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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by sdenton4 on Monday November 08, 2021 @08:59PM (#29156819)
The right way to drive a little bit is car share programs, or just eating a car rental fee occasionally. Mean cost of car ownership in the US is over $9000; you can buy a damn fancy e-bike and rent a car a few times in a year and still come out quite far ahead. (and you only need to buy the e-bike approximately once.)

https://www.aaa.com/autorepair/articles/average-annual-cost-...

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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by bryanlarsen on Tuesday November 09, 2021 @09:09AM (#29161902)
I had a friend who used to rent a limo for first and special dates. Even that was cheaper than owning a car.
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Re:The popularity of e-bikes isn’t slowing down by rrrrrrrrrrrryan on Wednesday November 10, 2021 @11:46AM (#29176826)
Limos (especially older ones) are surprisingly cheap. Growing up, my family of 5 used to take a limo to the airport for vacations. It felt kind of ridiculous, but it was actually about the same price as the 2 taxis we would've had to take (and obviously way more pleasant), which itself was cheaper than parking and leaving a car at the airport.

It probably says more about how expensive taxis were pre-Uber. I'm sure ride shares are a nontrivial part of living without a car today.

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