Which has all the ongoing expenses and limitations of a road vehicle. The point of ditching a car is to get rid of the debt trap, infrastructure, and experience of using it. My coworker’s moped might be more powerful than my bike, but I can ride anywhere more or less silently while she’s stuck in traffic breathing exhaust fumes as the smallest thing on the road.
Anyone and their dog can keep a Honda running. You spend 3USD replacing the oil every 1500 km or so, 2 on brake shoes, <50USD tires if you want the good one. It gets 170 mpg. 10 years operating expenses still doesn’t touch $1500.
silently
Electrics exist, center-engine, chain drive ones can be quite nice, if a bit boring.
stuck in traffic
Filter to the front at lights, split if traffic permits.
You can get a new 125cc motorbike for that.
Which has all the ongoing expenses and limitations of a road vehicle. The point of ditching a car is to get rid of the debt trap, infrastructure, and experience of using it. My coworker’s moped might be more powerful than my bike, but I can ride anywhere more or less silently while she’s stuck in traffic breathing exhaust fumes as the smallest thing on the road.
Anyone and their dog can keep a Honda running. You spend 3USD replacing the oil every 1500 km or so, 2 on brake shoes, <50USD tires if you want the good one. It gets 170 mpg. 10 years operating expenses still doesn’t touch $1500.
Electrics exist, center-engine, chain drive ones can be quite nice, if a bit boring.
Filter to the front at lights, split if traffic permits.