Buying a new car is not better than keeping an old one

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Recently my parents got a car for emergency situations (like dropping my sister to school when busses are cancelled and she can't bike because of rain). And when I did the research for a car with them, I realised just how good cars with sub 1L engines are (3-4l per 100km in the city). Sure, they are not gonna be fast, but they are still faster than the speed limit of 120km/h on our highways here. I am personally hoping to buy a rx8 or a na miata soon for enthusiast reasons. Modern transport should be 100% public.
Edit: grammar and spelling
- if public transport is a valid alternative (cheaper, less crowded, more comfortable) i will use it. but currenly it is not. so i will drive my 1st gen yaris 1.0. besides 70€ of gas a month, there ate no other operation costs.
  
  You fotgot taxes, repair and insurance costs...
  
  You don't factor in:
  tires
  oil changes
  repairing broken parts
  insurance
  the loss of value over time
  
  fair points, a 1 litre car like this which is considered very safe basically costs nothing to ensure. i mainly forgot because it's technically part of a company fleet of a family member, and they just pay the minescule bill.
  it is a toyota. there are no broken parts.
  i am not planning to sell it, it was already worth less than 1500€
  oil doesn't really cost much either, especially because i change it myself.
  tires last really long and if you buy slightly used ones from someone who sold their car you can save a lot of money.
  
  Well, then there's also a bunch of other stuff I didn't mention:
  cleaning the car costs a little every now and thrn because you mustn't do it in your driveway
  speeding tickets and other violations occur depending on how well you abide by the rules
  TÜV et al. cost a little every few years
  some parts may break due to bad luck - even Toyota cannot prevent stone chips on your windshield
  There are a lot of small hidden costs which all add up, even on cheap cars.
  
  which is all true. and that is the cost i'm willing to pay to drive my car. if you think you can not afford to drive a car, don't.

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