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> "Let's pay 3x as much for rent [and other things that more expensive with density] to save $300/mo on a car payment" You must have one of those magical cars
by avianlyric 3y ago
> "Let's pay 3x as much for rent [and other things that more expensive with density] to save $300/mo on a car payment"
You must have one of those magical cars that runs on air, never needs to be filled up, never needs to be taxed, never needs to be insured and never breaks down. Wish I could have one of those cars.
In the meantime I’ll settle for using my feet and my bike. Never needed to fill them up with fuel, pay insurance, or tax. And my feet, at least, have never broken down.
- bluGill 3y ago$400/month is probably a reasonable average to cover the cost of a car though. Sure a new car will be over $1000/month, but a used car will be much cheaper. In ever city I've looked downtown housing is a lot more than that. Of course most cities let you live much cheaper just outside of downtown, if you can do that you have reasonable rents and good access to transit and so a car would be a large extra cost.
- pastage 3y agoCheapest TCO for a bought used car is about 400 euro per month here in Sweden, most will spend more because they drive more or buy a more expensive car. The majority of people will spend more than 600 euros per month at 1200km YMMV, the externalties are subsidized to at least 100-1500 euros per month depending on how you count. All these numbers are from 2019. Without car we pay about 300 euros per month for all transport needs, an extra 100 euros per month are direct subsidies. I would guess we would pay at least 800 euros per month for a car, probably more.