<prompt> Human: I posted 73 days ago about buying a second car for the summer. My wife and I only have one car since we work at the same place. However, this summer she worked four hours away. We wanted to see each other on our weekends, and I needed a vehicle for my commute. We looked at our options and turned to this subreddit. We considered renting long term, however, the estimates were around 2,000 for two months plus gas on top of that. We considered ZipCar but that is only effective for getting around a city for a day every once in awhile, and not for traveling out of state. Ride-sharing and Greyhound could have worked but it would have been extra work for my wife to pick me up from the bus depot which was two hours away from her summer job site. Plus, my commute to and from work would have cost around 14day with a 60 round trip ticket on the greyhound each week. Not to mention I would have needed a ride to get groceries and go out every once in a while. Going to work five days a week plus taking the Greyhound over the course of two months would have come out to at least 1,040. After considering all of our options, we took a bit of a gamble and purchased a car for 1800. We found a used 2000 Dodge Durango that had 128,246 Miles on it. The car had some rust on the front bumper from northern winters, but was in great shape. After the purchase, we registered the car in our name for 104. The battery was 10 years old so we replaced that for 110. The camshaft and crankshaft senders both were replaced for 171. We purchased two oil changes at 29 a piece. Gas cost about 70 a week. 30 a month for insurance When considering maintenance, gas. and everything else we spent about 1,063. Once my wifes summer job was over, we listed the car on Craigslist, Cars.com, and Facebook for 2000. Facebook was the best site for listing. All of our most serious offers came from here. Cars.com sent me two scammers requesting the vehicle. We got 2000 in cash so we made a little money on our investment. We used that money to pay for our student fees and also put a little into our savings account. So we made a little money on the car and everything at the end costed around 863 180010632863-2000 863. In the end, it was nice having the freedom of two cars, but there was some anxiety to doing this. I knew that the car needed some repairs, it was just a matter of when and how much would they cost. The process of selling also took some time meeting with a variety of potential buyers. Overall, we hopefully wouldnt have to do this again. Assistant: A guy I know did the same thing for a summer between classes while living out of state. The key and risk is buying a very low cost car and hoping nothing catastrophic happens within that time frame. Would you say it was a lot of hassle buying and selling the car?Human: Buying was easy and selling took two days to complete. Honestly, and I dont mean this the wrong way, but you feel poor having to constantly worry about if your transportation is going to always be working.  <response>: Can confirm I worry about both our cars, both have over 160,000 miles and both have some issues it makes me feel very poor. 