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I haven't owned a car in the past 5 years. But that's mostly because I never took the time to take a driving license in the new country I moved in (and the publ

by aflag 6y ago

I haven't owned a car in the past 5 years. But that's mostly because I never took the time to take a driving license in the new country I moved in (and the public transport being so good). However, I really miss it, if I hadn't been so lazy with my driver license this far I'd definitely buy a car, even if I used it once a month or less (driving to work makes no sense here). Sure, it's expensive. But you can just wake up one weekend and decide to drive to a different city, see something you haven't seen before. Also, if you need to buy something you're missing, you can just take your car and go comfortable. No need to wait for a bus or a train in the cold or rain. In these five years I barely left the city, but if I had a car, I think I'd have gone to many places over weekends.

_jal 6y ago
Between Zipcar and day-rentals, moving heavy things things or randomly taking a trip are trivial. I don't have a garage, so if I bought a car, I'd likely have to go walk a few blocks to it. When I rent one, the "extra hassle" is I spend a minute on a phone app reserving it first. I don't see it as a barrier, and at least at my use, way cheaper than a car. But the real gain is not dealing with parking, moving for street cleaning, parking tickets, broken windows, etc.
majewsky 6y ago
> driver license That's the problem for me. I don't have a driver's license because public transit is good enough for 99.9% of trips. There are situations where it would be nice to be able to drive a car (esp. to get a rental car for countryside vacations, or for large Ikea purchases). But getting a driver's license doesn't make sense when you never really use it and fall out of practice, so my money is better invested in the national public transit flatrate card.