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 Cars are so crazy expensive. 
 How much is petrol? 
 Circa €1,75/Liter. 
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 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....

 
 My son and my husband have a car, so if we go someplace as a group, we don't take the public.

And three of us have student tickets, that we already have to pay. 
 This is a fact. Money pits and a tax source for govs. If you can live without one it’s a massive saving, especially over time. Classic, appreciating cars are perhaps a different kettle of fish but still need a maintenance budget.