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Having a car just mean slightly better quality of life. You can go out and come back home as and when you want. No need to be at the mercy of bus or MRT schedules. No need to be at the mercy of our weather, there's just too much rain through the year, those times when it's not raining, it's just way too hot.
If you have young children and without a car, walking and pushing a pram from your house to the nearest bus stop / LRT station may be the longest 100'ish m you have to walk. But of course, you may say I can always take a taxi. But there's always an abundance of taxi when you DON'T need one. The moment you need one, they all seem to disappear or decide to change shift together. Other times, they are always on the other side of the street, and when you cross over to the other side, they come over to the side where you were waiting previously.
10 years ago, I was not a car owner, and I didn't even have a driving license. Because like many of you, I saw no point given our highly "efficient" public transport. But after being snub by taxi drivers on bad weather days a few times, I told myself enough is enough. I value the freedom and quality of life that comes with private transport, and to me it is money well spent.
i thought there is a thing called Taxi.