Originally Posted by InOmaha

I'll give you that. I got the car for free and my company paid for the gas to go to and from a project site for a couple of years so my commute costs were zero. The overall cost was higher but not to me. I sold it for what I spent on repairs and some of the insurance. 8 cents a mile at 15,000 miles was roughly $1,200. That was my out of pocket non recouped cost of ownership for 3 years.

However, I'm not here to pursuade anyone to get a car, so I'll stop. $1,200 would buy a nice bike.

In my absolute best case scenario, we'd still need a car (or to rent one) and drive 2 to 3 thousand miles a year based on how we travel to see family. But there isn't a living car lite forum.