And that's what slush funds are for. Cars are expensive and I miss the days when I was a student and my tuition was bankrolled by UCLA and my housing was subsidized by scholarships. The fact that the real world requires copious amounts of money in order to ensure survival didn't really hit me until I got smacked with a huge car repair bill last week. Random emergency costs kind of just spring up on you, just like that. $900 out of your pocket. There's a lot they don't teach you in school. Things... read more
