My friend's wife has lived in Wilmington & Philadelphia for all her life, and about (I'm going to guess here) hasn't owned a car in about 10 years.
Granted, he has a Jeep for stuff, and they've used the "share a car" thing that people do around the city, but it never blew my mind that someone can operate in a city without a vehicle.
Right, a high percentage of Americans need to have a car to survive and a smaller percentage actually maintain their own vehicles. Wrong, that the main reason Jive doesn't have one is to go "green." The first "pro" to not owning a car to me would be savings on wearable parts, the TIME it takes to work on shit (believe me, unless you have a dedicated shop with a nice rollback of tools and a lift, everything is a PITA), the savings on insurance, the savings on gas, storage etc.
I too usually buy used and do as much maintenance to keep the $/mile down but even recently I've had work done at the shop to save time and aggravation.
Bottom line, if I lived in a city, I would probably shitcan the vehicle if I could, and the first thing I'd do is spend that extra $$ on cigars.
Will
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Originally Posted by badwhale
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