06-30-2016, 12:50 PM
(06-30-2016, 09:05 AM)Canard Wrote: Yep - it's far cheaper for me to drive my Prius 40 km to work and back every day than it is to take the bus. I can't make it work financially. As much fun as it would be to bus/bike there, which I do want to do.
(40 km @ 4.5 L/100 km = 1.8 litres of fuel. Price = ~$1.20 (high side) = $2.16 to drive to work and back. Before someone says "but insurance and taxes and...!", car would be sitting in my driveway and I'd still be paying that anyway so it's a wash. And my commute goes from 20 minutes to over 60, so I've lost 80 minutes a day that I could be working extra, making (a lot) more money, which actually eclipses the above savings/expenditures by an order of magnitude of so.)
While the Prius and the insurance are paid for, driving will still cause wear on your car and your tires, so assuming it's exactly $2.16 per days isn't quite right, either.
Two hours a day is a valid argument against transit in your personal case, though.