[bamboozled]

the maintenance, the ongoing cost of fuel and insurance, all of it.

Not sure if rich people worry about this, which is what the article is about, rich people.

Agree wit everything else you said though.

[oftitogf]

It's not about rich people, it's about people at all levels of wealth in the developed world. Rich relative to the world's poorest, but not the 1% who don't worry about the costs of owning a car.

[mercutio2]

In the US, no one in the top 40% has to worry about the costs of car ownership.

The richest 1% of Americans are much richer than worrying about the costs of cars, certainly, but the median American income is just very high relative to the cost of car ownership.