In a bit of a social experiment I replied to this posting on craigslist
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/w4m/78025276.html
asking why being carless was such a liability. She emailed me back...
Because I don't like to drive, and I certainly don't
want to be carting some guy around town. I understand
people can get around fine with public transportation
or whatever, but I'm too nice a person to allow
someone I'm seeing to take the bus to our date, so I
just try to avoid that situation altogether.
These people are just too vai... I mean nice. They can't stand the thought of seeing anyone in anything other than a car!