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What you lose in terms of waiting for the car to show up, you gain back in not having to park and getting delivered as close to your destination as possible and

• majormajor 8y ago
  This wildly depends on where you are. Your parking savings will be much higher in SF than in suburban Dallas, where "time for parking" was a foreign concept to me growing up for anything except sports games and big concerts. There are definitely people who are better off not owning a full-time car, but I agree with the poster above who find it a bit disingenuous to compare to a $80,000 M3. You could definitely find a car that would cost you under 12K for six years -- especially if you already have a car that's all-or-almost paid off. The factor on the other side of the fence is that though comfort, etc, is usually lower in the back seat of a Lyft than in the driver's seat of your own personal car, you're not having to do the work of driving. If you want to save money, this is labor that'll be worth it to you driving your own cheap car. But if you want to save effort/stress/etc, it's worth spending to not drive yourself, especially in high-traffic areas.