A while back I decided that next time I had to fix anything on my car, that would be it. I wasn't fixing it.
The car was seventeen years old and had no resale value. I wasn't paying much for the insurance, and less for gas because it was a small car and I was hardly driving it anyway. Still the costs add up, and money was tight.
Most of the time I was fine getting around by bicycle. Driving in the city is not much fun. I used the car for grocery runs, visiting friends, getting out of town.
Then the fateful day arrived. I hit an enormous pothole that reconfigured a rear wheel. This was the repair that I wasn't going to pay for.
That was it. I junked it. I decided that considering the money I would be saving, I could take cabs whenever I felt like it, and rent cars for trips.
I am a car-free person now.
So far so good. I discovered that I don’t actually like cabs that much, and I don't use them often at all.
The car was seventeen years old and had no resale value. I wasn't paying much for the insurance, and less for gas because it was a small car and I was hardly driving it anyway. Still the costs add up, and money was tight.
Most of the time I was fine getting around by bicycle. Driving in the city is not much fun. I used the car for grocery runs, visiting friends, getting out of town.
Then the fateful day arrived. I hit an enormous pothole that reconfigured a rear wheel. This was the repair that I wasn't going to pay for.
That was it. I junked it. I decided that considering the money I would be saving, I could take cabs whenever I felt like it, and rent cars for trips.
I am a car-free person now.
So far so good. I discovered that I don’t actually like cabs that much, and I don't use them often at all.