> Your straw man requires someone not have a car and not have the money that one saves from not having a car. That's not the predicament that most people are i

> Your straw man requires someone not have a car and not have the money that one saves from not having a car. That's not the predicament that most people are in. Just because you don't have a 30k car doesn't mean you have 30k in the bank to utilize. Hell, since most people finance cars now a days, having a 30k car doesn't mean that you had anywhere near 30k in the bank before buying. Whereas, if you buy that car, whether or not you had something in the bank to cover it before buying, you now are on the hook for maintenance, gas, insurance, etc. So no that's not straw man at all. > For the price of a car payment, I can commute on the DC metro and rent a car for a weekend. I won't get started on this, as owning and utilizing a car in the DC/NoVa area is a beast onto its own.