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I don't need a second car
Oct. 27th, 2006 02:39 amThere are six people in my family. Our car holds 5. There are currently only 2 drivers, but the kids are getting older and Mr Peacock (formerly known as G) will be able to drive as soon as he puts some effort into learning and gets a license. Ms Not-a-Goth, who's sixteen, hassles me almost daily to arrange her learners permit test. Other families often buy a second car at this point. Not us!
We sometimes talk about selling the Ford Family Station Wagon and buying a different car, which is very tempting every time we pack to go to an SCA event but not economically possible at the moment.
We could buy a small second car, which is definitely not economically possible at the moment.
OR We could register with Flexicar and use a small car when we want for $12ish per hour, including insurance and petrol. So I did. Today.
It will cost me $10 per month to be registered, but that gives me one hour for free each month. So I can use a car to go in a different direction to mr-bassman, for 2 hours each month for only $22. If I use it once a week for 4 hours, it will cost $2472 for a whole year. That's less than the purchase cost of a bomb level of small car and almost the same as the registration, insurance and basic maintenance cost of owning a car. With petrol it would be the same.
AND I'm avoiding using resources to make another car.
AND I get to drive a zippy little new car.
I'm feeling pretty virtuous.
If you decided to register for this, tell them I sent you.
We sometimes talk about selling the Ford Family Station Wagon and buying a different car, which is very tempting every time we pack to go to an SCA event but not economically possible at the moment.
We could buy a small second car, which is definitely not economically possible at the moment.
OR We could register with Flexicar and use a small car when we want for $12ish per hour, including insurance and petrol. So I did. Today.
It will cost me $10 per month to be registered, but that gives me one hour for free each month. So I can use a car to go in a different direction to mr-bassman, for 2 hours each month for only $22. If I use it once a week for 4 hours, it will cost $2472 for a whole year. That's less than the purchase cost of a bomb level of small car and almost the same as the registration, insurance and basic maintenance cost of owning a car. With petrol it would be the same.
AND I'm avoiding using resources to make another car.
AND I get to drive a zippy little new car.
I'm feeling pretty virtuous.
If you decided to register for this, tell them I sent you.
