Oddbean new post about login | logout Quit the gym membership, no more car, and only €12 per month more, to ride public transport anywhere in Germany. That nets me a few hundred € more per month, on average. Worth it.
Cars are so crazy expensive.
How much is petrol?
Circa €1,75/Liter.
Literally more expensive than here. Your government has expensive habits to feed...
All energy costs here are dominated by taxes and fees.
That's what we say. (Not true in theory and practise for agricultural machinery, and not true in theory for stationary generators.) But Germany is clearly "doing more". (Ironic salute)
Calculated it out, assuming we bought a used car for €25k and drove it 10 years, that's savings of €477/month.
Would never buy a used car for more than max 8-9k, more to the 5k range... The problem with public transport is, that it's cost scales inversely to the cost of cars. If I ride with my family with 3 persons for example, in the car it's 1/3 of the cost per person as to compared to 1 person, in public transport it's 3x the cost of a single ride....
That’s one of the largest things I miss about Europe. Public transportation is much better there compared to most places in USA.