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Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by FabHK on Saturday July 20, 2019 @03:04PM (#20487663)
One can find Total Cost of Ownership calculators online, eg edmunds.com. A Toyota Camry that costs $25k has a total cost of ownership over 5 years of $40k, or some $670 per month.

One could get a pilot's license for that amount and fly an hour per week.

Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by dependenttypes on Saturday July 20, 2019 @04:07PM (#20488022)
That sounds like a lot to me. Our Nissan sunny from 1991 costs around 500 euro/year for us.
Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by qes on Saturday July 20, 2019 @04:22PM (#20488113)
Including gas, oil changes, insurance, new tires, etc? How many kilometers per year?
Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by war1025 on Saturday July 20, 2019 @08:44PM (#20489243)
I used to keep very close track of my finances and commented one day at work on how much of our money we spent on our cars. Everyone in the office thought that I was being preposterous and that they spent nothing near that on their cars. Nevermind the fact that I drove the oldest car and lived the closest to work.

Gas / insurance / registration are costs people just generally don't count into car ownership. Probably part of the reason people are so happy to buy SUVs that get terrible mileage.

Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by dependenttypes on Sunday July 21, 2019 @07:46AM (#20490925)
1200km/year Yes, including all of these.
Re:Many Americans who live paycheck to paycheck blame debt by kgwgk on Sunday July 21, 2019 @08:15AM (#20491014)
1200km year is not much (3km/day). The calculation above probably includes ten times as much usage.

Edit: apparently the edmunds.com calculator assumes 15000 miles per year which are 24000 km, 20 times your 1200km.