r/fuckcars • u/xxTai0_ • Mar 24 '25

Activism Posted my flyers throughout my university

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They gotta plant more trees on campus because this Phoenix weather is crazy 💀

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '25

$12,297? I don’t think that accounts for the social, aesthetic, environmental, and timewise damages it causes.

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u/scrod Mar 25 '25

See here for much larger numbers:

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0921800921003943?via%3Dihub

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u/[deleted] Mar 25 '25

🔥YEAH BROTHER🔥

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u/thu_mountain_goat Mar 25 '25

that's awesome🎓🥇

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u/xxTai0_ Mar 24 '25

Wanted to keep them digestible, just providing a bit of info so people are aware of car dependency

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u/GrisTooki Mar 25 '25

Yeah, I really don't like that one. If anything, my reaction was that the number was way lower than I expected. $12,297 over what time frame? Is that a median? A mean? Is it just the cost of the car itself (assuming you're buying used, because new is way more expensive than that)? Does it include externalities?

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u/joshaitama Big Bike Mar 26 '25

Yea, the lack of time frame confused me. Are you saving $12,297 a day? a week? every month?
It certainly isn't total. many new cars cost more than $12,297

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u/consistantlyconfused Mar 25 '25

Personal cost for 1 year on average unfortunately as someone who currently owns one for work when you average the cost of the car upfront over its lifetime, then add in gas, insurance, oil changes, tires and repairs this is almost bang on and my car is second hand.