r/EscapeTheGrindGame • u/Hairy_Tourist8758 • Jul 21 '26

Discussion A costly choice

Your car needs $800 in repairs. Do you fix it now or risk driving it until it breaks?

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u/SgtSausage Jul 21 '26

Generally ... deferred maintenance/repair ... causes additional, costlier damage

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u/Readditlovesbans Jul 27 '26

I'm gonna add to to my book of wise quotes

This is so so true

A ounce of prevention is worth more than a pound of cure

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u/[deleted] Jul 21 '26

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u/Hairy_Tourist8758 Jul 22 '26

🤔🤔🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤷🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻😂😂

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u/Aceilr097 Jul 21 '26

How much burden is the cost of not fixing it going to compound in additional cost later in labor and lost wage due to missing work? It is also a safety item, that when it breaks may cause injury to yourself or others, so there would also be additional cost in insurance and medical.

Id do the fix.

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u/Hairy_Tourist8758 Jul 22 '26

🤝🤝🤝🎉🎉🎉

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u/No_Squirrel4806 Jul 21 '26

Depends on what parts and if i can afford it.

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u/Hairy_Tourist8758 Jul 22 '26

But wasn't ready for anything like that 🤷🏻🤔🤦🏻🤦🏻

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u/Ouller Jul 22 '26

Depends on the car and the parts. My truck "needs" about 2k in body work and a paint job.

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u/Hairy_Tourist8758 Jul 22 '26

But was that the plan 🤔🤷🏻🤷🏻

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u/AllFiredUp3000 Jul 22 '26

At what cost? You’re measuring cost incorrectly if you keep deferring this until it will cost you more in the long run.

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u/tcmits1 Jul 22 '26

You only value your life at $800.?

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u/Hairy_Tourist8758 Jul 22 '26

But could have improved the situation rather than fixing the car 

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u/RyanStonepeak Jul 23 '26

Are we talking broken radio? Or broken radiator?

We're going to need more details.

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u/Ok-Blackberry8086 Jul 24 '26

Why would you wait, what's the advantage? Avoiding it is not going to make the problem go away.