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Adding depreciation, recurring costs such as insurance, parking, perhaps even opportunity cost from capital allocated in a depreciating asset. It starts to not look that cheap.


Lots of those things are relatively fixed, so it’s a “use the car today” question, not a “do I buy a Car” ideation.


Marginal cost of a mile is about 20-40c including wear and tear. If you've got a car already that's all that matters


If you already have access to a car, the marginal cost of driving an extra mile is low.




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