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Right before my husband and I met online, his car got totaled. Because it wasn't worth much, but he had just made the last payment on it, he wasn't able to keep driving it. Instead, he immediately had to take out another car loan. Buying a used car also includes having to get everything fixed that the previous owners didn't do that caused them to sell the car.
What does distracted driving have to do with him having to spent over $3,000 for a used car? He was driving through town, and was at a stoplight. He looked in his rear view mirror and he saw someone speeding towards him with her fact looking down at a cell phone. She readily admitted she was texting.
I can't tell you how often we think back and wish her text could have waited. Instead of having a car that was paid off and an asset, we have had so many car expenses. In retrospect, it would have been better for him to have bought a better car as many times as his has been in the shop. Yet, I know we are lucky that the only cost to us because of a distracted driver was financial.