When I had a car, I never thought about how much it cost me. The car was constantly pulling money: gasoline, parking, rubber replacement, insurance, repairs. At some point, I counted all this and realized that it would be cheaper for me to travel by public transport and taxi.

A private car is beneficial if you need to travel a lot and far on a regular basis. It will be beneficial if you live outside the city or in remote areas of Moscow, and every day you have to wander around the city. But if your trips are irregular or if you live in a small town, then a private car is more expensive than a taxi! Yes, in small towns where taxis are cheap and the distances are short, there is no need to own a private car at all. you can easily do without a car by taking a taxi every day, and it will be more profitable!

It is clear that all my calculations are very arbitrary! Each person has his own routes, his own expenses. I tried to imagine and calculate several standard scenarios.

I will immediately answer some questions:

Yeah, will you take a taxi to the dacha too?
- It all depends on where the dacha is. My dacha is located 100 km from the center of Moscow, near Klin, a taxi trip there will cost about 2,000 rubles. In addition, you can rent a car sharing car (Delimobil, Belka) for 2000 rubles per day. Theoretically, you can find a driver and negotiate individually. It will still be cheaper than driving your own car.

But a car is freedom!
- In fact, this is an illusion of freedom. The car is a constant headache. Where to store? Where to put if you are leaving for a long time? You are tied to a parking spot. The routes are more convenient without a personal car. For example, if there is a traffic jam, you jumped into the subway, drove a couple of stations, got off, took a taxi and drove on. And so on.

In Moscow, the best-selling models in 2016 were Hyundai Solaris and Kia Rio. Lada Granta joins them in general across Russia. The first two models without discounts and promotions cost 650,000 - 700,000 rubles, Lada Granta - on average 400,000 - 450,000 rubles.

So, now we will calculate how much it costs to own an ordinary (that is, inexpensive) car for a Muscovite and for a non-Muscovite!

Let's imagine that we have a Muscovite who lives in the north-east of Moscow and drives a 2016 Solaris. He has a model with an automatic gearbox and a 1.6-liter engine, which consumes 9.3 liters per 100 km in the urban cycle. We need gasoline with an octane rating of at least 92. Let's say our driver chooses average quality fuel, AI-95. In Moscow today it costs more than 39 rubles almost everywhere.

Our Muscovite lives in the Torfyanka Park area, at 1 on Magadanskaya Street, and he works somewhere on Sukharevka, say, in Daev Lane. It is 14 kilometers one way. Agree, not the greatest distance for Moscow.

He makes at least 28 km a day. Taking into account all trips on other matters, attempts to bypass traffic jams, arrivals to shops, cafes, etc. this distance easily grows to 40 km per day, and this is the minimum. On Sunday, our Muscovite is at home all day (0 km), and on Saturday or Friday evening he goes to the dacha / out of town / to the outskirts for food. So let the car drive 60 km over the weekend. In total, we get 260 km per week.

We have 52 weeks a year, that is, the car's mileage will already be 13,520 km. This is 135.2 times 100 km. Thus, a car in the urban cycle will eat at least 135.2 * 9.3 \u003d 1257 liters of gasoline per year. It will cost the car owner 49,000 rubles.

Now to other items of expenditure.

In 2016, Moscow earned more than 17.5 billion rubles from parking lots and fines. In total, about 5.6 million cars are registered in the capital. This means that the average motorist in the capital spends about 31,250 rubles a year on parking and fines. Let's round up to 30 thousand.

Transport tax on his 123 hp Solaris. will be 3075 rubles... The CTP policy will cost him at least 10,000 rubles in year.

Depreciation. "Solaris" of the same generation, but 2014 release now costs less than 500 thousand rubles. That is, in three years the car has dropped in price by 200 thousand, let it be 65 000 in year.

Since the car is new, the cost of an inspection and a new set of summer tires can be neglected. But you still have to buy winter tires, this is at least 12,000 rubles. After a maximum of three years of use, it will have to be changed, that is, in a year it 4000 rubles.

Tire fitting (2 times a year) and tire repair in case of a puncture will cost 5000 rubles in year. Added to this is the cost of the car wash. A complex car wash in Moscow costs from 1000 rubles, that is, it will take at least a year 12,000 rubles.

Maintenance Hyundai Solaris 2016 costs 8730 rubles. for the first year, 12 437 p. for the second and 8 730 p. for the third. On average, about 10,000 rubles in year.

Accidents, breakdowns, traffic jams (and excessive fuel consumption), as well as inexpensive consumables such as oil and anti-freeze, we do not take into account (and it is difficult to calculate). Only the bare minimum.

The minimum cost of owning a budget car in Moscow (rubles per year):

65,000 - depreciation;
49,000 - gasoline;
30,000 - parking lots and fines;
12,000 - car wash;
10,000 - OSAGO (for a year);
10,000 - maintenance;
5000 - "overfitting" of tires;
4000 - winter tires;
3000 - tax;

Total: 188,000 rubles.

It turns out that the owner of a new economy-class car that does not get into an accident, does not break down, does not violate and almost does not stand in traffic jams, spends at least 188,000 rubles a year on it in Moscow, or more than 15,000 a month. In fact, the annual amount will most likely tend to 200 000 .

By the way, paid parking immediately dramatically increases the cost of car ownership. Parking at the place of work of our hypothetical Muscovite, on Daev Lane, would cost him at least 760 rubles a day. This is 3800 rubles. a week or almost 200 thousand a year! But here you can be sure that our driver will either park in some yard, or simply cover the number with a piece of paper and significantly save on it.

Now imagine that this same driver spends money not on a car, but on public transport and taxis.

Even if he takes a taxi to and from work every day, it will take him 4000-5000 rubles a week, that is, about 208,000 - 260,000 rubles... An annual single travel pass would cost him 18,200 rubles. If he took a taxi from home to the metro, it would cost him 250 rubles a day, or 1,250 a week, 65,000 a year. We add up with the price of a metro pass and we get 83,200 rubles... Can be rounded up to 100,000 if you factor in the unexpected taxi costs. You could even add another 20,000 for a taxi on the weekend. We get 120 000 , and still it will be one and a half times cheaper than owning an economy class car.

Moscow car sharing costs 8 rubles per minute. To get from Magadanskaya 1 to Daev lane, you need to spend 40 minutes in traffic jams or 23 minutes without traffic jams. Let's take the average, that's 32 minutes. A trip by a car-sharing car will cost 256 rubles. This, by the way, is much cheaper than taking a taxi. Our driver will spend 512 rubles per day, and 2560 per week for commuting to work. Costs for car sharing per year will be 133,000 rubles.

It is not advisable to use car sharing for other types of trips, because traffic jams in Moscow are quite unpredictable. In addition, there is an obvious problem: there may simply not be a car-sharing car near the house. We compensate for these disadvantages with the help of additional taxi costs - in total, it will be about 160 000 .

Consider cars in the next price category - cars costing around 1 million rubles. Skoda Octavia and Nissan Qashqai are close to this level in the Top 25 in sales for 2016 in Russia.

Let's take an average Skoda with a gun and a 1.4-liter petrol engine with 150 hp. (1,177,000 rubles) or a simple "Nissan" with a continuously variable variator and an engine capacity of 1.2 liters and 115 hp. (1,123,000 rubles). The first fuel consumption in the urban cycle will be 6.9 liters per 100 km, the second - 9.2 liters.

Obviously, they will eat less gasoline. If they cover the same distance as the Solaris driver (13,520 km per year), the owner of the Skoda will spend about 36,000 rubles a year on fuel, and the Nissan - 48,500. Let's round up to 40 000 .

A similar Nissan Qashqai 2014 will cost about 950,000 rubles. In three years, the car will lose 173,000 rubles in price, this 58,000 per year... At Skoda, the difference between a new car and a three-year car is much larger, this is due to the recent price increase. Rounding off annual depreciation to 60 000 .

Since the car costs more than a million, the driver will most likely prefer to add "Casco" to the MTPL. Such insurance will cost 43,000 rubles. The transport tax on Skoda will be higher due to the more powerful engine (5250 rubles against 2850 rubles). Let the average be 4000.

Maintenance "Nissan" will cost 8600 rubles. for the first and third years and 18,700 rubles. for the second, on average comes out about 12 000 in year.

The minimum cost of owning a car at a price of 1 million rubles in Moscow (rubles per year):

60,000 - depreciation;
43,000 - "Casco" + OSAGO (for a year);
40,000 - gasoline;
30,000 - parking lots and fines;
12,000 - maintenance;
12,000 - car wash;
5000 - "overfitting" of tires;
4000 - winter tires;
4000 - tax;

Total: 210,000 rubles.

From cars of an even higher price category, Toyota Camry and Toyota RAV4 are in the Top 25 for sales. They cost from 1.5 million rubles in a simple configuration.

Take, for example, a Camry with a 2.0-liter engine (150 hp) and a 6-speed automatic transmission. It will cost 1,557,000 rubles. Fuel consumption in the urban cycle is 10 liters per 100 km.

Here 53 000 will go only for gasoline, insurance "Casco" + OSAGO and tax - another 37,000, plus maintenance in the region of 10,000. The most expensive car in 2014 in a similar configuration costs 1.2 million rubles. That is, depreciation will be more than 100,000 rubles in year!

The minimum cost of owning a car at a price of 1.5 million rubles in Moscow (rubles per year):

100,000 - depreciation;
53,000 - gasoline;
32,000 - "Casco" + OSAGO;
30,000 - parking lots and fines;
12,000 - car wash;
10,000 - maintenance;
5000 - "overfitting" of tires;
5000 - tax;
4000 - winter tires;

Total: 251,000 rubles.

It is difficult to calculate everything with more expensive cars, there too much depends on the equipment. Usually, people who buy cars more expensive than 2 million do not skimp on gasoline and so on (unless they modestly hang the number on a paid parking lot with a piece of paper), and we are talking about saving.

But we can assume that when buying an expensive car, it is more difficult to guess with depreciation. Most likely, most of the annual costs will fall on this column (unless it is a luxury car of a limited series, which will only get more expensive over time).

What do we get in the end? As you can see from the infographics, you can save a lot even if you drive around Moscow only in carsharing cars and taxis. If you combine taxi and car sharing with public transport, it turns out even cheaper. In Moscow, there is some sense in buying a budget car, but only if you drive along strictly defined routes all the time. The slightest deviation from the norm - and you start to overpay.

Now let's look at an example of a driver in our beloved Tula!

He decided to save a little on the car, so he will not drive a "Korean", but the pride of the domestic car industry, Lada Granta in the middle configuration and with an automatic transmission. Such a car now costs about 500,000 rubles. Fuel consumption in the urban cycle - 9.9 liters, gasoline - not less than 95th.

To somehow justify owning a car in a city like Tula, let's imagine that our driver lives somewhere on the outskirts, but works in the center. Let's say he needs to travel from house number 13 along Pushkin Street in the village of Kosaya Gora to Pushkinskaya Street, but already in Tula itself. It is 10 kilometers.

It turns out 20 km a day to work and back, add to this 5 km for other needs. On weekends, the car drives around in the same way as a Muscovite: one day it rests, the next makes a double distance (50 km) In total, the car drives 175 km per week.

The mileage will be 9100 km per year. This will take 900 liters of gasoline at a price of 39 rubles / liter (fuel prices in Moscow and Tula are almost the same), in total you will have to spend 35 100 rubles.

Now to amortization. Lada Granta with an automatic transmission in 2014 costs an average of 330,000 rubles. For three years, the car has lost in price 170,000 rubles. Even if you drop to 160 thousand, the depreciation will be at least 55,000 per year.

If we assume that we are dealing with a conscientious driver who spends as much as 80 rubles a day on paid parking in Tula, then this is an additional 20,800 rubles a year. But we cannot yet take them into account, because no one pays for parking in Tula) Let's say that a Tula spends in total on fines and parking 10,000 rubles in year.

OSAGO will cost 7500 rubles, winter tires - in the same 12 thousand (or 4000 per year), the transport tax will be 2700 rubles... Re-shoeing tires 2 times a year - 4 thousand more.

Car wash - about 600 rubles per month, at least a year 7200 .

Lada Granta costs 3700 rubles. for the first year of operation, 4900 p. for the second and 3700 for the third. Average - 4100 per year.

The minimum cost of owning a budget car in Tula (rubles per year):

55,000 - depreciation;
35,000 - gasoline;
10,000 - parking lots and fines;
7500 - CTP (for a year);
7200 - car wash;
4100 - maintenance;
4000 - "overfitting" of tires;
4000 - winter tires;
2700 - tax;

Total: 133,500 rubles.

In total, our Tula will spend about 133,000 rubles on a car for each of the first three years of ownership, and subsequently the cost of ownership will only grow rapidly. In fact, the annual costs will be about 150,000.

A taxi ride from Pushkin 13 to Pushkinskaya 13 costs 160 rubles one way, or 320 rubles a day. it 83,200 rubles in year. That is, even if our Tula is chic and takes a taxi to work every day, it will still be cheaper than owning a budget car. Taking into account the taxi costs on the weekend, you can round up to 100 000 ... But why then do you need the hassle of insurance, technical inspections, changing shoes, traffic jams, finding a parking lot and everything else, if you can just always take a taxi and spend only money, not money, along with nerves and time? And at the same time save up to 50,000 rubles a year.

And also our driver could get from his place of residence to the place of work on the 28th bus and spend 30 rubles a day on this with a pass, or 7800 rubles in year.

What kind of freedom are you talking about? A car is just an extra expense and a headache, that's all.

It turns out that in a city like Tula, a car is not needed at all. In Moscow, it makes sense to take a budget car for regular long-distance trips, but you will overpay for it with every turn in the wrong direction and every day it gets older.

If we look at other cities, it turns out that the smaller the city, the greater the gap between the cost of owning your car and the annual taxi "subscription". It turns out that a car is really a luxury. Even if you drive carefully, do not spend money on repairs and do not incur any additional costs, the slightest mistake will instantly increase the cost of using it. A fine, an accident, a hole in the road - and you will not meet the minimum.

So in our cities, public transport in combination with a taxi and (for Moscow and St. Petersburg) car sharing can easily replace a private car.

Calculate how much you spend on a car per year and compare that to how much you would spend on taxis and public transport! Tell us in the comments what happened.

When buying a new car, we are usually happy with the purchase and rarely think about how much it will cost us to maintain. Petrol, maintenance, insurance and so on are not cheap at all now. Let's calculate together how much money the car will take from the wallet every year.

Naturally, our calculations will be approximate, but they will give a general idea of \u200b\u200bthe cost of car ownership.

Let's take the average car that a metropolitan purchases. Whether it is a Ford Focus or Toyota Corolla or whatever, its average price in a normal, not bare, configuration is about a million rubles. As a rule, the car is purchased on credit. Let's say the buyer deposits 600 thousand rubles and borrows 400 thousand from the bank at a rate around 20%. The payment of interest alone for the entire period will be 234 thousand. rubles or 47 thousand per year.

CASCO is obligatory for a credit car. This is about 100 thousand more per year.
OSAGO ~
Tax ~

I almost forgot about car depreciation
It loses about 10% of its value every year. For five years of owning a car (it is after such a period that the car changes on average) the losses will be ~ 40% or 400 thousand rubles (on average 80 thousand per year). We do not include repairs. We have a new car and we assume that nothing will break down in it in five years. And damages received in accidents will be repaired according to CASCO.

However, we have not budged yet, and the car already costs 243 thousand rubles annually.

Now let's train
On average, every week the car will "eat" a tank of gasoline (2,000 rubles) and run 500-700 km.
There are 52 weeks in a year. This means that the fuel will cost us 104 thousand rubles.
The annual mileage will be 30-40 thousand kilometers, and these are two MOTs worth 15 thousand each.

Replacement of rubber for two thousand rubles twice a year, a total of four.
By the way, where do you plan to store the rubber, in the garage? Then the cost of owning a garage must be added to the cost of owning a car, because without a car it is not needed. But, suppose you don't have a garage, and you don't really want to store dirty rubber on the balcony either. Then you will have to fork out for seasonal storage of tires from 500 rubles per month per set. In total, another 6,000 rubles (this is not counting, in fact, the cost of buying this rubber).

So they will carefully store your rubber in:

By the way, the car itself must also be parked somewhere
If in the yard, then it's free. But if you do not want to travel around the house in search of free space, then be prepared to pay 5 thousand per month (60 thousand per year) for a parking space in a guarded parking lot or rent a parking space in a multi-storey parking lot.

What else is left?
Fines for traffic violations and payment for parking inside the Third Transport Ring, plus a chance to run into a not entirely free evacuation. In principle, these are optional options, but you should not excuse yourself. In 2014, paid parking, fines and evacuation brought about 10 billion rubles to the city budget (2,000 from each motorist).

Unplanned expenses:

Let's summarize the total cost of car ownership per year:
depreciation - 80 thous.
credit - 47 thousand
CASCO - 100 thousand
OSAGO - 12 thousand
tax - 5 thousand
gasoline - 104 thous.
TO - 30 thousand.
rubber -10 thous.
fines - 2 thousand
parking - 60 thousand
Total - 450 thousand

It turns out that the cost of owning a car is almost half a million rubles a year. This is not a very small amount. But there are cars worth 3-4 million rubles each (Porsche Cayenne all sorts and other land cruisers) for them, insurance, taxes, are many times more expensive. A reasonable question arises, isn't it cheaper to take a taxi? Moreover, now it has become more affordable through Yandex.

Of course, many will say that the car does not cost them half a million rubles a year, but much less: for parking in the yard they while they don't pay, they don't buy hull insurance, they don't get into accidents and they don't drive a car every day, but only on weekends to Auchan for groceries and in the summer to the dacha. But if the machine is used only a few times a year, the more the question arises about the advisability of buying it.

In no case am I trying to dissuade anyone from the car. Do we just understand how much it really costs us? Have you ever thought about getting rid of it, and spending the saved money on yourself, or at least somehow reducing the cost of it? Share your personal experience.

Initially, it is worth understanding how you use or are going to use the car. The average person uses personal or to get to work in the morning and return home in the evening.

Another use of a car is a long-distance trip to visit relatives, friends, or just a tourist trip to a city or place.

Based on this, we will not consider in this article those cases when a person has to use a car all day for work.

Alternative to the car

An alternative to a private car can be public transport, a friend or acquaintance with his car and taxi. Let's consider each of these options in more detail.

Most of our readers do not live in Europe. This means that public transport in our countries leaves much to be desired. There is no working timetable, when the right bus should arrive, constant crush, dirt and rudeness. But a big plus is the fare. In Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former USSR, the fare is 10 times lower than, for example, in Germany.

A friend with his car is a great option. But only if you are on the road and your schedules coincide. If you do not have such a friend, then at your service are many services that allow you to find a travel companion that suits you for a reasonable fee. Sometimes it's even free if the car owner is looking for a company with which it will be more fun to get to work. In any case, the fare is less than the cost of a taxi, but more expensive than public transport.

And the last option is taxi... In terms of comfort, it is comparable with the option of a fellow traveler, but at a price it significantly exceeds it. Sometimes even two or three times. Fortunately, there is competition, and taxi prices are lower than they could be.

Let's calculate the costs

How much does it cost to own a car? On average, 9 liters of fuel per 100 km. There is also a moment of car depreciation. The calculation of depreciation is a very controversial point, but if you are calculating not for the company, but for yourself, then it is customary to double the cost of fuel.

Russians will have to pay 300 rubles for 9 liters of fuel, Ukrainians - 200 hryvnias. Total expenses without force majeure situations, taking into account depreciation, are equal to 600 rubles and 400 hryvnia per 100 km for Russia and Ukraine, respectively.

How much does a taxi cost? From Red Square to Mytishchi (distance - 30 km) you can leave for about 500 rubles. That is, it will come out about three times more expensive than if we used a private car. In Kiev, for 25 km, you will have to pay about 110 hryvnia, which is approximately equal to the cost of using a personal car.

Public transport and the travel companion option may not be considered due to the clearly lower fares.

What everyone forgets about

So far, it turns out that having a car in Russia is 100% more profitable than using a taxi for travel. As for Ukraine, the costs will be about the same. But everyone forgets about the extra car costs and the hidden problems of vehicle ownership:

1. You need to think about parking. Residents of megalopolises know firsthand that parking a car in a city is a big and often insoluble problem. Plus, you often need to pay for a parking space. And a lot of money: in Moscow, the average cost of parking per hour is 40 rubles.
2. You need to think about where to park your car at night. Not all of us have a personal garage or parking where we can leave our car and not worry that it will be spoiled or stolen. And even for parking you have to pay.
3. The car tends to break down. At any time, you can catch a hole in the road, and you will have to pay a rather big sum, for example, for a new disc. And it will be one of the cheapest repairs for your car. It could be much worse. You may have a blown fuel system, suspension, or even an engine.

conclusions

If you need a car solely to get to and from work, then you should think 10 times whether it is worth buying. Car ownership is a very expensive endeavor and also a big headache. For long journeys, you can use buses, trains, planes and other vehicles. As a last resort, you can rent a car.

Good development of taxi services and healthy competition have created very favorable conditions for those who can afford a car, but know how to count money.

Using a taxi is minus high costs, minus worries about parking, minus wasted nerves due to traffic jams and various traffic situations.

There is also a psychological aspect here. After all, if you need to get to a nearby metro station, then most likely you will not call a taxi, but use public transport. Or you may even go on foot, which will have a beneficial effect on your health.

Do you still want to buy a car?

Recently, I have almost completely given up traveling by private car. Moscow is becoming more and more convenient in terms of travel: taxis, carsharing (I recently talked about it) and, of course, public transport are available. And all this at very reasonable prices.

Let's say you buy a car of some imaginary model for 1.5 million rubles. To simplify calculations, we will assume that the car was bought not on credit, but for cash.

Next, let's calculate the cost of gasoline. If you drive 15,000 km a year, then with a petrol consumption of 9 l / 100 km, this is 1,350 liters of petrol. At prices for February 2016, this is 1,350 x 36.65 \u003d 49,478 rubles. throughout the year (provided that prices do not rise).

Now let's add OSAGO and CASCO - this is about 270,000 in 3 years.

This is followed by MOT - about 15,000 per year, rubber replacement twice a year, 2,500 rubles, purchase of the rubber itself 12,000 (once every 3 years), a car wash (1,000 per month \u003d 12,000 rubles per year). Of course, the transport tax is 5,250 rubles. per year (for 150hp). Now, a relatively new expense is parking. From my own experience, if you do not leave the car in the center for the whole day, but, basically, on weekends and on weekdays, a little, about 2,000 rubles will run up in a month. 24,000 rubles per year Let's add more fines, let's say 10,000 rubles. in year.

Total for 3 years in total accumulates: 1 500 000 (car) + 148 434 (gasoline) + 270 000 (insurance) + 218 250 (other) \u003d 2 136 684 rub.

According to Quto.ru, the same Volkswagen Passat (very similar to our fictional car) in the 4th year can be sold for about 907 thousand rubles. Thus, the net consumption associated with the car amounted to over 3 years RUB 1,229,684

Now comes the fun part. Let's divide this figure by 36 months, i.e. the same 3 years. We will receive 34,158 rubles. - this is exactly the amount that costs for a car on a monthly basis. And this 1139 rubles per day... A Muscovite spends so much on his car every day.

If you live close to work (and this is what is meant in our approximate mileage of 15,000 / year), then using the metro, taxi and car sharing, you can save up to half of this amount daily (and, if only the metro, then up to 94%). At the same time, you will drive a car almost every day.

If the desired car is more expensive than 1.5 million rubles, then the savings increase significantly. Here I am silent about the fact that if you put this amount on a deposit, the difference will grow by another 20-30% in 3 years.

It is clear that there are still trips to the dacha and to other cities, but even there analogues (trains, planes for travel and the same car sharing for dachas) are comparable in price.

The conclusion is this: having your own car in Moscow is not as obviously economically justified as we often think. Many of my friends no longer use their cars in principle, it looks like a new trend - the trend of awareness and compliance with the modern realities of life in a metropolis.

Do you use a car?

Initially, it is worth understanding how you use or are going to use the car. The average person uses personal or to get to work in the morning and return home in the evening.

Another use of a car is a long-distance trip to visit relatives, friends, or just a tourist trip to a city or place.

Based on this, we will not consider in this article those cases when a person has to use a car all day for work.

Alternative to the car

An alternative to a private car can be public transport, a friend or acquaintance with his car and taxi. Let's consider each of these options in more detail.

Most of our readers do not live in Europe. This means that public transport in our countries leaves much to be desired. There is no working timetable, when the right bus should arrive, constant crush, dirt and rudeness. But a big plus is the fare. In Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former USSR, the fare is 10 times lower than, for example, in Germany.

A friend with his car is a great option. But only if you are on the road and your schedules coincide. If you do not have such a friend, then at your service are many services that allow you to find a travel companion that suits you for a reasonable fee. Sometimes it's even free if the car owner is looking for a company with which it will be more fun to get to work. In any case, the fare is less than the cost of a taxi, but more expensive than public transport.

And the last option is taxi... In terms of comfort, it is comparable with the option of a fellow traveler, but at a price it significantly exceeds it. Sometimes even two or three times. Fortunately, there is competition, and taxi prices are lower than they could be.

Let's calculate the costs

How much does it cost to own a car? On average, 9 liters of fuel per 100 km. There is also a moment of car depreciation. The calculation of depreciation is a very controversial point, but if you are calculating not for the company, but for yourself, then it is customary to double the cost of fuel.

Russians will have to pay 300 rubles for 9 liters of fuel, Ukrainians - 200 hryvnias. Total expenses without force majeure situations, taking into account depreciation, are equal to 600 rubles and 400 hryvnia per 100 km for Russia and Ukraine, respectively.

How much does a taxi cost? From Red Square to Mytishchi (distance - 30 km) you can leave for about 500 rubles. That is, it will come out about three times more expensive than if we used a private car. In Kiev, for 25 km, you will have to pay about 110 hryvnia, which is approximately equal to the cost of using a personal car.

Public transport and the travel companion option may not be considered due to the clearly lower fares.

What everyone forgets about

So far, it turns out that having a car in Russia is 100% more profitable than using a taxi for travel. As for Ukraine, the costs will be about the same. But everyone forgets about the extra car costs and the hidden problems of vehicle ownership:

1. You need to think about parking. Residents of megalopolises know firsthand that parking a car in a city is a big and often insoluble problem. Plus, you often need to pay for a parking space. And a lot of money: in Moscow, the average cost of parking per hour is 40 rubles.
2. You need to think about where to park your car at night. Not all of us have a personal garage or parking where we can leave our car and not worry that it will be spoiled or stolen. And even for parking you have to pay.
3. The car tends to break down. At any time, you can catch a hole in the road, and you will have to pay a rather big sum, for example, for a new disc. And it will be one of the cheapest repairs for your car. It could be much worse. You may have a blown fuel system, suspension, or even an engine.

conclusions

If you need a car solely to get to and from work, then you should think 10 times whether it is worth buying. Car ownership is a very expensive endeavor and also a big headache. For long journeys, you can use buses, trains, planes and other vehicles. As a last resort, you can rent a car.

Good development of taxi services and healthy competition have created very favorable conditions for those who can afford a car, but know how to count money.

Using a taxi is minus high costs, minus worries about parking, minus wasted nerves due to traffic jams and various traffic situations.

There is also a psychological aspect here. After all, if you need to get to a nearby metro station, then most likely you will not call a taxi, but use public transport. Or you may even go on foot, which will have a beneficial effect on your health.

Do you still want to buy a car?