• sploosh@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      $10k a year for a car? My car, a plug-in hybrid, has a monthly payment of $320, insurance is around $100 and I use around 2kwhr to and from work daily, which costs less than $2 weekly. I only use gas when driving over 50 miles a day, which works out to a 10 gallon fill once a season, so around $120/year. I mainly drive it as an electric vehicle, maintenance is minimal. The car costs me $5208 a year in predictable costs and so far in 3 years has needed two new sets of tires and an oil change.

      If you drive a massive vehicle sure it can cost more, but cars don’t have to be a 5-digit item on your yearly budget.

      • Nouveau_Burnswick@lemmy.world
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        1 year ago

        $10k is the average annual cost in the USA.

        I own outright and it’s still $4k CAD a year without amortization of purchase price.

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      1 year ago

      Even $2k is a lot. You can easily get a good enough one at $800. Which is pretty damn cheap compared to what everyone on my city spends on meat bikes.