I moved from one Canadian province to another. Took my car with me. I notice there are a LOT of new car dealerships. I mean, far more than I would think the local economy could support. The main highway just literally has miles of them, they are everywhere.
I calculated there is about 1 car DEALERSHIP per 700 people. With these huge lots, packed with new cars. 0% financing and balloon payments. I used to think anyone who buys a new car is a moron unless they can afford to pay cash.
So anyway I needed an inspection. Emissions are fine. Car runs fine – 2004 + new motor, and I keep it serviced. It just has some rust. I don't mean it's rusted out, I mean there are some spots and bubbled paint. The only reason it HAS rust is that the city I used to live in sprayed salt every day on the roads, and I only had street parking. Which was another pile of bullshit.
So anyway the car fails the inspection due to rust spots. That's it. Rust. Spots. Will cost about $2000 to fix (all body shops in the city are absurdly overpriced GEE I WONDER WHY).
This is on top of the new plates, registration, and all of that. So I should throw away a perfectly fine working automobile with no mechanical problems whatsoever and about probably less than 20k miles on the new motor due to body rust that the government caused in the first place? Should I give up my car?
I'm just a working man, trying to live my life. This shit is strangling me.