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I'm a 25 year old with a beater car 5 miles from downtown Seattle. Here are my real numbers: Parking: For me the bus is around 10 minutes slower each way. I ju
by gglover 9y ago
I'm a 25 year old with a beater car 5 miles from downtown Seattle. Here are my real numbers:
Parking: For me the bus is around 10 minutes slower each way. I just take that most days.
Home parking: Free on-street parking
Gas: $40/month * 12 = $480
Registration: $200 (May be a bit higher now with ST3)
Insurance: $700
Maintenance: $1000 sounds about right
For around $2380 / year. Well worth it for the freedom it gives me imo.
- Improvotter 9y agoCause we're all giving numbers here. Let me give you my numbers for my bike. I rent my bike and got a train subscription. I pay about 50 EUR a year for my bike and 100 EUR a year for my train subscription. I have a car, but I'm not the one paying insurance on it anymore (passed on to other family member). The car was 5000 EUR used (Volkswagen Polo) which was bought 7-8 years ago and it was a 5 year old car back then. Right now it's really getting old, but only needed a fix last year or so and new tires this year (not my concern anymore though). But it's safe to say those cost about 800 EUR in total. The car insurance is what I'd guess 400 EUR. I'm glad that I live in a city where biking is the #1 priority, I wouldn't feel safe biking in the US. It's also a lot cheaper!
- romwell 9y ago>100 EUR a year for my train subscription. You don't just live in a city where biking is a priority, you live in a country where you can actually get to places by train - which the US, for all intents and purposes, is not. This is an apples-to-oranges comparison.
- ghostly_s 9y ago100 EUR per year for a train pass? Wow. I pay $100 USD per month for a CTA pass in Chicago...and that's about the best transit situation you'll find in the US.
- kasey_junk 9y agoJust for context this is the all you can eat monthly plan for the CTA and the suburban bus system. It represents something like 50 per ride, no transfer train trips per month.
- jpetso 9y agoAlso mind that in many places in Europe, public transit is more heavily subsidized by taxes. If you consider how low taxes are in most states of the US, you probably have some extra money at hand to use for trains (or whatever else), partially making up for the higher cost.
- carlmr 9y agoWhere do you pay 100€ a year for train tickets? In my city (Germany) it's about 1000€ a year.
- synotna 9y agoTheir posts indicate Ghent, still I'm struggling to believe those numbers
- milesokeefe 9y agoYou pay $700/year for insurance as a 25 year old?
- semi-extrinsic 9y agoDepends on your car, they said it's a beater. Of course an insurance company will give you significant price reduction if you have, say, a late 90s Toyota Corolla or Honda Civic with a 80 hp engine, as compared to something more modern and fun with twice the power.
- milesokeefe 9y agoI know that the sportiness and novelty of a car drives up the insurance price but it doesn't seem to as much as I thought, my friend recently got a new WRX and pays very very little in insurance for it considering he's a 22 year old male. But yeah it being a beater makes sense, I just got quotes for a 1981 Honda Civic in Seattle and some are even less than $700/year.
- jimmaswell 9y agoSeems like location is very important. I went down from ~$350 to ~$115 a month moving from NY to NJ. For reference: 22, male, just started driving in late 2017.
- gaius 9y agopays very very little in insurance for it considering he's a 22 year old male As an aside, in the UK it is illegal for an insurance company to consider gender when calculating the premium.
- tbihl 9y agoWell that just seems cruel and arbitrary.
- milesokeefe 9y ago