Originally Posted by
randplaty
If you go car free, there's tremendous savings. If you're not car free, there's almost no savings.
If you still keep the car in the driveway and pay for insurance, that's the majority of the expense of having a car anyway.
I'm currently keeping a car in the driveway that isn't used much. Insurance is $240/yr and registration is another $50. So for about $300/yr plus per-mile costs the car is available for those times when alternative means of transport are inconvenient, costly, or not feasible. If that's the majority of your car expense then you must not be doing much driving at all - good job.