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minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·7 days ago If your car is running OK, able to operate well enough to travel in, your only cost could be gas. Incorrect, the gas is the cheapest thing you pay for over time with a car in many ways. https://www.aaa.com/autorepair/articles/breaking-down-the-cost-of-car-ownership https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/Transportation-Economic-Trends-Transportation-Spen/bzt6-t8cd/ https://bestinterest.blog/cost-of-car-ownership/
minus-squareterroristtaco@lemmychan.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoRemoved by mod
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoYour anecdote does not somehow magically trump the assortment of links to actual calculations from experts of these things I provided.
minus-squareterroristtaco@lemmychan.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoWhy not? I’m not some special car owner. I just don’t spend money like a dipshit. The fact is that owning a car doesn’t have to be as expensive as what you’re referencing.
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·6 days agoBecause you are providing no evidence other than “my car is cheap!” in a flippant totally anecdotal fashion.
minus-squareterroristtaco@lemmychan.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-26 days agoYou must not know how averages work. You don’t have to be the person buying shitty cars and getting ripped off by mechanics. The funny thing is, I’m talking from experience while you clearly have none.
Incorrect, the gas is the cheapest thing you pay for over time with a car in many ways.
https://www.aaa.com/autorepair/articles/breaking-down-the-cost-of-car-ownership
https://data.bts.gov/stories/s/Transportation-Economic-Trends-Transportation-Spen/bzt6-t8cd/
https://bestinterest.blog/cost-of-car-ownership/
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Your anecdote does not somehow magically trump the assortment of links to actual calculations from experts of these things I provided.
Why not? I’m not some special car owner. I just don’t spend money like a dipshit. The fact is that owning a car doesn’t have to be as expensive as what you’re referencing.
Because you are providing no evidence other than “my car is cheap!” in a flippant totally anecdotal fashion.
You must not know how averages work. You don’t have to be the person buying shitty cars and getting ripped off by mechanics.
The funny thing is, I’m talking from experience while you clearly have none.