Since everyone is already weighing in on their experiences I guess I'll add my own, I went 2 years without a car and it was great when I was in the period of m

Since everyone is already weighing in on their experiences I guess I'll add my own, I went 2 years without a car and it was great when I was in the period of my life where I wanted to be head down and studying to get a better job. I spent almost nothing on Uber because I used public transit or walked everywhere. I can count on one hand the amount of times I used Uber, seriously. Even after I bought my house which is in a suburb kind of in Seattle I continued to go car-less which included a 3mi round trip walk to the grocery store. Didn't mind it much, just had to plan around the weather. However I moved to the PNW so I could get outside and experience it, not spend my life in the city. Going hiking means 80-100 mile round trips easily on the weekend and Turo, reachnow, zip car were just not ideal for this. Cost is prohibitive if you're doing it every weekend. That's a minimum of $80-$100 * 4 if I go out just one day on each weekend. I bought a beater truck for under $3k. It has 4wd and a bed to toss all of my gear in. It's the perfect vehicle. Insurance is super cheap, only need liability because who cares if it gets totaled it's already banged up. I can run to Home Depot and get stuff for my projects around the house, toss my bikes in the bed, do my shopping. It covers all the bases and gives me the connivence of not having to deal with finding a reachnow car or meeting up with someone for Turo, etc. One important caveat, I also do my own repairs so if you aren't mechanically inclined it might not be the right choice. I only drive the vehicle on the weekends and still commute via bike or bus to work. I also noticed that because of my inherently cheap nature I wouldn't rent a vehicle to go do these things even if the end result is that it's cheaper than car ownership. My brain just can't get over the fact that I'm directly paying for the hike, or the trip to the store, etc. I think a lot of people also feel this way and idk how to overcome that kind of irrational thought, but in the end the opportunity cost of having a vehicle is worth it, if it means I'm actually getting out and doing things I enjoy instead of staying home or in the city.