food is not referring to going to fancy restaurants. if a new couple does their weekly food shopping for PACKAGES of food for weekday & shabbos it shouldnt come to be more then approximately $60 a week. also remember were talking about a simple modest couple & not talking about buying every kind of dip for shabbos or fancy foods etc….
car maintainence AVERAGES out to $100 a month over the entire year which means some months for a great new lease there will be zero expenses but in the middle of nowhere a $600 maintainence fee can pop up. i.e. new cars don’t need the mechanic every month like used old cars but things still pop up that need fixing