I would be interested in what is more important to you emotions about the car or the pure economy. If you read through the tests of AMS, and then come to the lines fixed costs and operating costs will be everyone clear driving a car is an expensive pleasure. Let’s consider VW (other brands we don’t want 🙂 ) is a new Golf V 2.0 TDI Sportline ) with maintenance costs 260 € received at 15,000 km without the loss – because there are another 300 € on top – so makes 560 € per month (in real currency rich 1095 German marchers) . Golf vehicles with less power, other equipment do not reach the limit of 392 € (766.68 DM) … I am always happy when I see great cars passing by me, which have 4 times the cost for the same KM track … (ps. I buy that then a few years later for an Appel and an EI) then I grin and ask myself – ah that is the reason : as long as there are people still s o have a lot of money in your pocket is car driving too cheap… and the acorn is looking forward… So I hope for a lively discussion… PS: I still write the DM so that some people understand that not only the restaurants have doubled the prices…