[nbp160130]

Again, you're nitpicking. Cars aren't the only form of transportation, and vehicles and loans aren't the only expenses involved. The author advocates looking at categories of expenses rather than single items because it misrepresents the increase in expenses Americans are experiencing.

[scarejunba]

He's not nitpicking. He's pointing out a poor choice of an example.

For instance, I could say "Prime numbers are relatively very rare. For instance, take the first five positive integers, 1,2,3,4,5. 60% of them are prime". I'm both right about my statement and I have a bizarre choice of an example.