dawg what do you mean you're paying 25k for a used skoda kodiaq that is neither fun nor really practical for hauling people or stuff. you've got a 5km commute. the public transport is bad but it's not "spend 15k more every few years to not have to take the bus for a week while your slightly older car is in the shop" bad. What the fuck.

And that's carbrain costs, that doesn't even include like biweekly washes or the yearly inspection because they're "trying to preserve value". Dawg just buy a perfectly serviceable toyota aygo for like 8k and run that fucker in the ground. What do you mean you pay like 400€ a month for 60 months at 7% APR before the thing is even insured or moved a single meter.

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[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago (3 children)

https://www.reddit.com/r/Fahrrad/comments/1sxeei2/ebike_cost_breakdown_nach_40000km/

There's a dude on the german bicycle subreddit who did a full cost breakdown for his E-Bike commute of ~40.000km over 10 years. And I mean full. It includes jackets, gloves, a new fork every 2,5 years (for whatever reason), the cost of charging the thing (4,20€ / year) and depreciation.

Sight to behold, if you can autotranslate it. Comes out to 0,15€ / km. Now this might sound high - the german automotive club / car lobby pegs the lower price point of cost of kilometer driven at like 0,30€ / km but also they don't include like "shoes, because I need them for driving".

If you only take the actual mechanical repairs his bicycle needed, ignoring the fork because why, you get down to like 0,05€ a kilometer. And that's with that guy thinking 50€ for a pair of grips is not getting ripped the fuck off. If you exclude the battery maintenance at 600€ over 10 years you get down to like 0,03€ / kilometer.

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 14 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If you only take the actual mechanical repairs his bicycle needed, ignoring the fork because why, you get down to like 0,05€ a kilometer.

This guy keeps his bike so well-maintained that the cost per km ridden is within an order of magnitude of a car.

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 11 points 2 days ago

I think the point is more if you were this accountant brained about your car you'd arrive at like 2€ / km easily honestly. Like who the fuck counts parking spot payments over 10 years, despite that being a very real cost? It's mostly gas mileage honestly

[–] Le_Wokisme@hexbear.net 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

if it's a CF fork it might be getting stressed? 2.5 years seems like a quick turnaround though and like just get an aluminum one damn

[–] 7bicycles@hexbear.net 4 points 2 days ago

Guy should get a steel is real fork and be done with it honestly

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