▲ 939 ▼ anon discusses car dependence (lemmy.ml) submitted 11 months ago by destructdisc@lemmy.world to c/fuckcars@lemmy.world 259 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 25 points 11 months ago (2 children) My car costed less than 6k. But yeah 1-2k on maintainence, $1200 insurance and probably 2k on gas every year. E-bikes looking very interesting. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 6 points 11 months ago (1 child) Our cargo bike cost 5k€. It basically replaces the car for day to day. Commute, groceries, daycare run. We only use the car for longer trips or the odd airport pick up run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) Gotta be dope having it not be -10°c for 40% of the year… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago Finns would like to have a word: Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Cycling in the cold really is no problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Well I don’t handle the cold well, and we often have 10-20cm of snow in the winter… no bueno permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent [–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children) What do you spend 1k a year on maintenance on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* It's always something with a 20 year old car. Tires, brakes, fluid changes, oh the radiator is leaking, oh a sway bar link broke, oh I destroyed a tire on a pothole, oh I will try in vain to sus out that error code again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago I’ve had two cars before that took about 1k yearly on maintenance. One just had a weird electrical issue that I hoped would actually get fixed eventually (and a tie rod just fell off at one point) and the other car’s A/C went out a couple times, requiring maybe 400USD to recharge. That car was totaled before the AC was ever fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] aim_at_me@lemmy.nz 6 points 11 months ago (1 child) Our cargo bike cost 5k€. It basically replaces the car for day to day. Commute, groceries, daycare run. We only use the car for longer trips or the odd airport pick up run. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) Gotta be dope having it not be -10°c for 40% of the year… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago Finns would like to have a word: Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Cycling in the cold really is no problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Well I don’t handle the cold well, and we often have 10-20cm of snow in the winter… no bueno permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago (2 children) Gotta be dope having it not be -10°c for 40% of the year… permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago Finns would like to have a word: Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Cycling in the cold really is no problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Well I don’t handle the cold well, and we often have 10-20cm of snow in the winter… no bueno permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pdqcp@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 11 months ago Finns would like to have a word: Why Canadians Can't Bike in the Winter (but Finnish people can) https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent
[–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 11 months ago (1 child) Cycling in the cold really is no problem. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Well I don’t handle the cold well, and we often have 10-20cm of snow in the winter… no bueno permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 11 months ago* (1 child) Well I don’t handle the cold well, and we often have 10-20cm of snow in the winter… no bueno permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent
[–] j_overgrens@feddit.nl 2 points 10 months ago https://youtu.be/Uhx-26GfCBU permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 1 point 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children) What do you spend 1k a year on maintenance on? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* It's always something with a 20 year old car. Tires, brakes, fluid changes, oh the radiator is leaking, oh a sway bar link broke, oh I destroyed a tire on a pothole, oh I will try in vain to sus out that error code again. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago I’ve had two cars before that took about 1k yearly on maintenance. One just had a weird electrical issue that I hoped would actually get fixed eventually (and a tie rod just fell off at one point) and the other car’s A/C went out a couple times, requiring maybe 400USD to recharge. That car was totaled before the AC was ever fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Pothetato@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* It's always something with a 20 year old car. Tires, brakes, fluid changes, oh the radiator is leaking, oh a sway bar link broke, oh I destroyed a tire on a pothole, oh I will try in vain to sus out that error code again. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 11 months ago I’ve had two cars before that took about 1k yearly on maintenance. One just had a weird electrical issue that I hoped would actually get fixed eventually (and a tie rod just fell off at one point) and the other car’s A/C went out a couple times, requiring maybe 400USD to recharge. That car was totaled before the AC was ever fixed. permalink fedilink source parent
