So for the first time in 5 1/2 years, I am without a car. Sold and transferred it for well below the blue book value, but it was the best offer, other appraisal sources valued it less, and the car was a gift, anyway. Can’t complain!
I certainly hope selling my car was not a big mistake, but I’ve done fine not using it for the past few weeks, and I can’t think of any reason why I’d need to leave Seattle by car for the next year or so. I can always rent a Flexcar or a U-Haul if I need to. But I’m quite happy about the financial and environmental benefits of taking the bus. It’s $44/quarter, which saves so very much gas, parking, registration, insurance, etc… Not to mention the whole global warming bit.
Okay time for class!
It’s also a lot healthier to not own a car. Back when I had one I would drive to all sorts of places I could have easily walked.
Well you can’t really count global warming, because you selling the car will contribute more to greenhouse gases than having the car, and not using it. =\
What? No, if I didn’t sell the car to someone they’d go and buy another car. The fact that they’re using a car still in its prime rather than buying a new one that requires extra resources to produce actually is saving energy.
You’re _right_ – I didn’t think of that.
Though, your selling/not selling the car is not going to have any effect whatsoever on how many cars are produced. But that’s neither here nor there because if there were a policy of buying cars so that nobody would drive them.. well, you’d be an idiot. To be clear, that’s not what I was saying.
yay Jeffrey!!!!!
*high fives with my arm that works*
I can’t wait til I can ride my bike again, but taking the bus pretty much rules anyway, so it’s not a big deal.
Hooray! Speedy recovery to you.
Perhaps I should go the bike route – the problem is, my classes are either too close or too far away to bike to… we’ll see what happens with the current arrangement.