Originally Posted by
supercycle62
Total cost of 2 ****ty bikes....$100. Time spent riding them FREE!!!
Car Payment (based on a new affordably priced vehicle) $200-$300 per month
Insurance $50-$75 per month
Gas $50-$100 per month
Bus Pass $80 per month
Bus Tickets $20 per week
Bus Fare $6 per day
Vehicle depreciation 35%-40% as soon as you drive off the lot (and it sure ain't getting better year after year)
so...tell me how I am not saving money again?
My costs:
Car Payments = zero
Insurance = $53/mo
Gas = $350-400/mo
Repair/Maintainence/Tags/Smog = $115/mo
Bus Pass = $50/mo
Bus Fare = $$2.50/dy
I don't buy bus passes. We only ride the bus a couple times a month. I'm car free now. So we save a bundle by riding our bicycles .... Rode to work today. After work picked up my son at school, and we rode to the doctor. Then we rode to A & W for a tasty treat before riding home. Travel expenses for today = zero. In fact, our travel expenses for the past several months has only been a couple of bus rides, and some gas money I gave our friend next door to pick up some garden supplies.