tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:264271 more stuff than life mrsbrown 2011-04-30T01:01:12Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-05-04:264271:279642 2011-04-30T01:01:12Z 2011-04-30T01:01:12Z public 1 10.15am and I've been awake in bed for 4.5 hours.&nbsp; Soon, I'll get up soon.<br /><br />The Zafira is no more and we are now a carless/free family.&nbsp; We're still deciding what we want to do about it.<br /><br />Yesterday I calculated that over the past 6 years it has cost us about $8,500 to own a car, or $160/week.&nbsp; When we had a car that meant we could do the following activities:<br />monday training with armour (for 3)<br />Thursday training (mostly because I&nbsp;have the etag)<br />miscellaneous shopping run for craft/hardware materials once per week<br />weekend actiivities up to 3 per weekend<br />3 monthly weekends away<br />yearly long trip<br /><br />To do those with a mix of car share and hire cars will cost from $4000 to $11000 per year, depending on how often we really use it and which car share firm we sign up with.&nbsp; Unfortunately, the cheapest one doesn't have cars in easy access to home but I've contacted them requesting something closer.<br /><br />Our other option is to buy a silly, cheap, disposable car and just run it until it stops and then buy another one.&nbsp; <br /><br />Our other, other option is to lease a car through my sister's car manufacturer workplace.<br /><br />Right now, I&nbsp;think we might upscale our cycling infrastructure (tandem or trailer for Rose?), join the car share close to home and be prepared to PT out and taxi home from places.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=mrsbrown&ditemid=279642" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments