[bryanlarsen]

I never claimed the numbers were average. The OP claimed that $10,000 a year on a car is uncommon. I'm saying that you don't have to go much above average to pay $10,000 a year on your car -- that spending $10,000 a year is common, even if a little less than 50% of people do so.

[nwienert]

I'd guess closer to 10% than 50% do, the more average amount would be closer to 5k/year making the original claim pretty far off.