For those wanna buy car but no $

last SG · 2005-09-23T21:06:52+00:00

like john mayner keanes once said in the long run , we are all dead

linzhiling SG

Hey guys,

This is just a suggestion - if you need a car regularly, but worried about high FC, petrol costs, insurance, tax, season parking, depreciation, lousy market etc etc why not try car sharing like me?

NTUC Car Coop is very cheap, $50 a year, and only $8 an hour for new cars like Vios, Colt and even alfa romeo 147 ($12), somemore the petrol and insurance all included inside!

Last time for my corolla I was paying $900++ a month, inclusive of petrol and season parking. Now with this I only pay ard $300 plus (and I use it regularly), you guys can check up the website at www.carcoop.com.sg

Either way, I'm enjoying my lifestyle now! Ha ha have $500++ to spend every month, buy more cosmetics and clothes and shoes Wink

Any other Car Coop users please let me know your views too, cheers Smile

sgboy2004 SG

wow, but mi no car licence Sad

uhbaden SG

Based on your monthly expenditure, you are using the car everyday of the month for about 1 hour each day? Can do that meh?

alberteinstein SG

dunno leh. some people like to say car coop better than owning car. Last time got a colleague always say about saving up for retirment blah blah blah...
then he will psycho my gal say buy car waste money. Car coop so much better, so conveneient(what's the convenient??). Dunnit pay petrol , parking so and so. Sian until my gal also very admire him like all his words are words of wisdom.
abit side track, but back to the point, car coop got its good point and that is save money for people who dun use car regularly. But is it more convenient than having a car?? I doubted dso..

seancannot SG

It works unless the carcoop under your void deck carpark ..is stupid to take a transport to travel all the way to get the car , have to book also , during peak period u may not get the car,

yr personal car anytime u can just zoom off of cos at a price

alwayshere SG

I even heard before that some people pump free petrol for their “own car” .

uhbaden SG

Wah lao damn hate this kind of bugger. You should counter his claims by working out the disadvantages of Co-op by evaluating it with dollar and cents value. Then your gal will admire you for thinking with logic.

ShutterBug SG

Not enough money, DON'T buy car.

Save yourself the misery.

Even when you do have the income power, owning a car in Singapore is like using a pail with a hole in it that can grow bigger each day to fetch water with.

revvieeee SG

Yes I agree with you, owning a car is a luxury , not a necessity. The Malaysians are laughing at us paying so much for a piece of "paper" (COE).

drumstick SG

Agree with you on this... if you really count the overall cost of a car if convert to US dollars.... u can practically buy 2 cars in most of the countries around the world. Just imagine... In SG you buy a Beemer 7.45 .. for that price you go to US can buy a ferrari... Arrgghh.. stewpig Gah von ment... sucking our blood...
Making cars so ex... those that really need car for work 1 ar.. cham ar...

zenixth SG

How regulary is regulary? Everyday?

uhbaden SG

Please lah...if gahment dun step in, Singapore's road will become like bangkok...Then I believe by that time the general Singaporeans will complain why gahment never try to control the cars on the road.... So which one you want leh?

linzhiling SG

Not everyday, I use it around 2,3 times a week to go shopping or travelling. Else I take MRT cos it's near my place. Everytime I use is around 3 -6 hours. The first hour might be $8, but the subsequent hours go for $6/hr, so cheaper is i book for longer hours. They give me 10km free for each hour, so if I book for 6 hours, I get 60Km free - the cost ard $38, everything included (except cashcard and coupons of course). Smile

ppinkpponk SG

hyperwan SG

Wah thats a 1bhp car.

skthk SG

[quote]Originally posted by revvieeee:

Yes I agree with you, owning a car is a luxury , not a necessity. The Malaysians are laughing at us paying so much for a piece of "paper" (COE).[/quote
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I think they also laugh at us doing NS, RT.

Kennerve SG

Owning car is good to an extend for convenience la.. But if you are talking abt price.. Sure loose out to countries like Hong Kong and US la.. But if i never remember wrongly.. Hong Kong.. the price of cars is dirt cheap.. Where the price of a 7 series mercs gets you a Ferrari there..

But the parking there is hell of an expensive.. Is count by parking lots.. So there are its pros and cons here..

Anyway, back to topic.. Car sharing has a minimum age of 23 to rent the car. If you are a P plate holder, you will need to put a deposit.. (P plate after 23 I mean)..

It is only good for those who requires the use of cars urgently for a particular event or activity.. Than it will be worth it.. but if you are talking about long term usuage.. Doing the proper calculations.. I think the cost will be higher than the normal monthly payment of a car.

Gent-X SG

eh...in the first place, coe was implement to discourage people to own a car.....then they put erp all over the place....still got jam what

singcarpour SG

One quick question:

Is the car number plate of these Co-op cars different from the on-the-road cars? Like if it has a special color or different pre-fix.

linzhiling SG

Nope.The plates are private plates, just like any other car you see on the road. There is only a small NTUC sticker on the windscreen, harly noticeable. Wink