ive got a mini cooper which is a sweet ride but the parts & repairs are criminally expensive-- next time im buying japanese.

nice you used a pic of a dc area bus

i have a 2000 honda accord, the fuel economy is good, but my next car would better served if it was smaller

wanna trade?

i was thinking i want a station wagon or a tiny SUV to carry stuff in it (work requires equipment).

i was thinking of one of these:



but the mileage is still too high for my taste (22mpg? fuck that-- i do 30-40).

More green than your SUV....

ha ha ha-- awesome

only problem i see is that the driver is right behind the exhaust pipe

i have no suv though... i was just looking at them...

i think go with a wagon, they probably have better mileage

1999 Toyota Camry LE

invisible to the police.

yeah. maybe a matrix or a subaru outback. i wonder when they'll make them hybrid.

but holy shit-- i like this tiny car

well ok i could if i wanted to really get a car but i really dont have any use for it and like you say i can afford more if i dont have one. i know for some people they are a nesseccity but for me i just dont have the need. i suppose its like phones, i dont have the need to get an amazing, does everything, super expensive mobile because really its just a phone and it wouldnt make any difference to my life and my friends would still be able to text and call me the same as now.

i decided to simply add a roof rack after all-- ha ha

less hassle!

anyway thanks for the inspiration, this got me thinking

yes, i drive this beast.
just cruising
mine is dark green though
like the forest rangers

this car is so underrated

I had one when I first chimed in on this thread.
I have zero cars now and go by bike year-round.
I am much less frustrated this way.

endorphins rule.

while i really need a car sometimes (jobs, etc), i try to use it as little as possible & get around locally on bike or on foot.

how do you arrange when you really need a car though? zipcar?

The only time I ever really "need" a car is when I need to move gear or something large, and there are two ways to tackle that:

1. Bandmate's van
2. Giant cube truck I drive for work, which I can borrow at any time


Public transit is pretty good here too, but cold doesn't immobilize me. Deep snow and freezing rain are the only two things that can get me off the bike. Freezing rain is the worst! Pure misery.

awesome.

every now and then but just very rarely i think i need a pickup truck-- like the other day when some office building was throwing away perfectly good office furniture and there was this HEAVY table. of course it would be insane to own one just for that purpose. but having an available truck at all times sounds great.

here is my 1991 VW Golf GTI

;)

That guy doesn't look like he'd get on a bike if you paid him with a life's supply of LSD.

I don't drive a car, I don't even have my G1.
Even if I get the dumb thing I wont be able to really drive for another like, year. Hopefully I'll be moved out by then and in the city where I can bus and walk.

I don't want a car.