• Verdant Banana@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    29
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    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

      • M0oP0o@mander.xyz
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        ·
        1 year ago

        Can’t have shit in Detroit.

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

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        7
        arrow-down
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

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

        • vaultdweller013@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          2
          ·
          1 year ago

          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
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      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.