My grandpa told me to always keep a car maintenance fund...

Back in 2019 my grandpa sat me down and said I should put $50 a month into a separate account just for car repairs. I thought it was overkill since my Honda Civic was only 5 years old at that point. But I did it anyway. Fast forward to last spring and my transmission started slipping on the highway near Nashville. Repair bill came to $1,200 and I had $1,100 in that fund from three years of saving. I had to add a little extra but it covered most of it. If I hadn't listened to him I would have been stuck putting that on a credit card. Has anyone else had an older relative give them a specific dollar amount that actually worked out?

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lisa82017d ago

Wait, your grandpa gave you a specific dollar amount and it actually lined up almost perfectly with a real repair? That's wild, grandpas are psychic or something. Three years of saving and it covered nearly all of it, that's insane luck.

miles_campbell3917d agoMost Upvoted

My buddy got a scratch off for $5 one time and won $200. He put it in his glove box and forgot about it. Found it a year later when his transmission blew and it paid for half the rebuild. Grandpas know things.