Catpiano

Again...  maintenance cost in Canada is just high .. ~ $150/hr labour cost is just high ..

Any 10 or 20 yr old car, (normal car) may only worth little money ..  ( HK is even worse ... a 15 yr old civic may still worth $3K cad here .. vs $3K HKD ..  due to even higher overhead cost)

Just the cost to keep an older car is too high ... I think we have a thread here, comparing some very old V12/V8 luxury ...  yes, may be $5-6K can buy those cars, and BLINK BLINK ..  but just some whatever service cost for those V12 ..can cost arm and leg. (ie: can buy a BMW 850i cheap, say $5-8K, and it looks nice, and sexy ...  but SUPER expensive ..  ) same as those old skyline ... cheap to buy, but costly to fix ..

Well, house is a different story ..  they worth more, and they last long .. most 30 year old houses, are better finished then newer one ..

Oh well, back to "WARM CAR" topic ..  since it is SO WARM here today, at MINUS 7 ... I didn't do any "warm car" at all this morning!

Catpiano

-7都唔warm, thumbs up for you man!

-7 is consider "WARM" to us ...   LOL  

Well, of course, depends on how "RUSH"  ... rushing to work every morning ... vs going out for a joy ride on Sunday is different ...  as I said, in the summer, when I have time, just go for cruise, not in rush .. from start the car, then putting seat belt, sunglass, etc etc, I will do 30 sec  warming ...  I know eating breakfast is good ... but I skip it most the time ..

Last week .. when - 35 ..  I had to warm up the car a bit .. but I needed to do shovel anyway, and would take me 2-3 min to do it anyway.

Again, 1-2 min warming up, or changing oil every 3-4k, won't hurt the car ...  just like some people may brush their teeth twice a day, some may brush their teeth 5 times, or 10 times a day .. it probably won't hurt anyway.

By the way, not sure in Vancouver, but here, even asian/domestic brand ..  ~ $120/hr + taxes + fee .. European brand, ~ $130-140/hr + taxes + fee .. even labour cost in B.C. is lower then Alberta, should be within 10-20%