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A Boring Dystopia

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[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For anyone who didn't click, they're counting "cost of owning" to also include your loan payments. New cars cost more now on average than they did previously. This is not hard to figure out.

No one -- or at least practically no one -- is paying $12,000 a year just in fuel and insurance.

[–] Datas_Cat_Spot@startrek.website 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Ok, that doesn't sound unreasonable then if someone finances a large percentage of an expensive car. Is this clickbait?

[–] dual_sport_dork@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Pretty much, yeah.

Fuel and other costs are also up slightly, but not nearly to the level of greed driven "inflation" as the sticker price on new automobiles.

[–] SonnyVabitch@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I'm honest it does sound a bit unreasonable if you fork out a grand a month to park two tonnes of metal outside your house most of the time, or use it to drive it to your place of work. I understand that not everybody can live in a walkable neighbourhood but the price for the privilege of sitting in traffic still seems a bit high.

[–] bhmnscmm@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

It's not a grand a month if you don't finance a new car. The cost of owning a used car is much more affordable.