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Originally Posted by peter12
That's the biggest benefit, in my opinion, of living in a dense urban environment. Everything is close to my condo, I walk, bus, or bike, and only use a carshare when I am absolutely lazy. I never have to worry about parking or traffic and I spend a cumulative $80/month on all of the above transportation options.
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I don't know if that's a totally fair comparison. Vancouver is easy to get around transportation wise and it is consistent. Most of my friends in Vancouver don't have vehicles. Even when I lived in Calgary downtown, I still had a car that I used regularly because the transit alternative was idiotic in comparison (ie: 15-20 minute drive to work vs over an hour by bus) and that duration could multiply in scenarios of bad weather.
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Originally Posted by blankall
I haven't succumbed to it, but definitely see the pressure to have something faster and better.
It is amazing though, as most mid level cars are now exceed what we would have called luxury or sport type vehicles ten year ago. Yet, people continue to spend huge amount of money for the marginal upgrades that the next best thing provides. It's not good enough to go 0-60 in 8-9 seconds, it has to be 5-7 seconds. It's a huge price difference for a feature that is seldomly used.
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Buying vehicles for the new tech is kinda dumb. I don't know anyone that does it though. Most people do it because it's a new vehicle and they generally claim they pay the premium so that they don't have to worry about the vehicle break down.