Now, they have to build a case for owning a car at all.
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The bills signal a historic change for Democrats in a state where owning a gun is as common as owning a car in some rural areas.
The American Dream meant owning a car, owning a home, and having enough money left over in retirement to travel Route 66 on a Harley or in a pimped out mobile home.
While many motorists treat it as a relationship of servitude, owning a car is ideally more of a partnership, with the driver taking the best care possible of his or her ride in exchange for many thousands of miles of reliable transportation.
Even if repairs are covered under a warranty from the dealer or manufacturer, owning a problematic car is not only disruptive but can be hazardous depending on how, when and where a mechanical failure occurs.
Wells actually likens the process of getting a patent to that of owning a used car.
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Separately, the cost of owning and running a car has changed relatively little in the past four decades.
Relative to household income, the cost of owning and operating a car is now 30% lower than it was in the early 1960s.
Winkler sees this kind of arrangement as a way to allay concerns that owning a two-seat car like the smart fortwo, with its limited cargo capacity, would be too much of an inconvenience.
The idea is that such a system would make borrowing a car as convenient as owning one, but without any of the drawbacks, such as needing to find somewhere to park it.
Naturally, besides owning this fabulous car, Cornelius Whitney managed to be a brilliantly productive man, both founding Pan Am Airlines and co-producing Gone with the Wind.
So every time I hear about yet-another automaker, especially a luxury one, conjuring up a brilliant new plan to take its car-owning experience to the next level by having dealers construct fancy buildings, I scoff.
The poorest 10% of car-owning households in the UK are spending more than a quarter of their disposable income on buying and running a vehicle, research suggests.
The most obvious downside of owning versus leasing is the monthly payment, which is usually higher on a purchased car.
By contrast, the richest car-owning households spend 12% of their income on buying and running a vehicle.
But for drivers like Zhang, who says he can only afford a local brand now but may upgrade to an Audi SUV in the near future, owning car is about convenience and comfort.
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