I still like to pop in my car at 5am on nice weekends and drive 200 miles away from the City either to bike or to hike. I could get there by train but It'd take a lot longer and I'd have to come to Manhattan which I don't like to do on weekends. I did 36k miles in 5 years, that includes a few trips to Florida, South Carolina, Vermont. During Winter I fill up like once a month if even. I've been thinking about living car free though. It would be entirely possible, but I can't give up the convenience yet.
Adam