Cars are a pain in the ass.

[DipDipDive]

I'll probably be dumping upwards of $1,000 into my fucking car within the next month or so.

I need to get the brakes totally replaced, have my state inspections done, pay my goddamn property taxes, get new tags, and have body work done to the spot where my jackass coworker backed into it, and all of this has to be done in the very near future.

It's a fucking money pit. I hate this shit. (n)

[Waus]

Yeah. Screw cars. (n)

[Dorothy Wood]

cars are expensive as crap. I wish you could just have a car anytime you wanted, but not have to pay for it.

[Bob]

yeah, i'm not a fan either. i've been thinking about it, i remember when i was 16, it seemed so liberating to be able to drive, but really, cars just kind of restrict you. unless you live in an area with mass transportation (which i will, soon, finally), you're completely bound to your car to get anything done. your car doesn't free you, it owns you. or more specifically, the need to own a car restricts you. i'm sick of driving, sick of other drivers, sick of buying gas and worrying about that smell and glancing nervously at my engine temp.

i'm so looking forward to not needing that thing anymore.

[Rock]

why are you paying for your co worker backing into your car?

and is the damage just cosmetic? if so, i say fuck it.

[SobaViolence]

bike/bus/rollerblades/skateboard/scooter?

maybe a vespa?

[P of R]

I like cars. Too bad it's so fucking expensive to do a turbo convertion.

[Bob]

bike/bus/rollerblades/skateboard/scooter?

maybe a vespa?

i drive 40 minutes to work on the highway. i'm not rollerblading that distance, thanks

[g-mile7]

It sucks how companys take advanatge of the neccssisty of them too (distance, job, school, friends etc.) and its even more of a pain when you live in an area that isn't like NYC (meaning tons of public transportation)


I have no clue how Im going to even buy a cheap ass car, let alone pay for its expensive insurance'

[DipDipDive]

why are you paying for your co worker backing into your car?

and is the damage just cosmetic? if so, i say fuck it.

Well her insurance is paying for it, so I guess that shouldn't have been included in my list of car-related expenses, but I do still have to deal with the hassle of getting estimates and not having transportation while the work is being done.

Fuck.

[abcdefz]

There are times -- a few -- when I wish I had a car, but I've adapted to public transit very well. Actually, public transit + bike, which is the most efficient way.

And now my monthly transportation fees comes to $122.50 flat, and the very very occasional bike tube -- another three bucks. No gas, insurance, maintenance, car payments, and very few surprises. (y)

[DipDipDive]

i drive 40 minutes to work on the highway. i'm not rollerblading that distance, thanks

I don't have that great of a distance to travel daily, but let's just say that the West Virginia road systems aren't too accommodating to slower moving vehicles.

I can't wait to move to Minneapolis. I'm still gonna keep my car but knowing that I won't need it like I do now is very appealing to me.

[Bob]

i respect bikers, but as a motorist, they also bother me. what bothers me more than bikers is the fact that i'm bothered by them because i want so badly to like them. i get nervous driving near them, because they go too slow to not pass (not their fault), but it's hard to pass them sometimes. you gotta give 'em room, obviously, but you also gotta not run into oncoming traffic. it's nerve-wracking, especially on narrow roads, which is also not the bikers' fault, but there it is.

i thought about getting a bike for boston, but i read somewhere that it's rated as the most dangerous city in either the world or the country to ride a bike in, so there goes that.

i'm really looking forward to not needing a car, i just thought i'd mention that again.

[Rock]

Well her insurance is paying for it, so I guess that shouldn't have been included in my list of car-related expenses, but I do still have to deal with the hassle of getting estimates and not having transportation while the work is being done.

Fuck.
Her insurance should be paying for a rental. for the body work portion at least. i think that is pretty standard. at least it was when i got sammiched in my car, and then again when some one decided it would be cool to not look before reversing their car into mine.

And finding an estimate for the body work shouldn't be a problem. Just go to the most reliable place you know of in your area and let her insurance deal with how much it costs.

[abcdefz]

i respect bikers, but as a motorist, they also bother me. what bothers me more than bikers is the fact that i'm bothered by them because i want so badly to like them. i get nervous driving near them, because they go too slow to not pass (not their fault), but it's hard to pass them sometimes. you gotta give 'em room, obviously, but you also gotta not run into oncoming traffic. it's nerve-wracking, especially on narrow roads, which is also not the bikers' fault, but there it is.

i thought about getting a bike for boston, but i read somewhere that it's rated as the most dangerous city in either the world or the country to ride a bike in, so there goes that.

i'm really looking forward to not needing a car, i just thought i'd mention that again.



There aren't bike lanes where you are? That would make things harder if there's any amount of traffic at all.

Bikes need to get the hell over to one side unless there's some reason they just can't. There are a few occasions where I have to plant myself smack in the middle of the lane for a few yards so that cars realize they shouldn't try to pass. They don't lways see that a big old limb has fallen, obstructing the bike lane or something, or there's glass all over.

If you do wind up biking in the city, get used to keeping an eye peeled on parked cars -- looking inside to see if there's someone about to get out of the driver's side. You avoid getting "doored" that way (or a car suddenly pulls out, which is arguably worse), 'cause you can bet your bottom dollar that they aren't looking for you.

[Bob]

There aren't bike lanes where you are? That would make things harder if there's any amount of traffic at all.

Bikes need to get the hell over to one side unless there's some reason they just can't. There are a few occasions where I have to plant myself smack in the middle of the lane for a few yards so that cars realize they shouldn't try to pass. They don't lways see that a big old limb has fallen, obstructing the bike lane or something, or there's glass all over.

If you do wind up biking in the city, get used to keeping an eye peeled on parked cars -- looking inside to see if there's someone about to get out of the driver's side. You avoid getting "doored" that way (or a car suddenly pulls out, which is arguably worse), 'cause you can bet your bottom dollar that they aren't looking for you.

i drive mostly in suburban areas, there aren't really any devoted bike lanes. sometimes there aren't even sidewalks (i don't think bikes are allowed on those anyways, are they?). just a little shoulder on the side of the road. most of the time, that's not very wide, they're as close to the curb as they can get, but it's still a squeeze to get by. the roads around here aren't really made for bikes. it's sad. it gets really hairy during rush hour, there's just loads of cars going both ways, and now we've all got to dodge a bike.

like i said, i respect bikers alot, but the environment just doesn't encourage biking. sucks.

[abcdefz]

i drive mostly in suburban areas, there aren't really any devoted bike lanes. sometimes there aren't even sidewalks (i don't think bikes are allowed on those anyways, are they?).


That varies from city to city, at least in California.

When it is allowed, the bike speed is supposed to be something like walking speed. I actually got pulled over by a cop on his motorcycle (on the sidewalk, I might add) just a few weeks ago. I was riding on the siddewalk, had blown through a red light, etc., and he was pretty outraged. I was cool though and let him vent, so he didn't give me a ticket or a warning or anything. Whew.

[monkey]

i put in $4000 when my transmission failed. and it blew chunks cause i was stuck in a ditch.

i really hate cars now and our neverending dependency. living outside of city limits/public-transportation-heaven sucks.:mad:

[Echewta]

I own 7 cars but can really spend the time on 5. Its so tough to figure out which two to ditch. :(

[Bob]

I own 7 cars but can really spend the time on 5. Its so tough to figure out which two to ditch. :(

haha

i know this kid who has 3 cars. he's 18, lives with his parents, works as a bagger at a grocery store (not that he needs the money, his parents pay for everything, they're well endowed), what's he need 3 cars for? they're nice cars, too. seems excessive to me

[Echewta]

haha

i know this kid who has 3 cars. he's 18, lives with his parents, works as a bagger at a grocery store (not that he needs the money, his parents pay for everything, they're well endowed), what's he need 3 cars for? they're nice cars, too. seems excessive to me

You've seen his parents naked?

[The Notorious LOL]

i really hate cars now and our neverending dependency. living outside of city limits/public-transportation-heaven sucks.:mad:



i.e. you live in Long Island, not New York City.

[monkey]

i live in new york city, not manhattan

[The Notorious LOL]

what borough?

[monkey]

qnz

[Bob]

You've seen his parents naked?

is that what well endowed actually means? i thought that was slang

[abcdefz]

I don't know. I've heard of rich men giving a university their endowment, and I kinda don't think most guys would part with that, however charitable their feelings might be.

[Echewta]

I'm older than you and know more.

[Bob]

I don't know. I've heard of rich men giving a university their endowment, and I kinda don't think most guys would part with that, however charitable their feelings might be.

i don't even know what a university would want with that

[Echewta]

whoa whoa, not older than abcdefzzzzzz.

[QueenAdrock]

What kinda car, DDD?

My old car was like that, the engine couldn't pass emissions tests and I put $800 into it and it STILL didn't pass but MD has a law that says if you put at least $500 of work into an engine and it doesn't pass emissions still, "at least you tried" and get a waiver for 2 years and can still drive it.

It still stank when I drove it though, the fumes made me nauseous. It didn't help that it was convertible too, because at stoplights I'd get high as fuck. Then I decided it was time to get a new car.

I pay $186 a month and haven't had trouble with it yet *knocks on wood*. Sometimes the extra cash for a newer car is worth not having to constantly worry. In the long run it's cheaper for me, too.

[The Notorious LOL]

qnz



so are you speaking in a theoretical point of view that in general yes everyone is reliant on cars rather than buses or do you somehow live in the secret pocket of Queens where you require an automobile?

[DipDipDive]

What kinda car, DDD?

It's a '98 Honda Accord. Good car, the engine's in good shape, but it has over 115,000 miles on it. I want to get as much use out of it as I can, which naturally means having to sink more money into it than I'd like to maintain it so it'll be good for another 75,000-85,000 miles or so.

I just hate spending money on shit I can't see. I know having good brakes is a major necessity, but $475 for something that is invisible and intangible to me majorly chaps my ass.

[DIGI]

Well her insurance is paying for it, so I guess that shouldn't have been included in my list of car-related expenses, but I do still have to deal with the hassle of getting estimates and not having transportation while the work is being done.

Fuck.


Fuck that noise. If she was at fault, her insurance should pay for your damages AND hook you up with a rental while your ride is getting fixed. It might depend on what insurance she has, but it wouldn't hurt to look into it.

[beastiegirrl101]

Did you move yet?

I say sell the car for cash and mooch off NLOL.

[monkey]

secret pocket of Queens where you require an automobile?

bingo. also a problem, having to travel, almost daily, between queens and li. 20 minute ride if you take the highway, 2 hrs if you take buses that take you all the way south to go back up north.

[abcdefz]

bingo. also a problem, having to travel, almost daily, between queens and li. 20 minute ride if you take the highway, 2 hrs if you take buses that take you all the way south to go back up north.


That's the way the bus system was in the last area I lived in. The distance from my apartment to my work was about six miles; the bus route took 90 minutes and required a transfer.

If the hills hadn't been so nasty and we had showers at work, I would've just ridden a bike.

[monkey]

public transportation is fantastic in manhattan. completely worth it. it's pretty good in most of bk, most of the bronx, and the western side of queens. it SUCKS in staten island (the express bus, which costs like 5 bucks, still takes forever to get a person around), and it sucks in the noreastern part of queens. the subways dont even run that far.

[enree erzweglle]

I don't think it would have been possible for me to have raised my kid without a car. I bought it new and paid it off when I bought it, so that was a bunch of years ago and it has very low mileage on the odometer. I don't drive it often at all, so my costs are related to gas and insurance. I fill it up about once every two months.

I often think, now, about not really needing a car. What I really need is a time-shared car. Like I think I could time-share one easily with the old guy across the street because he appears to use his as infrequently as I do.

[beastieangel01]

this is why I drive 1991 3-Cyl Geo Metro. It saves money. However, I would NOT have a car unless I had to. San Diego has awful public transportation. To get to a place that takes 15 minutes by car, it takes 2 hours by bus, no joke.

Good thing there's such nice weather here, otherwise I'd take a poop on the whale's vagina.

[hardnox71]

I'll probably be dumping upwards of $1,000 into my fucking car within the next month or so.

I need to get the brakes totally replaced, have my state inspections done, pay my goddamn property taxes, get new tags, and have body work done to the spot where my jackass coworker backed into it, and all of this has to be done in the very near future.

It's a fucking money pit. I hate this shit. (n)
All of the above are the exact same reasons I don't have a car right now. You nailed it right on the head. It's too much of a fucking problem, especially in this city. And after you pay for all of that shit then you have to pay the city for the privilege of parking the damned thing in front of your own fucking house!!

Fuck all that shit. I'll get on the train. I never go anywhere that I need a car any-damned- way.