Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!
This post will be pinned in this community so you can always find it, and will stay for about a week until replaced by the next one.
It’s for talking about anything that might not justify a full post. For example:
- Something interesting that happened to you
- Something humourous that happened to you
- Something frustrating that happened to you
- A quick question
- A request for recommendations
- Pictures of your pet
- A picture of a cloud that kind of looks like an elephant
- Anything else, there are no rules (except the rule)
So how’s it going?
Hmm possibly. A quick look on budget rentals and it seems you’re looking at $1000 a week for a big SUV or $5-600 for the mid-sized SUVs or any other car.
I don’t remember if I’ve ever hired a car, I assume you pay for your own fuel?
Both our parents and most of our extended family live hours away so we probably spend 3 weeks and 5-10 weekends (usually 3 day weekends) a year away. Some years it’s more. If that’s $5k a year on rentals and you still pay for your own fuel I’m not sure it would be cheaper.
We are probably a bit special though, most people probably don’t spend that long away from home if their parents are closer (or really far away - whether horizontally or vertically).
I also underplayed how often we use the car. It’s used probably a couple of times a week for short trips, but only because sometimes my wife and I need to do different things at the same time.