars aren't as great as they're cracked up to be. I've got two, primarily because I live in suburbia, and our city has only a minimal public transit system...a car is a necessity. I've got an old chevy van for doing work, like hauling lumber back from Home Depot, moving band equipment in, and that sort of stuff. I've got a SAAB 900 convertible too that I do most of my driving in. I imagine the car has a fair amount of "cool factor" since it is a European car, and it's a ragtop. I figure if I gotta drive, that I oughta do it in something I'm going to enjoy driving, versus getting fatigued behind the wheel

Neither vehicle has ever done absloutely anything for me as far as my social life goes. Yea, a few people comment that my SAAB's a cool car, but that's about as far as it goes. Both vehicles have been very reliable, but they still need service and P.M. every so often. There's also insurance and gasoline. Both vehicles have long been paid for, so I don't have any monthly loan payments. It's still safe to say though that they drain on average about $200-$300 out of my wallet every month. What do they get me in life outside of a way to get from point A to point B...well, lots of stress and aggrivation dealing with traffic, bad drivers, poorly engineered roads, etc

My live would be much nicer if I could just walk down to the corner bus stop or subway station, and go anywhere I want to...letting someone ELSE do the driving, while I sit back and enjoy tunes on my I-pod.

For woman as they get older, their social lives begin to ming, they lose contact with friends who often get married and guess what! they lose their looks and they notice the man stop giving them the eye. Also there is a smaller pool of singles at their age to choose from.

They need all the botox their foreheads, and fat from the ass to get that man of their dreams, they also need the right attitude .I know that many NT woman have while potentially socially gifted, have an unhealthy attitude towards life.

In a way, I should be grateful that my situation is getting better with the social knowledge and experience I am getting. The many middle aged NT woman feel the sun is going down on them. Many must feel if no one wanted them while their at their prime then no one is going to have them when they begin to ming.

To stay attractive sometime require you to fight for every inch of attractiveness inner and outer beauty and if there is a single factor then only adds 2% to your total attractiveness, you should fight to get it.

I would much rather have a nice holiday because I can't drive a car.

I'd go to London 20 times, before I'd get a Car and a License. That's just me, though.

Get a new rolls royce phantom.