I'm a car-free wannabe and used my car about once a week to get to the band practice. My car broke down in july and haven't fixed it yet so I used public transport. I even carried my bass and amplifier head on my bike once but I won't anymore because I'm scared of breaking the amp head. During winter, the car is main mode of transportation. Despite living in a large city (Montreal), the office is located at an odd place with no public transport so it's the bike or car and I'm not quite ready to commute by bike all winter.