She keeps insisting that I have to have a car.
I can't tell you the number of time my truck broke down and I had to rely on my bicycle to get myself around town. My bicycle is the most reliable form of transportation I have ever owned.
I remember once the altenator broke on my truck. I too the altenator off, put it in my pannier, and rode to the alernato/starter shop to have it rebuilt, rode back home and put the part back on the truck.