[VLM]

"I don't know anyone who owns a car and only drives 700 miles each year."

My grandma and mother in law resemble that remark. Once you get old enough that shopping is an agony instead of a fun hobby, and you no longer work, there's not much but Dr visits. Also beyond a certain age people expect to drive to visit you rather than you drive to visit them, sign of respect or whatever. Finally, much like maintaining / living in a suburban single family house, still being able to drive a car at advanced age becomes a status symbol rather than a tool or recreation. "I might be old, but I'm still healthy enough to drive that thing... if I wanted to" An 80 year old woman in a suburban house, with a car, is pretty much the same mentality as a 40 yr old dude with red sports car and girlfriend half his age.

[mlwarren]

Sorry. What I meant was I don't know anyone who owns a car and is able to charge a $100/hr consulting rate and only drives 700 miles each year. Barring edge cases, I expect the usage pattern for the average person for car driving is >700 miles per year.