Originally Posted by
noglider
And until you get rid of your car, you don't save all that much by letting it sit in your driveway, since the fixed costs are so high.
By letting my vehicle set 95 percent of the time, there's enough savings in maintenance and replacement cost to make my current fixed costs worthwhile. As the vehicle aged, the fixed costs dropped tremendously, to the point of being able to purchase a new bike every year, if I chose to do so, and still have enough left over to generously pad the bank account.