Given the choice could you afford to?
November 21, 2009 in Personal Finance
Did you know that you can save fuel and run your car on water
Akkita asked:
A) Give up you current vehicle to switch to a hybrid?
B) Use public transportation and never drive again?
C) Commute to work every day and only drive your car on weekends?
To include non-drivers………… If you don’t have a car right now , would you consider never owning one ?
Not to be nosy …. Would you say if you live in a city or rural area?
I live in a rural area where there is no public trasportation. So I curious if location is a facture.
Did you know that you can save fuel and run your car on water
I would definitley buy a hybrid. Having personal freedom to go and come as I please is important. I live in a rural area.
A..yes i car. yes i in city. yes i transportation.
I live in a rural area as well so public transportation is not an option. I do like those hybrids but they are still a little bit out of my price range. I’ve been told that by ’07 they will start being priced more in lines of other vehicles.
i dont have a car, but would buy one. i just moved from a large city in the us to a small one in ireland. in the us i never had a need for a car, but now i need it.
answer A. i would give up my vehicle for a hybrid as long as it doesnt look hybrid. cars such as the honda insight are hideous looking.
any which is favourable at the time
Location is definitely a factor…I used to live in a small town, no public transportation, but taxi cabs which do a thriving business in the welfare area. I have a car, drive to and from work 5-6 days a week, but work is only 15 minutes away when traffic is decent, and I now live in the largest city per square mile in the US-Jacksonville, Florida. There are 4 grocery stores near (within 1-3 miles), along with a SuperWalmart, (3 miles away). I wouldn’t give up my car, I’ve been driving myself for too long, and having been without one before, it’s darn inconvenient. Public transportation here, takes a bit of a walk to get to the pick-up places and I’m a server so I walk 3-8 miles a day on the job! I would commute, if there was a way to get to transportation easily enough, and I’d even ride-share, but no one at work lives near me. They live in all the other directions from our business.
So, I would if the opportunity arose (money situation is the key here), buy a car that uses biofuel and/or electricity, but not give up a car completely.
I live in Houston,When I foresaw what was coming in the near future.I arranged my life so that I could live and be happy without an automobile.That was hard because I had always owned a car for last 30yrs.In March of 2004 sold the car and it has turned out being one of the best decisions I have ever made.It changed my lifestyle a lot of course.But mostly for the better.Also it is only me affected.With a family what I did would not be possible I don’t think.I will never own an automobile again.
A
I currently don’t own a car, but when I do, I plan on owning a hybrid. I project that the cost of gas will continue to rise and once it peaks at 4 dollars it’ll never drop to below 3 again. In this day and age, it is best to buy a hybrid (plus there are tax benefits for owning a hybrid as well).
B
In terms of using public transportation, If living in rural US it is impossible to rely solely on public transportation. The set up of US cities prevents that. TO rely on public transportation also cuts on city to city commuting.
C
Commuting to work is a fantastic idea, and only using a car on the weekends is great, but that is assuming that the family consists of either 1 or 2 persons and no child. Also that grocery stores are within walking distance (or weekday meals can be planned during the weekend).
I would own a vehicle, but I would buy a vehicle with intent to use it minimal and utilize public transportation. I think you have asked so really good questions and rise really good ideas. If there isn’t a public transportation system in your area, you can always attempt to start one up. Check out the local government (ie city council, mayor, etc) I think location plays a key role in modes of transportation. For example, generally cities provide adequate public transportation, while suburban sprawl causes commuting to be an individual event.
If I could afford one, and they made one that would drive on dirt roads & survive, sure.
Public transportation? Not where I live.
I do equine massage, so commuting is not an option as I drive from horse farm to horse farm.
I live on the fringes of a rural area. We have some dirt roads and some paved ones.