# Don’t Pay for 95% - Adrian Crook Synced: [[2023_11_30]] 6:03 AM Last Highlighted: [[2023_07_13]] Tags: [[Advice]]  ## Highlights [[2023_07_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h58hs9f80jw10jksehfans47) > Your car sits idle over [95% of the time](http://www.reinventingparking.org/2013/02/cars-are-parked-95-of-time-lets-check.html). [[2023_07_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h58hseekzx117sg1fgd9emxh) > Yet we consumers love to envision the maximum usage for a particular item – like a house or a car – then buy the item with a capacity high enough to accommodate our visions. It makes us feel prepared, it feeds our egos, and it feels as though we got more value for our money than if we’d bought something smaller. [[2023_07_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h58ht3g984p1tj00vsqzajnw) > They don’t see the other 95% of the time. The time when I didn’t need and therefore didn’t own or maintain those items. It’s in that 95% that I rack up huge savings. I make that 95% work *for me*, not against me. [[2023_07_13]] [View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h58htz17tcqp023ahk98fk1a) > In short, don’t pay for the 95% you won’t use.