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[–] verdantbanana@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

about $800 last year for auto insurance

this year the number is about $1400

same vehicle same city

income stayed the same if not lower due to less work

new vehicles are more than likely unaffordable seeing how expensive a ten year old vehicle is

how the f#%k are we not in the streets

[–] guckfoogle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Just be glad you don't live in Detroit or you'd be shelling out close to $6000

[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Can't have shit in Detroit.

(also funny that the motor city is not a viable place to have a motorized vehicle)

[–] Techmaster@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] M0oP0o@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

With I would assume 500k of owed taxes or some other trap, like living in Detroit.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you shouldn't have to have a car in Detroit. All of our cities need robust public transportation systems.

Yeah, having a here in the Inland Empire in California is one thing since we're pretty spread out even if you increased density and public transit. But the major cities at minimum cars should be a luxury or something that sits in the garage half the time, and if its doing that it should also be quite small like those early 90s polish cars.

[–] CaptPretentious@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Same boat. Insurance costs have been going up for the last few years. I tried to talk to them about it... they said 'well everyone else is getting in accidents, you don't even know!!! It's crazy out there'. Same vehicle. My only 'options' were to let them install a bunch of tracking devices and software (fuck that) or reduce my coverage considerably.

Gosh I love the for profit insurance I'm forced to have that gets to dictate everything.