Showing posts with label My Car. Show all posts
Showing posts with label My Car. Show all posts

Saturday, March 21, 2009

Inkaar To 'Car'

Those who follow business news might be aware that Car Sales increased in India in the month of February. Incidentally 3 of my colleagues also bought their 'dream' cars in this month. Below are few reasons i feel why i should not join them:
1. Even now i had a hangover of the book 'Rich Dad Poor Dad' which says - 'Buy Assests First Before Buying Liabilities'. It says anything that you need to spend money for its maintenance is a liability and i agree that Car will be a liability for me as of now. I dont want to get in this 'rat race' of buying liabilities and then slogging to maintain them.
2. I always feel buying car is easy, but maintaining it is expensive.
3. Compared to a car, i can easily be fast by 5-10 minutes with my 2-wheeler.
4. Pollution & Traffic - One day i was trying to enter into my office in the evening hours when everyone is leaving office. And to my surprise i found that there is no way i can enter the office in those hours. I just cant, i need to park my vehicle somewhere on the road and walk. When i was about to curse the infrastructure of this 'millenium city' called Gurgaon, i noticed that 90% of the cars have only 1 person in it. Why cant they try 'Car Pooling' ?
5. One more reason i dont want to buy a car is just for the sake of 'peer pressure'. Everyone else got a car, so should i ! I am not falling in this trap.
6. Once my sister joked that i dont need a 'car', but i need a 'cycle' so that i can be 'fit'. I think she has a point.
7. Its a fancy for some people to buy a car and just hit the road. I dont know why i am not that 'into' the 'buying' or 'owning' part though i love travelling.

I dont mean that i will not buy car forever, but i will definitely buy when there is a need and hopefully an 'asset' which can take care of its maintenance on a regular basis. As of now, I am thinking of buying a 'cool' bicycle. Lets see..