three cars in the family

we have joined this small band of people in singapore whose families own three cars. this kind of ownership is not uncommon in countries like australia or even in malaysia but it is a rarity in land scarce singapore where a car is a major commitment on your expenditure.

ivy drives a kia rio, lay bee has just bought a toyota yaris and i drive a honda civic. my 1.6 civic vti is due for its first inspection in august this year. ivy bought her hatchback kia a few months after i had my honda. lay bee just collected her red car over the weekend.

ivy's kia is a 1.4 manual, laybee's, a 1.5 auto and mine is a 1.6 auto. ivy paid about s$18 000 (aus$14 000) cash for her korean made car. i paid $87 000 for my black honda civic, (which could be considered a bargain compared to the $103 000 which i paid for the predecessor, a1.5 honda civic). lay bee's yaris cost around $58 000.

we do not really need more than one car at home, and ivy does not really need a car to commute between the place she lives and the place of study. monash university is just across the road from her townhouse. we are paying too much for the convenience.