I think they’re overestimating, but more importantly, they also include fixed costs in those figures, while the parent comment was talking about cost of a marginal minute once you already have a car.
Re:Vancouver Zoning Map
by lotsofpulp on Friday April 08, 2022 @08:50PM
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I presume that a car would have to be replaced after it is no longer useful, so the replacement cost needs to be amortized over all the miles in the current car.
https://www.irs.gov/newsroom/irs-issues-standard-mileage-rat...
> The standard mileage rate for business use is based on an annual study of the fixed and variable costs of operating an automobile.
I also incorporate morbidity/mortality risks associated with driving, considering it is the riskiest thing people do on a day to day basis which very well could result in loss of income due to not being able to work and other costs.
I also expect inflation to keep driving up replacement cost of cars (and repairs).
Finally, I am under the impression that short distance start and stop driving is more costly via wear and tear than long distance highway driving.