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Im still surprised by the US car culture … im 26 and dont drive at all . I do live in a european city with middle of the road public transit at best , but i never had the need for a car , its a luxury i dont want nor need.
Key is that you think of it as a luxury, where Americans think of it as a luxury item and a necessity at the same time. They can’t fathom real public transit because they’ve never had it. It’s describing color to a blind person. Many have never left their few state radius, and few have even left the country, so anything different is terrifying and unknown to them. It’s what they know, and they have no idea what they’re missing.
Yeah , i tend to forget its a necesity over there
I know if you’re rural it’s probably not an option but at those prices, surely you could even get around by taxi for cheaper, if their area is anywhere close to populated.
It can’t be about ownership because I’d be surprised if anyone is actually paying these cards off before trading up
@9point6 @scrubbles the $500 a month for a second hand lease?
Converting that to Aussie, we’ll call it $800 a month. My wife visits the office twice a week, by Uber at 8pm her one way commute would be $42. That is safely an under estimate as peak traffic makes that much worse.
2 x 2 x 4 = 16 trips a month is $672 a month on taxi’s for that commute. A commute that is infrequent, and less than half the distance to the city from our suburb.
Yes that is before other car costs, but other trips too
Tbh, I was more thinking about the $2600/m guy at the end when I posted that, rather than the comparatively more economical situations.
Assuming he also needs to pay a non-significant amount on insurance, (maybe) road tax and definitely fuel on top of that—surely that can’t be economical unless he’s driving many hours a day, every day.
Holy fuck. Used cars are $500+/ month now? I recently justified an expensive house repair by saying the monthly payment was less than a monthly car payment, but damn I didn’t realize I was talking used car. That’s completely bonkers
Yup. I’m very happy to take the bus daily, and we are becoming a 1-car household in no small part due to that
We have a new car with a $600 payment and with insurance and fuel it’s close to a thousand a month. However , it is our only car, I’ve prepaid the maintenance , and we plan to keep it at least ten years . Hearing about families who’s loan payments alone are multiple thousands of dollars just boggles my mind .
