We sold our vehicle because the monthly payment, insurance, gasoline, and parking costs were adding up to about $1000 a month.

I planned on downgrading from an Infiniti to a 3 year old Honda Civic or Fit.

I visited three dealerships in my area. The experience was horrible at all three. I consider myself a decent person, but I now judge people who work in car sales or car sales management and not in a good way.

Anyway, it’s been a year since we sold that vehicle. Our total transit costs this year have been < $1000 according to mint. Luckily we use a combination of mass transit and just walking places. The mass transit in my city isn’t that great, but it’s still thousands of dollars cheaper than the hassle of car ownership.

There’s no way I’d pay $40K-$50K for a vehicle to buy a Tesla. That being said, I hope the dealership model dies and these blood sucking, anti competitive conmen have to fall to a more honest way of living.