Originally posted by hayneda
In fact, one can make a financial argument that to better amortise the costs of car ownership, you are better off to drive it more (please don't flame me for that!).
That's probably true in most cases unless you have a collector car or something that you want to keep for more than 5 years.
I don't save much money from cycling because I own 3 cars and still drive alot. I guess it saves me about $15 to $20 per week for gas, about $40 per month in insurance discounts, and $12 a month that I stopped spending on mass transit. The real benefits are the exercise and enjoyment I get from riding every day, the removal of car commuting induced stress, keeping the miles down on my vehicles, protecting 2 of my vehicles since they don't have to sit outside in the elements all day for 5 days a week, and being able to be lazy with car maintenance/repairs because they don't have to be finished up every Sunday night.