Originally Posted by
RubeRad
I know, we were seriously considering going single-car (we also have a minivan), but (a) the occasional use pops up with less notice than a rental can be gotten (I should look into a cab option, but we're in a suburban area where cabs are very rare, but maybe it's easy enough to call for one, I've never tried), and (b) we want to hang on to the car for when our oldest son will be able to drive it in a few years, which would mean he can drive his siblings to and from school and other events, which would make life a whole lot easier!
There is no guarantee your oldest son will want to drive his siblings, or even himself, anywhere in a few years, and quite a bit of anecdotal evidence to the fact that he might not. You want to have it both ways. Sorry, that advice from the other poster is where I'm also leading you. Dump the car if you aren't driving it. But, if you fight that, and evidence suggest that you might, then consider other advice you received upthread: fill the gas tank, rather than let it sit 1/4 full. If the car is eating batteries there may be an electrical fault or designed in source of current draw that is running it down. Find it and fix it or if it cannot be fixed, disconnect the battery, as advised, but also keep it trickle charged, also as advised. This probably belongs in Car Free Living but I'm not going to out you.
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