k_X_car_dependency

Quality of life is correlated with more walking/cycling, less driving. FIRE bloggers frequently advocate living close to work and minimize car usage.

Owning an expensive car makes you want to drive it more, and walk less .. lower quality of life.

In G3top articles@car-free liv`]U.S.#w1r2, the American author said

With that beast sitting in my driveway, I often felt this anxious need to go out and do something: run errands, pick up groceries, etc. etc. I was like a child with a pair of scissors in my hands: you just want to use it. Once it was gone, I kind of felt lighter. I no longer felt the pressure to get out of the house and do something simply because the car was sitting there. I have thus consolidated my trips.

xp: I feel the same about my foot massager, my back massager, my puch-bag, my spectacles … The more you have spent in terms of money and time, the heavier this pressure. The more expensive your car is, the worse you would feel leaving it underutilized in the garage 95% of the time. Rental car is expensive but worth considering.

• The fancy electronics in the car could become outdated and worth-less after 5 years.
• some replacement parts may become hard to find when they reach end of life defined by the manufacturer.
• Prolonged disuse can cause slow damage to some mechanical parts.