<prompt> Human: Live in LA. I commute about 10-25 miles a day and a few errands a week on top of that. I am getting antsy because my car is old and I should be thinking about replacing it, but I feel like were in a weird period right before seismic changes in the car market, and even owning a car might be a stupid decision in a few years. At the very least, electric cars are dropping fast in price and it feels like a bad time to dive in.Most of the comparisons of Uber vs Car seem to be based on ownership costs of the car, but they dont seem to factor in the cost of buying the car in the first place. Im just curious if anyone has done the math for this question.  <response>: Two obvious questions:Is public transportation an option?Why are you budgeting 25K to 30K for a car? I paid 4,000 for a low mileage 105K 99 Honda in 2013, and not a dime in repairs since owning it. 