tomg

i use a honda cx ('93) for commute sometimes, trips with limited time and extended dst. weather plays into this as well, with monthly grocery-ing ! the truck, dodge ram 50, gets even less use. i try to fire it up once weekly, usually for grocery, kayaking, or hauling...

travelmama

I have a sedan, mini van and scooter. I cycle as much as possible and ride the scooter to long distances or at night. I haven't driven my sedan in nearly 3 months, the van comes out when I need to haul things, drive people around or to transport my bike. I try to use public transportation in addition to cycling as much as possible.
I do not miss driving my car but will not sell it because it is the car that I have always wanted.

Big M

I've used solely cars for transportation since I first got my license. I can't imagine life without a car. Commuting, shopping, or long distance errands would be so much more time consuming, and nightlife would be kinda silly (who wants to roll up to a party or club 30 miles away sweating and dressed all wrong?).

Not to mention I love to drive. I autocross my 1999 Miata regularly and am a member of the local BMW car club.

That said, since I've rediscovered biking, it's a new favorite hobby of mine. I rely on my bike more to commute (I take the car if I have a meeting or if the weather's bad). I take the bike to the local store for small things that don't require a car. But I still couldn't (and wouldn't want to) be without a fun car.

zeppinger

Car free and loving it! I had a car all last year that I put a total of 1,000 miles on it last year, so I sold it. The only reason I drove it was when i was feeling lazy! I am much happier, healthier, and wealthier now!

VolksDragon

I have a big, petrol swilling domestic pickup with a monster V8. I also have a government car, so the pickup is mostly for hauling my motorcycles and fun trips with the friends and family on the weekends.

The GF and I take a few road trips a year, and haul our trailer & motorcycles all over the US, so it's worth it to me to have that functionality, despite the apocalyptic fuel prices. Also, on the few days a year when snowstorms cripple the city, I am good to go.

socalboomer

I have a 97 Neon ACR that I drive when I need - typically to a friend's house which is a bit too far to ride (and is all uphill home. . .no excuse but when coming home LATE after working on the race truck or whatever, that's a bit daunting to me. ) - gets good mileage and it's fun to race her as well (rallyx)

I have a 97 Ram 2500 Diesel which gets driven VERY rarely - only when I need to haul more than I can stick in the Neon. It is handy, though. I mean, there's very little it can't haul/pull/uproot/whatever.

spiker

I have an '03 Royal Enfield Bullet that I take to meetings, trainings & general back road cruising. Gets 70+mpg. The 95 Saturn wagon failed its annual inspection & wil most likely be replace with a 95 Camry wagon. Goes to the dump, groceries, when I do overnights & need to cart in pillows, blankets & whatnot. Out to eat with the wife, she was born with a right arm that ends above the elbow & riding onehanded doesn't work. Said she'd join me on the bike if I get her a $9000 state of the art prosthetic. She hates wearing them & its her way of saying go ride & I'll meet you there. hauling my step-daughters stuff back & forth to college. My doctor is an hour away, he figured out my stomach was bothering me cause I sprained my ankle so I'm staying with him. Also do investigational med studies (asthmatic) in the same town as my doc. Hauled the rear deck & front steps home on the roof of the Saturn.
Still not unusual for the car to sit for up to 2 weeks at a time.

YULitle

My wife uses ours the most. She occasionally runs or bikes to work. We just have the one and I really only use it to get out of town (since the nearest one with anything worth visiting is 40 miles away.)

ECDkeys

97 Saturn wagon, to haul anything over 100 lbs (i.e., heavier than the weight limit for a Burley flatbed).

Otherwise, it works really well as a large surface for me to place stuff while working on my bikes.

BikingGrad80

95 falling apart Saturn sedan. Gets average millage ~26 mpg but I use it for winter and grocery shopping. When I go to the grocery store I get quite a load including some large and/or heavy items.

heywood

I've got an 1984 VW Vanagon camper van.

It's only used for camping/moving or Ski trips. Outside of that it's in storage (inside)

Allycat24

My 02 Passat sits in the driveway 6 out of 7 days but once sat for 3 weeks without moving! (Unfortunately, a family of mice decided to move into the engine compartment about that time.) Day 7 is used for shopping/visiting in-laws/running errands. Visit family in NC about 4 times/year. When I don't ride my bike to work, I take public transit (bus/metro).

Allycat24

My 02 Passat sits in the driveway 6 out of 7 days; day 7 is for errands/shopping. Once, I didn't drive for 3 weeks! I also have family who live 6 hours away so I drive to see them about 4 times a year. When I don't bike to work, I take public transit (bus/metro).

rando

I use my truck for long trips, when I have to carry a lot of items, or large items, and on the weekends. I commute to work on the bike.

jfruser

Circumstances:
2 adults
2 toddlers
1 dog
DFW
Wife in nursing school
Kids in preschool

2004 Honda Element 95K miles
Bought new. Primary people-mover. Vehicle of choice when moving kiddos and/or entire family. Long trip vehicle.

1997 Nissan Ext Cab Pickup 150K miles
Bought new. Formerly (before wife & kids) primary vehicle. Now relegated to any serious hauling duties and/or backup auto in case one of the others is in the shop or out of commission some how. My vehicle of choice if I am traveling solo and leaving behind the Element. Our house was built in 1960 and I am always working on it. I have only pined for more (stuff) hauling capacity a few times.

1995 Nissan Altima 110K miles
Bought used. Wife's primary school auto. Bought because we needed two vehicles to lawfully carry two children back & forth from pre-school or the baby-sitter while my wife is in nursing school. The Nissan pickup has jump seats that the kids would fit just fine, but my state requires that all children up to some rather large weight and/or height be in a child seat. Or I would get fined $200 per child per incident.

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When my wife gets out of nursing school, we will likely scale back to two vehicles by selling the Nissan pickup and Nissan Altima and buying a four-door full-sized pickup (hopefully with one of the smaller diesels Ford & Chevy are developing). I will keep an eye out for a used FOrd Excursion with the 7.3L diesel, though. I suspect that their resale is tanking and would likely cost me 1/2 what a new four-door pickup would. You can buy a lot of fuel for $15K, even at $4+/gal.

dr_bovine

I have a Honda Fit that I use once a week to go play soccer (too far away to ride) and large runs to the grocery store or if I need to move something "big". My wife uses it to drive to work most days (though she is starting to bike commute more and more).

anthegreat1

87 VW GTI and an 80 VW Rabbit Truck. both are out of commission at the moment. I would love to be able to use them if the need arose, however.

ItoDoeblin

I have an '04 accord. Used mostly for larger items (I'm single, so larger is a relative term) and vacations/transporting myself and my gear to backpacking places. I have a motorcycle, but its been out of commission for a while.

DallasSoxFan

It's my closet.

I fill it full of clothes and drive the bike to work on Monday morning, then park it in the underground garage at work. On Friday, I load the bike back on it and drive to the cleaners, then home.

sdastroguy

2003 Alero - The wife drives this to work.
1993 Audi 100 - The kids drive this if they are not biking.
1998 Expedition - Stays in the driveway mostly but is used to pick me up if a t-storm catches me at work.

UmneyDurak

hey, same SV650s that I have, even color matches.
Anyway I use my motorcycle to get around in general. I use the car to get my road bike to races, and if I need to do a bunch of shopping and carrying tons of stuff.

dcrowell

I live alone, and have two cars... a 2001 Kia Rio that I bought new, It's paid off, and gets 33-36 mpg. I also traded an elliptical trainer for a 1997 Thunderbird. It's got a V8, and only gets 20 mpg. I don't spend much on gas anymore.

I bicycle to work most days. Most of my grocery trips are on the bike. I have the cars for picking up my daughter on the weekends she spends with me. I also use the cars for trips to Michigan to see family.

My daughter is 16, but isn't really into biking. She has a bike, but can't ride more than a few miles. The closest lake to swim at is 16 miles away, so I have to drive to take her there. I may consider a tandem for next year, if she's still interested.

I'm also using the Thunderbird to teach her how to drive... the Kia is a 5-speed, and she doesn't want to deal with that.

Oh, and her mother (my soon-to-be ex), drives a minivan, and doesn't own a bike.

JR97

92 dodge dakota. I drive to work once a week for when I play hockey that night. Plus, I drive to hockey on the weekend if the wife isn't going. If she's going, she drives.

I didn't drive my truck for almost 3 weeks and the battery went dead. But it still had 1/2 a tank of gas! woohoo!

rnorris

Vying for space in my garage with 5 bikes is a 1998 Jeep Cherokee, 2 door. It usually sits there during the week, but gets me to trailheads for mountain biking, and primitive camping on public land during weekends and vacations. Not a mileage champ by any means, but I can nurse 25mpg out if it in warm weather. It's easy to work on and parts are relatively cheap. Thinking of replacing it with a small used crossover like a RAV4 that's better at carrying passengers, though. I've put 4800 miles on it in 8 months; nothing to brag about as far as being car-light goes, but a lot better than the 20,000 miles a year I used to drive with commuting and long road trips.

RogerB

I was going to say that, except I don't have a Miata. I love cars and motorcycles and hope to continue enjoying them. I still want a classic 911 in the stable someday, etc.

Besides, I have kids to drag around, or days when I have to run errands or carry a bunch of stuff, and everything is pretty spread out around here.