@bohwaz
i haven't calculated it in a while but my total costs are ~1500€ max. i think i saw that 6000€ figure too. afaik it includes random "social" costs like people on sick leave due to car accidents. you can spin anything to be more expensive that way.

who is the biggest polluter is equally hard to calculate, they do pollute, so do many other things. i'd be wary to call any of thise statistics a fact.

i think the car is together with the internet the biggest equalizer of our times (in case you want to argues that cars are only for rich people, i knew plenty of people on social security who had a car - cars are just tht great). i wonder why this source of real freedom for the population should be removed.

i'm not against public transportation, but as it stands it is totally shit in germany except in huge cities. the tax money should go into improving things, not effectively subsidizing fees for big city dwellers.
@nickofnz