Quit the gym membership, no more car, and only €12 per month more, to ride public transport anywhere in Germany.
That nets me a few hundred € more per month, on average. Worth it.
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Cars are so crazy expensive.
Calculated it out, assuming we bought a used car for €25k and drove it 10 years, that's savings of €477/month.
Would never buy a used car for more than max 8-9k, more to the 5k range...
The problem with public transport is, that it's cost scales inversely to the cost of cars.
If I ride with my family with 3 persons for example, in the car it's 1/3 of the cost per person as to compared to 1 person, in public transport it's 3x the cost of a single ride....
My son and my husband have a car, so if we go someplace as a group, we don't take the public.
And three of us have student tickets, that we already have to pay.
This is a fact. Money pits and a tax source for govs. If you can live without one it’s a massive saving, especially over time. Classic, appreciating cars are perhaps a different kettle of fish but still need a maintenance budget.