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[–] Salvo@aussie.zone 4 points 8 months ago

Sunk cost fallacy.

They are paying money to own these vehicles, therefore they must use these vehicles for everything possible.

For these people, riding public transport is more abhorrent than having their car broken into, or to receive a parking fine for parking in someone else’s rightful carpark.