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Deloitte Digital 1- that'd work if I owned a car 🙊10x cheaper not making car payments

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Take your own car, leave whenever you want, park at the airport. 10x easier.

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Gas is honestly so cheap atm that expensing mileage every week would pay for a solid portion of a car payment if you had one

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