Imagine how much it costs now! Could you do what one guy did and live without a car? The book: How to Live Well Without Owniing a Car by Chris Balish chronicles how one guy did exactly that. Hmm......doing the math...could you get by with one car or even without a car at all? Would it cost less to take a taxi or find alternative means for the times you had to get somewhere?
I don't know that I could. But when I think of spending that amount of money just to OWN a car (maintenance, insurance, whatever other costs come with car ownership) it seems high. I'll bet it is a lot higher now that 2004 (figures come from a study by the American Automobile Association).
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Then we moved to a rural/suburban area...we have metra trains, but limited stations/stops. There is no pace bus or public buses. Taxi's are very expensive right now with gas prices.
We own 2 chevy aveos which get 33 miles to the gallon or more on the highway. My daughter drives mine to work and school, my husband has his own. I stay home other than grocery shopping and the library etc. Which I try to do all in one trip every 2 weeks.
But to get to the root of your question, there is no way we could live with out our two cars where we live. If we lived in Chicago, one car would be enough. (husband is in the military and has to have reliable transport)
My husband puts 2000 a month on his.
I spend very little on my car, which is in fine shape.
I got it new in 1994.
Every year in my community we try to get people to support public transit in a meaningful way, but it ends up more stinky buses, which then end up not being 'profitable'. I still have no public transportation within miles of my home and I only live 20 minutes by car from Portland, Oregon on the Washington side of the Columbia River.
When will people get it? Ugh.