These days, buying a car isn't really about money—it's about the hassle of maintenance.
Cars in this era are honestly pretty advanced compared to the alternate timeline Wang Yunxiao recently visited, where you couldn't even see a single vehicle on the streets.
Still, they aren't advanced enough. To be blunt, unless you're ridiculously wealthy, even officials would rather avoid sitting in a car—it's just too troublesome to repair and maintain.
Anyone skilled enough to fix these vehicles would undoubtedly earn more doing literally anything else.
When a car breaks down in the middle of the road, the driver has to get out, grab a big metal crank, and manually turn it, like it's some kind of tractor. Who knows how much time that wastes?
Mu Yuming also avoided cars in the past, thinking they were too much trouble. Even though his house was pretty far from work, he treated the commute as exercise and walked.
