[justinrubek]

There's nothing cheap about car ownership.

[SkyeCA]

My cars are pretty cheap to own and maintain, but then again I don't have car payments like the vast majority of people seem to.

The ongoing cost is minimal and my life would be significantly worse without the ability to drive places.

[rglullis]

You are looking at the cost in your pocket, not the aggregate.

Add the cost of the gas needed to power all these cars, plus the cost of the land allocated solely for parking, plus the costs of the roads, plus the costs in healthcare associated with air pollution, plus the environmental cost of all the concrete and steel need to build and maintain the roads, etc.

It's not just "car ownership", it's "car-centric infrastructure" that is expensive.