For me, riding my bike was just so sweet. As time wore on, it just didn't make sense to insure and maintain a car that was almost always stuck in the driveway. It's been about 5 years now. I love the slower pace of my life. I ride in cars so rarely that 40-45 mph makes me white-knuckle the seat or dash. On the residential roads that make up most of my rides I get to think -much more clearly, deeply, peacefully than I ever did in a car surrounded by other cars going 55 plus or minus 15.