Originally Posted by
Platy
People go into new phases of life all the time. It would be interesting to have your observations about how driving again changes your outlook on things. Will people on bikes start to look like obstacles in your way? Will you start to think of us as the riff raff and jealous bitter bicycle riders who can't afford a car? I'll stay tuned.
I at one time lived in Arlington TX and rode to Dallas every day to work at Fedex and after enduring beer bottles being thrown at me and being ran off the road several times, I concluded that I need a car, yeah I saved money, but not having a car really sucked and I bought a beater car to get to work. I still say bikes are great for recreation, but for daily going to the Cost co or carrying the general stuff I carry it just doesn't work for the long term. I wonder how many here secretly wish they had a car as they will never admit it especially here, but cars are more practical.
I do ride to the corner store if I need one small thing as I enjoy riding, but over all the car free thing isn't always practical in todays car driven society which is engineered for cars.