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Show HN: How much is my life costing now
- davidhbolton 8y agoTried to access this at work. It's blocked because of malware. opendns. com (spaces included in link deliberately). Caveat browser...
- korynunn 8y agoMy car has cost me $29 today sitting in the garage :|
- beatgammit 8y agoWait, your car costs $10k/year?
- throwaway2016a 8y agoIf op has a 5 year loan on a $40,000 car + taxes + insurance + repairs... that sounds about right.
- fyfy18 8y agoI'd assume after the 5 years you still have the car, or at least sell it for something rather than scrap.
- cma 8y agoNot if it sits in the garage that whole time.. wait
- korynunn 8y agoThis is a great bit of insight that most don't get. I'll be making a total cost of ownership site soon to show how all of these details affect true cost of a car.
- MandieD 8y agoMy husband and I did some of those calculations when we were considering my next car seven years ago. Result: I ended up not considering anything less than three years old, and am still the content owner of an off-lease diesel 2008 Ford Focus Turnier (station wagon), about to have a new timing belt put in. My cost per kilometer would have been lower had I been confident in my manual shift driving capabilities (at the time, no; now, yes) and had eschewed luxuries like leather seats and the larger engine. Cost per km over the past seven years: 0.334 EUR Average cost per year (not considering that I've dropped my driving from over 20T to under 8T km/yr): 5826 EUR But I've not looked at it from an inventory perspective; it does spend an awful lot of time sitting in our garage ever since I switched offices and now carpool with a colleague who loves driving his BMW and is delighted that I give him 10 EUR/wk for gas and peer-pressure him into leaving for work at 7am :)
- beatgammit 8y agoI was actually thinking of doing just this since I'm going to need a new car soon. I'm basically trying to compare EVs, hybrids, and gas cars. It would be especially interesting to base data on historical TCO for various brands.
- korynunn 8y agoNo, the day wasn't over when I posted that.
- a13n 8y agoCould be a brand new Tesla Model S
- korynunn 8y agoTo clear this up: https://YouTube.com/korynunn https://YouTube.com/korynunn
- beatgammit 8y agoMakes sense. I'm not a "car guy" and my car cost ~$10k used a few years ago, so I thought perhaps that your math was off. But if cars are your thing, I totally get it.
- gitgud 8y agoWow, you can literally see your time being spent at sub second resolution... I feel like my life is comparable to cloud hosting
- gargarplex 8y ago>I feel like my life is comparable to cloud hosting There are some philosophies that suggest this is no accident.
- cityzen 8y agoWhat are you talking about?
- gargarplex 8y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simulation_hypothesis
- cheez 8y agoThis is actually how I decide whether someone is worth paying to do something for me.
- korynunn 8y agoSource is open by the way: howmuchismylifecosting.now.sh/_src
- utopcell 8y agoNicely done :-)
- contingencies 8y agoGrammar nazi / random tip: "how much does my life cost?" would be a better title. Overuse of the present continuous "is ... (something)ing", particularly with a postfix "now" is a hallmark of Indian English. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_English
- korynunn 8y agoYou already know what your life costs (per year). What your life is costing in real time is the interesting bit. PS: I'm the most Anglo-Saxon Aussie you've seen, I just wanted to make use of the 'now.sh' domain.
- sova 8y agoDamn all these heart beats are costing a fortune
- ivm 8y agoNice, I made a similar thing last year. It's a browser extension that counts the time you spend on distracting sites and shows how much money you could make if you were working instead: https://qotoqot.com/sloth-worth/ https://qotoqot.com/sloth-worth/