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Gas + maintenance, you haven't spent 15k? I call bullshit unless you drive so little that you don't really need a car in the first place...
My last car I had for just over 2 years cost me $500 in services, $200 for a new fuel tank (new is a strong word for an at the time 22 year old car), and then its just fuel and rego, fuel was like $80/month and is the primary expense, rego might actually put it over 15k for a decade because that's like $700/year on nearly any car i've had (where i am its mostly based on cylinder count, and i haven't owned a 4 cyl car since like 2017, at least my performance car doesnt cost more because 6 cyl is 6 cyl regardless of power output).
I don't drive a whole lot, but enough that I'm not in the bottom bracket of my insurance, car is required due to not even living in a town. Not even remotely interested in walking the 4km to work because 6 months of the year minimum are way too hot for that.