I'm the same way, which is why I don't drive that much. If I can walk or use public transport, I will. But there are times when I do need to drive, so I'm happy I have a car. Plus, whenever I have a job, who knows what I'll have to do, or where I'll have to go, so while it wasn't intended that way, having the car gives me more flexibility.
My new job (Eastbay call center, night shift) is close enough to ride my bike, if it weren't for me living in Wisconsin. See, here we get this white fluffy crap called snow. Generally speaking, when it finally gets here, we get lots (ignore my sarcasm - snow itself isn't bad, but dropping 6 inches of it overnight IS). That's bad for bikes - hard to pedal through that much crap just to get to work.
Hence the geo tracker with 4wheel drive (no, not the new one, the old 1995 model - still friggin' works, so I keep driving it)
In any case though, other than my job, pretty much everything needs a car. Grocery store's close, but there ain't any way I could carry the grocerys home in a bike basket. My moms work? Half hour drive each way. Friends? 25-30 minutes away by highway (2 clicks away by internet
).
We ended up moving 2 years ago; ended up moving to the wrong side of town since it's...yaknow...completely in the OPPOSITE direction of where we _should_ be
Oh, 2 years driving here as well. 0 tickets, 0 accidents. 0 pull overs (no talkin' my way out of tickets even). I take pride knowing I'm the only one in the family to NOT have some form of accident record. Again though - Wisconsin. Snow+cars+wisconsin drivers (used to think Illinois drivers were bad until I saw Wisconsinites on the road) = accidents. I'm surprised I haven't been clipped yet with now nasty some of the roads can get when theres ice on them :S
