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> thats A LOT for city driving Many drivers choose a car based on aspirational reasons that are detached from reality. e.g. buying an SUV for adventurous road

• denimnerd42 3y ago
  Is it really aspirational if you do it? We take 4-5 1600 mile round trip road trips per year. It's 14hrs door to door and completable in 1 day. SUV makes it possible comfortably in a way a model 3 would not. 5 might be a lot but I think a lot of families take at least 1/1.5 full day trip in the car. go to the beach, etc.
  • vel0city 3y ago
    > We take 4-5 1600 mile round trip road trips per year. Most households do not do this. The average car goes like 13,000mi a year, you're doing more than that 4-5 times? You're 4-5x beyond the average. EDIT: sorry, somehow saw an extra zero in there.
    • denimnerd42 3y ago
      1600*5 is 8000. we drive 12-15,000 miles per year on that vehicle. i drive 8000 per year on my other which is a tiny commuter car. we don't drive more miles than average.
  • Grustaf 3y ago
    > Is it really aspirational if you do it? No, aspirational means that you aspire to do it, which is probably why most people buy most cars, at least in the US. One exception does not disprove that theory. If you only need the range 4 times, let alone once, a year, why not rent a car for that rare and buy something more optimal for your daily needs? That's what we do, and our daily need is no car at all.