Is it needless? Right now car ownership has a lot of extra costs for your normal, middle-class American * Car payment * Insurance payment * Maintenance costs *

Is it needless? Right now car ownership has a lot of extra costs for your normal, middle-class American * Car payment * Insurance payment * Maintenance costs * Parking costs * Possible tolls * Repairs * Possibly roadside assistance * Property tax (in some jurisdictions) These are all costs of ownership. For people who own very cheap cars, or who can afford to pay cash for cars, it may be costly, but for many others, it may, in fact, streamline quite a few costs that they're already absorbing and managing.