Tuesday, June 30th, 2009 at
8:49 am
I just finished my education. Not surprisingly I have no money at all and unfortunately i have no car (and i dont even have a drivers license as yet). I am thinking about getting a motor scooter instead of a car. Please take the following into account
1. There is a social angle. I just joined as a junior professor. i have to present a certain image to students and senior faculty.
2. The money issue: As a starting postdoctoral faculty member, I have a pretty meagre income of K and no raises are expected in the next 3 years at least. And after 3 years, i will have to find a real professorial job…so thats a big uncertain tossup.
4. I am not sure pledging abt ,000 for a car is such a good idea with my kind of means and future. I don’t want to buy a used car, because I have a little dream about a new car…I don’t want to strangle my dream by buying an old one. Having lived as a grad student, desperate poverty, old clothes, old books, broken houses are all so familiar…I want a departure from those horrible years…i want to buy something new.
4. Considering that this would be my first car and first license ever and I am a young single male, the insurance rates are bound to be insane.
5. As such, I have considered getting a motor scooter that costs only about 00. But I have concerns about safety and professional image.
what do you say?
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