you have $1000 but your car needs $750 repairs and the Water heater needs replaced, ($600) what do you do?

Replace the damn car.

On credit, XD

borrow someone else's car or swap out hot water heaters

Because that's how consumerism works.

credit and new car aren't options

hence the question

XD. Sorry, had to be a smartass.

lol; understood

they arent really on credit are they?

you get what i mean, don't think most of the kiddies do

least not credit cards

most new cars are on payment plans these days

couple hundred a month

Oh, absolutely- gotta find a solution to the problem at hand.

the POINT of the excercise is to work within the contraints of the problem

@BabaBooey imagine thinking that all ppl are the same lul

Yeah, and the implication is that vehicles are available etc..

i already stated explictly 'how much money' so that is a fixed var

lol

relying on unprovided information for your problem is retarded

fix car, take cold showers, stop eating out, fix water heater a couple weeks later.

yup, exactly... some terms are given explcitly; others you can go outside the box

you can just gt a gym membership and take showers there

too many academics when give a problem with no solution just 'freeze'

Though, honestly, when I ran into a similar issue, my practical solution was to run said line of credit- and when it was discovered that my credit wasn't well enough established, find a resource that could cosign until that was rectified.

yoiu can also rent cars

for pretty cheap

Rentals add up real fast, though.

Rent cars?

Lol

they don't check each assumption for tolerance in order to find a bandaid long enough for the next permanant fix

'no money avail'

see, luci keeps going back to the 'explict' rather than implict

Yeah, and for the interim, until I did have the minute to go for the car, I rented.

youre the one that didnt say when the next money would come in lol

Yeah, rentals are good for a couple days at a time, but if you were to rent a car instead of buying or leasing it, you'd end up spending $1000+ per month for the cheapest vehicle available

that demonstrates an inability to accept the requirements of reality

and youre attacking me for making assumptions based on the lack of information you provided

for long-term

Because I was limited on borrowed vehicles.