uke, if you managed to purchase a 10 year old car for $2000 that has required virtually no maintenance then you are indeed lucky and rare. You are, without a doubt, a statistical anomaly.
$600/year for auto insurance is cheap relative to auto insurance. But is it cheap compared to the fact that you could buy an entire new bicycle to commute on every year for the same price?- no. That you would leave it out of your calculations is interesting.
The evidence that autos are more expensive to own than a bicycle lies not even so much in their cost/mile but simply the cost to
own it. Leaving out the initial cost of the vehicle and depreciation even if your car sat in the driveway for one month and didn't travel one mile it would cost you $50/month for insurance, taxes and registration costs. If both of your bicycles sat in the garage for the same period of time without moving an inch they would cost you nothing. It costs money just for a car to sit unused.
Originally Posted by florideron
Why does it always have to be about money? I am in the best shape of my life which will hopefully keep me around longer to spend time with my wife, kids and grand kids. Hopefully someday, great-grand kids. What price can one put on that???
Why does it have to be about money?- well, the thread title for one.
Many of us post delightfully less materially oriented justifications in other threads on BF. This one it happens to be the topic.
As far as being in the best shape of your life and What price can one put on that?- are you suggesting we tally in the cost of health care?
