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What are your "poor person" money life hacks? (lemmy.world)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Let's get a list going. Like with a Target debit card you can get $40 cash back and it takes 1 to 2 days to be withdraw from your checking.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Changing the oil in your car only requires a spanner, pan, and household stuff like cloth rags. You can do it in your driveway faster than you can drive it round-trip to the dealership. I’ve saved heaps over the years.

Are your car services limited to changing the oil? Because mine aren't. They include all kinds of checks for degrading parts (filters, brake pads etc), and while I could possibly do all that myself if I had the time and could get hold of a shop manual for my car, I'd also need to acquire the parts first. On the other hand, my car doesn't need changing oil outside of the 15000km service interval.

What you absolutely should learn is how to change a tyre. So many people don't know how to do it and have to get assistance when they have a flat...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

When I was new to it, I would just do the oil, then get the shop to do the other stuff. Fluids and filters are the low-hanging fruit. They charge a huge amount for something that requires little skill or equipment.

Once the dealer quoted me $300 to change the radiator fluid. I didn't even own a garden hose at that point, but I bought one, figured out how to flush coolant, and saved about $250.

Later on I started doing brake pads, gearbox oil, suspension bushes and little tidbits. The only "service" I paid for in the last 3 years is a head gasket replacement. Hopefully I get another 20 years out of it.