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In some countries, buying a car rather than renting one is very important for people.   Why might this be the case? Do you think this is a positive or negative situation?

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Nowadays, with modernisation across the world, owning a
car
 is more a necessity rather than a luxury asset.
People
 prefer to buy a
car
 rather
to
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rent
 one which we will elaborate in the following paragraphs.
Firstly
, the reason why
people
 buy their own
car
 today is that it is practical, as it allows someone to drive safely with their family, wherever they want to go.
Secondly
,
people
 are protected from bad
weathers
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, attacks from thieves and high radiation from the sun as well. Obviously, owning a
car
 is very expensive today depending of course on the models of
cars
. Apart
the
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 purchase of the
car
,
people
 have to pay
for
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car
 insurance, road taxes, maintenance fee and petrol which are
consequently
 very costly. The issue is when
people
owns
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his
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their
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car
, they will eventually use it to go to work and
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that
tha
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that
 is the main cause of traffic jam. Inadvertently, not everybody can afford to have his own
car
, some
people
 have no choice
to
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 travel by bus,
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or trams
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trams
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 and use their bicycles whenever they need to travel. On the other side,
people
they
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sometimes prefer to
rent
cars
 occasionally or on
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long term
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 basis.
However
, renting a
car
 is much more expensive than owning a
car
. In conclusion, I believe that having
ones
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 own
car
 is better than renting one. Nowadays,
people
 are opting for electric
cars
 which
is
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are
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 less costly
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over time
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overtime
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. I do not agree to
rent
cars
 but some
people
 have no other choices
to
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but to
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rent
 one.
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