is it really worth it to own a car, instead of just renting a car when you need one?

I doubt you can accumulate 291 $ of car rental costs / month if the prices are similar to Taiwan

god that place looks borring

https://www.reddit.com/r/CCJ2/comments/896ujz/can_we_get_a_living_in_china_protips_thread_going/

lol

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what is that subreddit lol

some sort of /r/china circlejerk subreddit or something

mostly just expats saying how siht china is though

lo

expats?

people who move to china or anywhere else other than their home country

most average new burger cars are 16k

they usually have all the bells and whistles, power windows, etc

Most expensive car I've ever had was a Fiat Punto for 3k ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

But the, cars are a status symbol in China, and in most of Asia

(and I think Americans also consider cars to be a status symbol, much more than Europeans do)

in london you still see cheap cars in expensive houses

lol

so yeah i guess

I've seen both that and vice versa

200% in america, half the people you walk by are talking about cars

i felt that in america merely *having* a car wasn't seen as a status symbol

anyone could buy a car

but having two or more cars and a nice suburban home was the "dream"

the brand wasn't necessarily indicative of wealth, people with money would happily drive a toyota because it just worked

and it was totally possible to get a used BMW for cheap

though it'd be putting on the years

unlike the rest of the world, having a car in america is often a matter of survival, since it's so big and public transportation often very lacking outside of the biggest metropolitan areas

the folk with money or the ability to refurbish cars would have a beater car for daily driving, from what i saw usually a honda/toyota/asian brand, and then they'd have a nicer car that they'd baby and take out less often

compare to here, where just being able to afford *one* car as well as a space to park it in

on top of luxury brands being even more expensive due to heavy taxes

@red thanks for the explanation. I noticed one thing by the way: some car owners, put a blue D with the EU sign behind the license plate in Taiwan. Mostly on German cars, is it some kind of show off that they have a German car or does it have another meaning?

I'll have to ask about that.

Like that, you know what I mean? Did you see them, too?

I've heard that license plates that start with an R are supposedly registered under a company

and are usually there to dodge the taxes associated with importing a luxury car

I haven't independently verified that though

But did you notice people putting those Ds behind the plate? I have seen a lot especially in the larger cities Taipei / Kaohsiung

And, unfortunately, no, I have not noticed.