Originally Posted by
evblazer
I just wanna know where all these practicle people are that they are complaining about that only spend 8k on a car every year
'round here only people near poverty spend that little
What???!!! I'm not rich by any stretch of the imagination, but I do make a decent living, and even when I had a car, I never spent anywhere near $8000 on driving over the course of a year. Unless you're doing very, very well, it's just stupid to spend that much on owning, operating and maintaining a car. Borrowing money to buy a car is particularly idiotic (though I've done it myself more than once). By using a bike and public transportation, I figure I now spend about $500.00 a year on local transportation. Much better.