Corsaire

Interesting article.

https://moneycentral.msn.com/content/...car/P99756.asp

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BeTheChange

Sweet. Thanks for the article.

Dahon.Steve

It's a great article

>>>>>>But there are trade-offs, too. It can be inconvenient, particularly if your schedule is at all unpredictable. Public transportation options, in Southern California at least, are not plentiful and the schedules can be skimpy. Miss one connection, one transfer, and you might suddenly be tacking an hour or more onto your planned commute. <<<<<

I don't understand why people are afraid of folding bikes. When used in multi-mode commuting, these bikes are perfect in case you miss one connection or transfer.

>>>>>I was already in for a thousand or so dollars to my mechanic, and to get the car in selling shape would have taken another thousand at least -- maybe twice that. So we made a deal: He kept the car, I kept the money that I owed him. He was going to have his junior mechanics get it into shape, for practice, then donate it to the Self-Realization Fellowship down the street <<<<<<<

This is what I was doing as a motorist. I was making my mechanic rich but he was driving me to the poor house.

Corsaire

I just can't believe here in NJ (most expensive state for car insurance) a huge part of my discretionary income goes to make those greedy companies even richer.
Damn car is an evil necessity around here.......

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BuckyYuen

I live in California and am trying to rely less on my car also, especially since I have a daughter nearing driving age and I don't wanna deal with another car. We can share the car easier if I bike to work (she'll eventually be driving to college probably). My problem is that I work 12-hour days, so it's dark coming and going... and the neighborhoods with the most bike-friendly traffic are probably the most questionable (high crime areas). My hubby's concerned, but I say it just makes me pedal faster....

Corsaire

Bikers of the world...UNITE !!!!!

Jessica

You go, Bucky!! I commute in the dark all am, and winter pm, and I go out of my way to go thru slightly better neighborhoods, so I agree,

Pedal faster!!!

kb0tnv

I donated my car ('95 Geo Metro) to charity a year ago. It took a while to get adjusted but it was worth it. We got rid of both cars and settled on a 2003 Saturn Ion Quad Coupe. Something I always wanted. We were already paying for my wifes other car so we just traded hers in and we now have just one car and one payment. I cycle to work as much as possible. My wife can take me to work if necessary. I still get weird looks from people when I tell them I cycle to work... but now that I have a year under my belt most people don't question it as much. They are used to it. I am slowly trying to clue others into it but St. Louis is very car centric. Slowly things are getting better.

Dang

I use to commute to work all the time. 3 to 4 times a week. I kept it up for about 9 months and lost 15 lbs. The drawbacks were few. The worst was having to be at work at 5am. The second was the fact that my work didn't provide a safe place to lock my bike and third, no place to change into my work clothes. Because work required I wear a white dress shirt and black slacks my ride home taught me that a lot of drivers don't care to much for Mormons.
Then I moved a few miles further away from work and just so happened I bought a new truck. The bike was stored on the balconey and required me to climb through my kids bedroom to retrieve it, and oh, how I loved that truck. So thats how my commuting days ended.
Now due to money problems I was forced to sell my truck (Because of my wife not being able to make her car payments) and I now drive a junkie Honda thats 13yrs old. But thanks to this Honda, I know that very soon.... I'll be riding to work again! As a matter of fact, I just dug out my "Nitehawk" lite and put it on the charger. Just in case....