For clarity, I’m not saying everyone can not own a car, but most people definitely don’t need a yank wank truck, or a car that drives 1000 km in a single go, for the vast, vast, vast majority of their trips.
I think there’s a case to be made that if one must have a car, and they have the option of choosing an electric car, they should do that, and in the rare cases they need a car that runs on fuel for range or lack of charging options, just rent one.
I hope you get some more transport options near you soon to tick you over to the car-free life!
Not buying more car than I need was definitely something I thought about when I bought mine. It’s okay that trips I do every 2 or 3 months need a charging stop. I was taking a break during those anyway, so the smaller battery size is fine.
I did the maths back in 2017 and got rid of my car. Calculated that if I took two or less car trips per week, it was cheaper to get a taxi for those than to pay for ongoing maintenance, registration etc.
As someone who doesn’t own a car, it’s wild to me that people will buy something for the extremely rare times they’ll use that feature.
Renting a car for the weekend is a thing, folks…
I’ve done the maths trying to justify not having a car.several times. Eg, just uber or public transport
I am so damn close!
For clarity, I’m not saying everyone can not own a car, but most people definitely don’t need a yank wank truck, or a car that drives 1000 km in a single go, for the vast, vast, vast majority of their trips.
I think there’s a case to be made that if one must have a car, and they have the option of choosing an electric car, they should do that, and in the rare cases they need a car that runs on fuel for range or lack of charging options, just rent one.
I hope you get some more transport options near you soon to tick you over to the car-free life!
Not buying more car than I need was definitely something I thought about when I bought mine. It’s okay that trips I do every 2 or 3 months need a charging stop. I was taking a break during those anyway, so the smaller battery size is fine.
I did the maths back in 2017 and got rid of my car. Calculated that if I took two or less car trips per week, it was cheaper to get a taxi for those than to pay for ongoing maintenance, registration etc.