I went carless about a year and a half ago in Los Angeles (wife still has a car) and it’s been awesome.
I had a ratty 2006 liberty. Going through my bank history and tabbing up costs for the previous years I figured if I spent $25 bucks a day on Uber I’d be saving money. (Actually I spend about $18 / day)
Things I took into account were:
- insurance
- gas
- parking tickets, garages and meters
- maintenance (something expensive broke every few months)
- Amex platinum gives a $200 credit / year for Uber
Qualitative-ish things:
- time saved not parking (some days I’d spend 45 minutes trying to find a spot in Venice)
- time saved not forgetting where my car was parked or walking a mile to it
- I do all of my emailing during my rides
- credit card points
I’ll hopefully never own a car again.
Edit: also, zero road rage
I had a ratty 2006 liberty. Going through my bank history and tabbing up costs for the previous years I figured if I spent $25 bucks a day on Uber I’d be saving money. (Actually I spend about $18 / day)
Things I took into account were:
- insurance
- gas
- parking tickets, garages and meters
- maintenance (something expensive broke every few months)
- Amex platinum gives a $200 credit / year for Uber
Qualitative-ish things:
- time saved not parking (some days I’d spend 45 minutes trying to find a spot in Venice)
- time saved not forgetting where my car was parked or walking a mile to it
- I do all of my emailing during my rides
- credit card points
I’ll hopefully never own a car again.
Edit: also, zero road rage