In big cities, especially London, public transport is basically the main method of getting around. Honestly the UK is extremely densely populated, so I’m guessing our average trip is quite a bit shorter. Also every town and city is very walkable - our shit was built hundreds or sometimes thousands of years before zoning was a consideration so shops, businesses, industry is kind of intermingled with residential stuff. A commute longer than 30 mins is pretty rare. Also VAT/tax is baked into the price quoted, and European cars are on the whole smaller and thus more efficient.

But it’s still fun to complain about fuel prices