Do You Drive A Car?

[Freyja]

Public transport is terrible in Iceland so we drive everywhere we go. When we lived in Denmark we didn´t have a car for 4 years. Wasn´t a problem at all since public transport is great in Copenhagen. I did miss my car and the freedom it gives me though.

We have a Dodge Durango and a Mazda 3.

 

[kathy387]

We live in a fairly rural area. My husband has a grand am that he drives aproximately 20 miles round trip. I have a dodge caravan. I work 5 minutes from home so I try to walk in the summer months but in the winter and on bad weather days, I jump in the van. We're also about 7 miles from town so we drive pretty much everywhere.

 

[MrsPete]

I live in a small city, and I drive a "normal" car. It's really not a choice for me -- we have no public transportation in my area. I only live 1.5 miles from the school where I teach, and I have considered riding a bike (in good weather only), but I'd have nowhere to keep it safe during the school day, and I just couldn't have it in my classroom, which is already small enough.

If we lived somewhere with a system like DC's Metro, we'd definitely use it and keep only one car for our family.

When my husband and I were first married, we only had one car. It was a HUGE budget-saver, and when we retire we'll definitely go back to that system. Right now it wouldn't work for us because he works "normal hours" in the big city down the road, and I work teachers' hours right here by the house -- it'd be too inconvenient for us.

 

[reeeoga]

I drive an Intrepid (V-6 engine).

I have to drive an average of 85 miles a day for work (that does not include comute miles). I also have to carry about 10 cubic feet of supplies. Not good for mass transite if it was there.

I also (sometimes) have to cover in Baton Rouge (67 miles away). I would have to go to the GreyHound station to travel, then switch to city bus. Just not able to be done.

I am also up for a new job that would require me to travel over most of the western half of the state.

 

[L107ANGEL]

I live in the country and drive my car. No other way to get around.

Same here!

 

[arielsleepingbeauty]

I have driven a car since i was old enough to drive. My husband wanted to livein Boston where we wouldn't need a car. I said no way. I am never living anywhere that i couldn't have a car sitting right in front of my house. I hate if my car needs repairs and my DH is working. Then i am left with no means of transportation. Even if I wasn't planning to go out, i still want to know that i could go out if I wanted to. We live in a small town and there are no bus lines anywhere near us. I have never been on a public bus except to go to/from school when i was a kid and when i am in WDW and even there I drive a car too. I have never been on a subway or a train. I am a car girl all the way. My dd's are in alot of activities so me and a couple of other moms will carpool.
I have a Mazda MPV and DH has a Mitsubishi Galant. Both are non electric nor Hybrid.

 

[Beth76]

I drive a mid-size SUV. Living in suburban St. Louis, that's the only form of transportation available. When I get my next car in a few years we will definitely be looking at a hybrid SUV. Not sure if the price will be worth it or not.

 

[thinkerbell]

We also live in a rural area with not public transportation so we drive everywhere we go. My husband and I do carpool though as we work at schools that are side by side.

 

[Tracey1974]

We live in the suburbs and both of us commute to the same town to work which is 52 miles each way. I have a 2001 Honda Civic that gets about 38mpg and we usually drive that. We also have a 2006 VW Jetta Diesel that gets about 42-46mpg for the days we don't drive together and for weekends. I've put over 185K miles on the Honda since I bought it new 6 years ago.

I'm sure there are buses to get around once you get into the city limits which are about 3 miles away.