Quote Originally Posted by CoventryCat86 View Post
It's not a matter of different mindsets or whether or not you and I "value" cars or not. In my case and in the case of just about everyone else in North America, a car is a necessity. You're lucky you live in a large college town where you can easily get by without one, the other 99.999% of us aren't so lucky. And I agree with the others, that's a cool situation you're in where you can live easily and happily without owning a car, I say great for you!

My point is that your statement that cars are "super expensive, even if the car is paid off" is kind of ridiculous. That's not a matter of you "just letting folks know how I live mine" it's a matter of you making a pretty stupid statement. And then you said this: "but it is more expensive to own a car than not" like it's a fact which it definitely is not, that's your opinion. Outside of your college town utopia where cars are almost not necessary, many arguments can be successfully made that NOT owning a car is more expensive than owning one because the alternatives are many times more expensive.
JiveTurkey, I wish I would have sent you a PM. Sorry. I asked because I was genuinely interested, and I appreciate your response. I'm sorry you're getting shit on for it.

I don't think it's a ridiculous or stupid statement at all. Statements like that are relative to ones situation. What's ridiculous is the $1300/yr operating costs for a vehicle, paid off or not. In my experience, that's woefully understated.

I'm not smart enough to understand how NOT owning a car can be more expensive than owning one. You've completely lost me on that one. A bus pass for unlimited rides for a year, where I live is $1080, or $90/month. Again, I spend more than that just for fuel, no mention of legally required insurance (no, I don't get the fancy collision and comprehensive coverage either), maintenance, taxes, tags, etc.....so from where I sit "but it is more expensive to own a car than not" would be a fact. No? Help me understand how it's not please. I am, after all, a simple country boy.

It's also pretty goddamn ridiculous, imo, to basically call someone stupid and ridiculous and start throwing around irrelevant bullshit about the occupy the crack of my ass people as a way to further ridicule someones beliefs that you don't agree with. What a load of nonsense, imo, of course. I'm certainly not above taking shots at asshats/mooches/trolls/thiefs, but none of that applies here, again, imo.