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Howard
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I'm pretty sure they still are - between 1980 and 2014 the cost of motoring fell by 14 per cent in real terms – but in the same period, bus fares went up by 58 per cent. Rail travel has also become dramatically more expensive, as well all know. But all the 'war on the motorist' types will try and convince you the cost of motoring has just been rising and rising.
I do think costs have gone up since the pandemic. Cars cost more (we bought ours for £2.5k in summer 2020 and now it seems to be worth about £3k despite added mileage and few minor scrapes).
It only needs to be expensive if you buy into this though
Our neighbour had a ULEZ compliant small Hyundai thing which was in good condition and they didn't seem to be having any problems with it. They've just got a brand new VW Tiguan R hybrid which must have cost them close to the Tiguan 'ceiling price' of £50k. IIRC it emits about 65g of CO2 per mile, so that's OK then, funnily enough nobody talks about the massive amounts of CO2 and pollutants generated by new car manufacturer. Bonkers.