Originally Posted by
chewybrian
How is it 'cherry-picking' to look at a
study of the cost of car ownership from the American Automobile Association? They say about $6500 to $9500 for 15,000 miles.
You can't have it both ways. If it is unrealistic for most families to consider cycling as a substitute for driving, then perhaps it is unrealistic to think they can beat the averages by so much in terms of cost of auto ownership.
It is cherry picking data to select data that
only measures the costs of owning
brand new cars with the highest depreciation and insurance costs and claiming that it represents the
average costs of owning an automobile. Ever hear of used cars, or cars that are owned longer than five years, or driven less than 15,000 miles every year?
Believe it or don't but used and older cars can cost the owner much less to own and operate than the new cars (with their extreme depreciation losses in the first 5 years) in your cherry picked survey.