Yeah, This isn't a Rhetorical Question At All!

[ase]

Having spent the weekend out in the middle of nowhere (really, dad, what were you thinking? The yard's nice, but the distance is nuts), I'm back to thinking about damage to my savings account.

[Poll #1307176]

I'm still not getting a car until the second quarter of 2009 at the very earliest, because life goes from a decent surplus straight to the red when I run the numbers, but this doesn't stop me from trying to beat the numbers into submission until then. (Yeah, basically: get a car, get a second job, do not pass go, do not collect debt.)

Ack, bus!

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[sraun]

So what's happier than "won the lotto"?

Personally, I have something of a love/hate relationship with my car. I need it to get to work - I'm about 30 minutes door-to-desk driving to work, it's more like 1.5-2 hours if I take the bus. (And I'm really lucky that there actually is a bus that would get me to work on Sunday morning!) I work 7am-7pm Sun, Mon, Tues, & alternate Weds - busing would turn my 'out of the house for 13 hours' into 'out of the house for 16 hours' - and that would be bad. An hour awake (minimum) before leaving the house in the morning to shower, eat breakfast, get moving, and walk the dogs, and another hour awake after I get home to eat dinner, walk the dogs, and wind down - and I'm down to six hours or less of sleep each night. I'm one of those people who can function on eight, but would really prefer nine, hours of sleep per night - if I were doing that consistently, it would be really bad for me. I can do it for a week or two, maybe a month, but not longer than that.

Now, if I got a new job downtown working normal business hours, we'd go from 120 miles/week on the car down to 20-30 miles/week. And I would be very happy.

[trolleypup.livejournal.com]

I am SOOOOOO glad I don't have to own a car, and can choose to rent cars at will when I need a car.

[limnrix.livejournal.com]

How easy will it be for you to park a car? That was another maintainance cost, for me.