Comments on: The day I said goodbye to my car https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/ Content Marketing and Social Media Agency in Singapore Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.6 By: Teo https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-95952 Fri, 30 Dec 2016 08:05:53 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-95952 How I see it, car can be one of the worst expenditures an individual can have in this modern society.

The situation is similar when it comes to real estate industry as well. People will prefer renting over buying or investing which is why my team and myself developed Roomz.asia, an easy room rental platform https://roomz.asia/.

We trully believe this is the future of real estate industry as well as Uber and Grab are in Malaysia. Especially lately, I met more and more people who say it pays off more for them to uber to work than use their personal transportation.

What do you think?

Cheers!

Teo

]]> By: skalosies acasa https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-93999 Thu, 24 Nov 2016 15:55:00 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-93999 I am sorry for your loss buddy!!
take another one. Toyota maybe…

]]> By: francis https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28696 Mon, 06 Jul 2015 01:15:37 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28696 Great sharing, I gave up my car and opt for a folding bike as my ma8n mode of transport since 2004. At that time, the main trigger for the change was health concern. I wanted to do a bit of exercise everyday to keep fit. Happy to say it has been the most rewarding “investment” I had made so far. I get back my health, keep $500,000 in my pocket instead of burning it away, motivated my friends to cycle to work and saved tons of CO2 from polluting our city.

]]> By: Walter https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28620 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 03:34:00 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28620 In reply to Michael.

Hi Michael,

In my case, I got $80 for the scrap metal and plastics at the scrap yard. I also get back my residual PARF (Preferential Additional Registration Fee)/COE of a few thousand dollars back from the Land Transport Authority. Unfortunately, my car isn’t popular and there is no resale value. 🙁 You can find out more at LTA’s One Motoring website here.

]]> By: Walter https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28619 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 03:30:08 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28619 In reply to hushpuppy.

I used to ride a scooter and a small motorcycle myself before I bought a car. Unfortunately, two wheelers are not very tenable now in view of the high cost of COE, plus the fact that I can’t ferry my family anyway. 🙁

]]> By: Walter https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28618 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 03:29:19 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28618 In reply to Tim Richards.

Yes, definitely with the price of cars and convenience in Singapore. Of course, we have to plan our journeys a little more in advance, but I guess its ok. Yes, have always been quite amazed at how you guys did it. 🙂

]]> By: Walter https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28617 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 03:28:23 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28617 In reply to Prakash.

Well, I’m currently trying out my first weekend without a car. Took buses back home from my parent’s place last night. Not too bad I would say, but we were fortunate that the buses arrived just in time.

]]> By: Walter https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28616 Sun, 05 Jul 2015 03:27:40 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28616 In reply to HappyOnABus.

Haha, glad that it has helped bring some light to a grave situation. 🙂

]]> By: Michael https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28580 Sat, 04 Jul 2015 01:36:02 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28580 Sorry, not familiar with this scrapping car thingy.
Does it mean you get $0 from the car after being scrapped?
or what’s the percentage did you get back from the original price?
Are you able to take any parts of the car for reselling them?

]]> By: hushpuppy https://stg.coolerinsights.com/2015/06/the-day-i-said-goodbye-to-my-car/#comment-28518 Fri, 03 Jul 2015 08:58:22 +0000 http://coolerinsights.com/?p=4394#comment-28518 i switched to 2 wheels instead, just to retain that convenience which we are all so used to, at least that is the affordable option for me.

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