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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Buy used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1998 Honda Civic 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $7000, 9 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $1200 fuel, $400 insurance, $100 fares/tolls/parking 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? ~$1000 8. How far is your commute to work? 15 miles / 30 mins 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I live and work in the suburbs, it is not a viable option 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $70k I will admit to severe and frequent cases of new car envy, especially when I walk through the parking lot where I work. But so far I have resisted.
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Drive 2. How many vehicles do you have? 2 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used for both 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2010 KIA forte, 2006 Hyundai Santa Fe 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? KIA 11k, 3 years Hyundai 19k, 8 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? Insurance is $700, $1800 on gas 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? 400 maybe? Do my own oil changes and breaks. The Santa fe has been pricier recently 8. How far is your commute to work? 25 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Would take 3 times as long plus kids yo worry about 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle 11. What country do you live in USA 12. What is your gross annual income? ~120k
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drat IT posted:
The best way to deal with this is to realize that 50 percent or more of people can't really afford that nice new car. I just stick to thinking "you poor dumb motherfucker"
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? One or two cars, depends on whether you count 'possession' as 'yours' + dirtbike 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Parents bought Forrester outright, used for me. Navara is my parents that they've sort of given to me (longish story), motorbike bought new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1999 Subaru Forrester, 2012 D22 Nissan Navara, 2010 Husqvarna TE250 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $7500 / 5 years (Forrester), $36,000 2.5yrs (Navara), $9500 / 4.5 yrs (Husqvarna) 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? Have only started driving the Forrester again (my fiance actually drives it now) so very minimal / $0 (fuel/insurance is included in the Navara), haven't ridden the Husqvarna in the last year much 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Out of pocket - $500 / $0 / $700 (+ a soon to be $2500 repair bill) 8. How far is your commute to work? 150KM per day 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Commute by public transport would probably take about 3 hours and I start around 7AM, meaning I'd have to leave around 4AM + public transport starts running around 5AM onwards, meaning I wouldn't get to work until about 8AM 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? Australia 12. What is your gross annual income? Was $120k combined until January of this year, until we had to move back to our home town, now around $42k combined (fiance doesn't have a job/I took a crappy job to preserve savings). Guni fucked around with this message at 04:42 on Mar 21, 2015 |
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Bugamol posted:Extreme BFCers sometimes like to pretend that it's super easy to just go pick up a reliable beater car and drive it until it dies. Either those people are stupid lucky, already mechanics, friends with a mechanic, or know a local mechanic that is willing to cut them a deal and help them out. Back in 1999 working on cars was hard. You had a hanes manual that covered like 4 generations of your car, and it was vague at best and wrong a lot of the time, and any buddies that you could coax over may or may not have any clue what they are doing. You were basically turning bolts and praying to the piston gods. Now days pretty much every car ever made has some sort of enthusiast base that has thoroughly explored every possible way it can break and how to fix it, and then posted their wisdom online. Not only that, but most common repairs on most common cars have a decent quality youtube video of someone preforming the repair. There's a guy whose videos have helped me so many times with volvo repairs that I consider him sort of a father figure. Now, I'm kind of a gearhead, but my little brother is not. He had never really worked on a car before, and he used to ask me "how the hell do you consider that fun?" when I would talk about wrenching on my beaters. He's also not very well off. When his honda accord started overheating he took it to a shop, and they quoted him something around a grand for a water pump and a timing belt which was due, and a few other odds and ends. He didn't have the money but he needed the car for work and school. I was living in another state so I couldn't help him out. No worries, he bought about $50 worth of tools from harbor freight, and spent a few evenings reading walkthroughs and watching videos. It took most of a Saturday to complete the repairs, and he has put thousands of miles on the car since. In the end he didn't have a lot of fun or find a new lifelong hobby, but he did save himself $800. What I'm saying is: If you're making 6 figs and $800 is not a lot of money for you then by all means buy a new car and take it in to the shop whenever it makes a funny noise. But if you're in an income bracket where your time is not worth a whole lot and you own a car, then you really owe it to yourself to take advantage of all the resources out there and start understanding the systems at play and working on it yourself. There are obviously some jobs that are a little rough (like anything to do with an audi) or that are very unpleasant for the DIYer and super cheap from a shop (like an oil change) but by and large wrenching on a beater car is a great way to save yourself a lot of cash. It always baffles me when people are like "well, yeah cheap old cars are ok if you like freaking out from constantly breaking down or are a master mechanic." No, you cannot just expect to get on craigslist and buy the first $1500 car you see and drive it for 100,000 miles, but if you do your goddamn homework and spend a couple of hours a night for a week or two watching the market and educating yourself, and have a just a bit of risk tolerance, then there's no reason why the average person can't drive reliably on the cheap.
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Leroy Diplowski posted:Back in 1999 working on cars was hard. You had a hanes manual that covered like 4 generations of your car, and it was vague at best and wrong a lot of the time, and any buddies that you could coax over may or may not have any clue what they are doing. You were basically turning bolts and praying to the piston gods. My free time isn't worth much, even tho I make ~ok~ middle class wages. I *love* working on cars, so its a combo of pasttime hobby + saving a lot of money. Also, working on a VAG is way, way better than most domestics, and a lot of Asian imports. Though its nothing like a well designed BMW, where things are actually engineered! (I love my BMW's.) My last spare car was a 86 325e. I made 1700$ from buying it and selling it, and put ~60k on it. That beater was awesome.
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oxsnard posted:I just stick to thinking "you poor dumb motherfucker"
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2010 Subaru Forrester 2.5x Premium 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $17k, 1.5 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $4,800 for payments, $720 for insurance, $775 on gas. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? I spent $1,300 last year. $750 for a 60k service and $400 for some body work. Now that everything is in tip-top shape, should be minimal this year. 8. How far is your commute to work? 3 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Unrealistic for most things. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? 50k.
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Mar 21, 2015 15:42
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2009 Subaru Forester XT 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $19000 @ 120,000km, owned for 30 months and it's up to 165,000km 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $2800 fuel, $900 insurance 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? $2200 in 2013, $1000 in 2014 8. How far is your commute to work? 25km 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I live in cottage country, it doesn't exist. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? Canada 12. What is your gross annual income? $90k
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1. What is your primary form of transportation? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2004 Chevy Cavalier 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $5500 (paid cash) and I've had it for about 8 years. It currently has ~130k miles on it. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? ehhh about $650 I guess. I don't really keep up with this as well as I should, but my insurance is cheap and I don't have to buy a whole lot of gas per month. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Maybe around $200 averaged out? Usually less than that but I do have to periodically put tires on it. It has been extremely reliable considering I take really lovely care of it. 8. How far is your commute to work? ~5 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I live in the rural South; public transportation does not exist. My workplace isn't terribly far from my house but it's a 40+ mile round trip to a bigger town in another county if I want to shop at a real store, so I'd have a hard time not having a car here. 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $50k I've been wanting to upgrade to a nicer car for a while but not bad enough to take on a car payment, so I'll just keep driving this one until I run it into the ground. I do zero maintenance on it myself because I'm really not a DIY person, and barely remember to have the oil changed so I'm pretty shocked at how reliable it's been.
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 2 cars for a two-driver household 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? One was purchased for me new by my parents when I was in college; the other we bought new, paid cash. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2002 Honda CR-V and 2012 Ford Focus 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? CR-V: $0 ($22000 for parents), owned 12.5 years. Focus: $21500, owned 2.5 years. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $2400 on fuel, $1450 on car insurance for 2 drivers on both cars. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? ~$1000 on washes, oil changes, occasional repairs. 8. How far is your commute to work? 80 miles round trip for both of us, in opposite directions.  I telecommute 1-3 days a week though.9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Not an option for my husband so he carpools with 3 other people. I used to take a vanpool but my work schedule is very flexible and it was easier for me to just drive in a few days myself. Plus the people in the van were crazy... 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $175,000 I kind of want a new car at this point, but with a baby coming I guess I should just let her grind Cheerio dust into my old one instead. Also there's nothing wrong with my CR-V, and since I told my husband about zaurg's thread he brings up every once in a while how lucky I am to have the coveted zwife baby mobile.
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 3, my car, wifes car, my bike 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? My car - Used, my bike - used, my wifes car - new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2012 Ford Falcon XR6 for me and 2012 Mazda 3 for the wife 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? My car - $18,500 owned for like a month so far, wifes car ~$22,000 3 years ago, my bike - $3500 about 3 years ago, all paid with cash 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? around $11,000 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? maybe $500 on servicing? 8. How far is your commute to work? mines about 80km round trip, wifes is about 10km. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not We live on the on the very outer edges of a the limit of the nearest major cities public transport, so it's there, but there's not a great deal of it 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle 11. What country do you live in? Australia, so all figures here are in AUD. 12. What is your gross annual income? Around $175,000 combined
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Bought new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2015 Subaru Legacy 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? The car cost $26,900, and I bought it in October 2014. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)?
Total: $8378 per year, excluding maintenance. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? My car's too new to have any realistic data on this; the only maintenance I've had performed so far is a single oil change. My previous vehicle, once it was out of its warranty period, averaged $1578 per year in maintenance (both routine and repair included). I'll be under warranty for the next few years, so it should only be routine maintenance I'm paying for in the near future. 8. How far is your commute to work? 2.5 miles each way 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I live in a suburb that was seriously considering giving up $10M in federal funding to not have to allow bus stops. There is now a bus stop within a half mile of where I live, but the routing still isn't anywhere close to practical - I'd have to take the bus downtown and transfer to ride right back out to a neighboring suburb. I also end up having to have a reasonable number of last-minute meetings with subcontractors in other buildings in the surrounding area, so I can't rely on an infrequent bus service. 11. What country do you live in? Ohio, USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $92,000
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1. What is your primary form of transportation? Motorcycle 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? Kawasaki 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $5800 6 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $2000 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? $1200 8. How far is your commute to work? 22miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Not reliable or practical my 22 miles commute is 2.5 hours long but realistically 3.5 hours accounting for bus breakdowns/no-shows/etc. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle 11. What country do you live in? CA, USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $27000-$35000
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(We should add a what do you do for a living field, I'm jealous seeing all these 200k+ people) 1. What is your primary form of transportation? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used ( 1 year old lease return) 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? '12 Subaru STi 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $38,500 almost 2 years back 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $8580 shoulda paid cash for the car 620 payment 110 Ins Rest spitballed for fuel tolls etc 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? $2000 8. How far is your commute to work? 1.5 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Not available here 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $120,000
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Own 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1993 BMW 525i 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $1500 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $55/mo insurance; ~$50-60/mo gas 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? ~$50 oil change 8. How far is your commute to work? less than 1 mile 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not So close 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? Germany 12. What is your gross annual income? ~$50,000 moodyhank31 fucked around with this message at 13:13 on Mar 26, 2015 |
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Mar 26, 2015 13:08
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Not a Children posted:I think a lot of people buy new because a) they just don't want the headache of car maintenance and b) we have a lot of higher earners here, so they can afford it without taking on any real financial burden. There's also the fact that the buying slightly used cat is out of the bag and low mileage toyotas and hondas get snapped up at near KBB values these days, or so I hear. I bought new because I needed a car within a tight timeframe and used the time I had to negotiate a good deal rather than pray I come across a viable beater to use in DC traffic. Completely agree. If you're financing a Honda or Toyota, the zero-rate financing that you can usually find will often wipe out the difference between a new car and a near-new financed used car.
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100 HOGS AGREE posted:I learned only a couple of us are cool dudes who own cool motorcycles.  
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RTFM posted:(We should add a what do you do for a living field, I'm jealous seeing all these 200k+ people)
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car. 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Bought new. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2013 Kia Rio LX. 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $13k, 3 years. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $1356 insurance, $3120 car payment, ~$300 gas. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? $40/yr for oil changes, ~$70/yr for other car service. 8. How far is your commute to work? 0.6mi. Driving it is reserved for inclement weather & when it gets below freezing. (Which to be fair, is at least 4 months of the year here  )9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Public transport? What public transport? I don't think I've ever seen a bus anywhere near my apartment. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle n/a 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $45k. Ballin.
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Answering for me and my partner: 1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Both Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 2 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Both Used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? Me: 2005 Honda Civic VP (complete with hand crank windows and doors you unlock with a key!) Him: 2012 VW Passat 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? Me: 11,000 -- 6 years, 3 months. Him: 16,000 -- 2 weeks (replacement for a 2008 Saturn Aura that had 150K miles and needed a couple grand in repairs). 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? My car is paid off. His payments are $277 a month. Insurance for both is $1500 a year. Both have two speeding tickets. Gas -- I budget $160 a month for each. That is worst case scenario, even with gas at $3.50 a gallon, we're looking at $250 or so a month. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Last year, probably $500. This year will be more, as I've already replaced the windshield. I also need to get an engine mount fixed, replace water pump, and probably replace tires soon. Will probably drive for another 2-3 years. 8. How far is your commute to work? 30 miles for me. 15 to 25 for him, depending on which office they toss him at for the day. I go South. He goes North and West. There is no good place for us to live. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I have to be in the office at 7AM. To get to work by 7AM using public transport, I have to drive 2.5 miles to the Park n' Ride, grab a 5:13AM bus, get off downtown, grab a light rail train to it's very last stop, then take a weird private bus to my work campus. The chances of me making it on time are less than 50%. I will do it every once in a great while, usually when there's a ton of snow on the ground. If I had a later shift, I'd use it more. And I did for a time, when I worked 8:30-5. But the pass costs $176 a month, parking is free and ample at my workplace, and going home during the summer you have to share the train with horrible south suburban yuppies who have no clue about train etiquette going to Rockies games. It's just not worth it unless it's absolutely necessary. For my partner, it's literally impossible. There is no way to pull it off to get him there at 7AM. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle I only use when the weather is RIDICULOUSLY bad. 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? 40k - 45k per year for me, depending on bonuses. 30k for him.
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 2 (for 2 people), even though we carpool for 99% of things. The SUV is mostly used when we need to take the dog somewhere, or buy big/heavy/dirty things. 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? One was inherited, and the other was purchased new. Both of us had always driven hand-me-downs from family, and decided to splurge on exactly the type of car we wanted instead of relying on convenience and whatever was "good enough". We saved and paid in cash. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2005 Honda CRV 2014 Mazda 3 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? Honda: Free, inherited in 2012. Mazda: ~20k after 3k trade in, I think. Owned for 9 months now. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? Fuel and insurance on Mazda is paid for by our company (which is owned by his mom) because we use it for daily office errands, some deliveries, and some business trips. Honda is used so infrequently that I don't really keep track of its fuel charges. Maybe a $40 tank every 3 months? It has basic liability insurance which is about $400/yr. I think registration and inspection is about $90 per car. So..... $740 annually, not including maintenance? 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Haven't kept track. We have not had any huge expenses on either car yet. Mostly just oil changes, wiper blades.8. How far is your commute to work? 5 miles, which is about 20 minutes with current traffic patterns. (Construction on a parallel major road, bleh) 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I used to when I worked downtown, but there aren't really any bus/train lines in my current area. DFW's DART is focused in Dallas suburbs and whatever Fort Worth has I think is mostly close to downtown. I'm too central and north to benefit from much of it. 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? Prefer not to say. Upper middle class-ish? Damn Bananas fucked around with this message at 16:26 on Mar 27, 2015 |
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Bought new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2008 Hyundai Sonata SE V6 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? About $21k out the door in December 2007 (7 years). Financed at 0%, so never paid any interest on the loan. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $1100 insurance (full coverage with max liability limits), ~$600 gas, $150 registration & ad valorem taxes 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? ~$150 (couple oil changes, car washes, and emissions each year) 8. How far is your commute to work? 4 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not It would take over an hour each way to get to work via bus, vs. ~15 minutes each way in a car. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? US - Georgia 12. What is your gross annual income? ~$95k
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Buy used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2003 Nissan Sentra. I'm starting to get an itch to get a new car but I really like not having a car payment. My car's been pretty reliable so far, it's just ugly (lots of paint damage from the sun). 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? 6,200$ I think and it'll be 10 years in July. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? Last year I spent 1010$ on gas, 646$ on insurance, and 175$ in tolls. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Last year it was 238$ and the year before it was 524$ 8. How far is your commute to work? about 13 miles and it takes 20-25 minutes. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not It would take about 3 hours and cost 6$ each way. 11. What country do you live in? US 12. What is your gross annual income? ~50,000$
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 4 (2 driver household. I'm trying to teach the dog to chauffeur, but he's a slow learner) 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? 2 new, 2 used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1984 Porsche 911, 2002 VW Passat, 2002 BMW M3, 2006 Ford Expedition. 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? Porsche - $17K, 3 years VW - $30K, 13 years BMW - $65K, 13 years Ford - $10K, 2 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $8K in non-maintenance transportation costs. No car payments, so most of that is fuel. Which won't cost nearly so much this year if gas stays < $3/gal 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? $6k. Most of which is consumed by the track-car Porsche to continuously replace expensive tires, brakes, and fluids. 8. How far is your commute to work? 40 mi round-trip 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Work is in the far 'burbs where public transit is non existent 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? > $100K
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Mar 29, 2015 05:56
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Bicycle, motorcycle, car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 4 it's a little absurd 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? All used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1999 Isuzu Vehicross, 2012 Subaru Impreza, 2008 Honda ST1300, 2003 BMW F650 GS Dakar 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? 1999 Vehicross - 5,000 2012 Subaru Impreza - 21,000 2008 Honda ST1300 - 7,500 2003 BMW F650GS - 5,000 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? ~2K on the Cars ~1K on the motorcycle 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? ~1K on the Cars ~2K on the motorcycles 8. How far is your commute to work? 14 mi round-trip 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not The bicycle is my main method of getting to work, motorcycle if I'm in a hurry, car if I need to meet with a client or if there's lots of snow on the ground 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $170K
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Mar 29, 2015 15:39
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car (Uber/Taxi if I'm going out drinking) 2. How many vehicles do you have? One 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Bought used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? Volkswagen 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $9,500 - owned 2.5 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $700 Insurance, $197 monthly payment, maybe $80-$100 a month on gas (premium) 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Probably $160 on oil changes. Bought 4 new tires and rear brakes last year for about $800, new windshield $300, insurance deductible of $1000 in January for vandalism, $350 repairs after sliding into a curb in February. 8. How far is your commute to work? Six miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not No bus routes to my neighborhood, did use buses while a student. 11. What country do you live in? USA
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Mar 29, 2015 17:07
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? Two, two driver household 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? New for both 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2014 Hyundai Veloster, 2014 Subaru Crosstrek 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $23,000 for the Veloster (traded in my maintenance disaster of a Mini for $15k so I only paid ~$8k). Owned for a little over a year. Paid off. $25,000 for the Subaru. Owned for about 9 months. Paid in cash, no financing. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? We pay around $70/month for insurance for both cars, $1000 a year in gas for the Subaru (short commute) and probably $3000 a year in gas for the Hyundai (long-rear end commute) 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Both are brand new so they only need standard maintenance so it's not too bad. The Subaru came with standard maintenance included for a year so it hasn't cost us anything so far. The Hyundai goes in for standard maintenance more often since I have a really long commute and rack up the miles faster than average. It needs oil changes monthly since I drive 550+ miles a week and it's a turbo that requires oil changes every 3000 miles but I don't mind paying more frequently for maintenance since I'm of the mind that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I've got the awesome Hyundai 10 year/100,000 mile warranty that covers every single mechanical bit of the car (in this case I figured the extended warranty was worth it to expand the coverage to everything and not just the power train) so if something does break it'll be covered. 8. How far is your commute to work? 55 miles for the Hyundai and less than 5 for the Subaru. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not We live in the midwest. They don't do public transport here. Even if we did I'd still drive because I like the freedom of being able to drive somewhere for lunch if I want and it not being a huge deal if I have to stay late at work since I don't have a bus/train to catch. However, if I lived in a more urban setting where parking was an expensive pain in the rear end and there were places to eat and such within walking distance of my office I'd take public transport. 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $130K combined between me and my husband.
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Mar 29, 2015 20:18
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? car 2. How many vehicles do you have? four, 2 drivers 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? toys are used, actual transportation new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? GMC Sierra, Honda Civic, Kawasaki KLR motorcycle, Tomos Nitro Scooter 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? GMC Sierra, 35k, 2.5 years Honda Civic, 22k, 4 years Kawasaki KLR motorcycle, 3k, 1 year Tomos Nitro Scooter, $800, 2 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? Estimate about 4500$ annually for fuel and maintenance. We use our personal vehicles for quite a bit of travel, as well. Average about 30k miles between for the four wheelers and about 3k miles on the two wheelers annually. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Not much... Maybe 1k annually between it all. Have the shop do the four wheelers, I take care of two wheelers... 8. How far is your commute to work? 17 miles one way, zero for my wife 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not not convenient at all. As a mining engineer, I literally have to get to the middle of nowhere for work. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle 11. What country do you live in? USA[B] 12. What is your gross annual income? [B]130k-ish
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Apr 1, 2015 03:04
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? bought new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? Ford Focus ST 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $28,500 incl tax title etc. owned for 18 mos. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $6,000 on car payments, $250 on public transit, $600 on taxis, $1450 on insurance, $850 on fuel 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? About $150 for routine maintenance 8. How far is your commute to work? 25 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not a reverse commute that involves a bus, a subway train, a commuter train, and a fifteen minute walk. It takes an additional hour vs driving, and the timing is very inconvenient. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $122,000
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Apr 1, 2015 12:05
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Goddamn I'm a broke-rear end motherfucker.
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Apr 1, 2015 16:52
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car. I can walk to work in 45 mins but it's dark and cold and only 3.5 mins away in a car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used. I'd love it if what I drove was still new but that would've been pretty pricey to get it over here at the time. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2000 Nissan Stagea RS 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $6500 and owned it for 6 months now 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $720ish insurance, $1200 fuel, $650 rego (ouch) - I also look after the wife's side of things while she's at home with the kids so add another $720 for her fuel and $400 insurance + rego on her 09 Lancer. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? $80 so far in things like a new 02 sensor and some new bulbs, a couple hundred more soon to do some home service. 8. How far is your commute to work? 3.5kms. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not It doesn't run when I'm on my way to work and I couldn't be bothered to wait for it anyway. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle na 11. What country do you live in? Australia 12. What is your gross annual income? $50k
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Apr 2, 2015 00:38
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? bought new 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? Honda Fit 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? 16.9k out the door, 6 years ago, 125k miles since 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $1000 insurance, $1750 on fuel (at current prices) 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Varies. It has probably averaged out to 500 dollars a year. 2 sets of tires, 2 windshields, and 125k of routine maintenance in 6 years. 8. How far is your commute to work? between 15-35 miles over the life of the car. Currently 15 miles. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not It's not available where I work. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? United States
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Apr 2, 2015 03:18
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While this isn't my current situation, this is the survey filled out as if it was 6 months ago while we were still living abroad in Mozambique. 1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car to work, on foot most other times 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Bought used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1998 Honda CR-V 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? Purchased in cash for $6,000, 1.5 years (And we got a really good deal on this car buying it from a friend. When we left, we sold it for $5,500.) 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? 15 dollars / year for minimum required insurance (even if you were in a wreck, good luck getting insurance to pay) 70 dollars / week in fuel 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Labor is dirt cheap, but parts are expensive, but can be gotten much cheaper by smuggling them across the border from South Africa. We spent ~$2,000 on maintenance during our time there. This included 2 full sets of tires (one set stolen, other punctured from hitting potholes)temp gauge sensor, diagnosing and fixing ABS light, other minor things 8. How far is your commute to work? ~20 miles. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not Dangerous, scary as hell, and way overcrowded. Public transit is minibuses that hold 12 people, packed with about 20-25 people at any given time. Drivers think they are above the law and don't stop for anything really. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? Maputo, Mozambique
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Apr 6, 2015 20:55
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 3. 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? All purchased used. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? Mitsubishi Lancer is my primary. NIssan Altima is the wife's primary. GMC Sierra is my truck for hauling and pullin'. 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? 2008 Lancer - 4 years, 13k. Way too goddamn much. I didn't realize my specific model was $15k brand new :/ (I got ripped off). 2012 Altima - 3 years, 21k out the door. We got it "Used" in 2012 (It was a 2012). It had 6k miles and they dropped 4k off the list price. 2003 Sierra - 2 years, 3k out the door. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? 9540 for insurance and payments. Gas rough is probably around 3k a year. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? 1k tops on a bad year. 8. How far is your commute to work? ~20 miles, wife ~30 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not What the gently caress is this "public transportation" you speak of (I live in rural america). 11. What country do you live in? 'MURRICA 12. What is your gross annual income? 70k (more soon, hopefully. Gothmog1065 fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Apr 7, 2015 |
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Apr 7, 2015 20:06
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Bicycle 2. How many vehicles do you have? Zero - sold my car back in the fall. Car ownership is a burden that I currently do not need to bare. Pain the fuckin' rear end. I'm close enough to everything I need that I can bike. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? I rent a car occasionally on the weekends, which is very cheap. But I offset this cost by refereeing hockey when I have a car. I would say my total cost of transportation this year will be roughly $700. This includes bike parts/maintenance, car rentals, bus tickets and cab fares. 8. How far is your commute to work? 10km round-trip 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle I usually only use public transit when I'm going to/from a social event where it's not feasible to bike, particularly in the winter. 11. What country do you live in? Canada 12. What is your gross annual income? 87k
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Apr 7, 2015 20:32
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1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car/subway 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? bought used 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2014 Toyota Corolla 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $16000 out the door, owned for 1 mo. 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $1200 on subway fare + $0 on payments (bought cash) + $900 insurance + $300 gas + ??? maintenance = $2400 + ? 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? unknown, have not owned long enough 8. How far is your commute to work? 3 mi 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not n/a 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle the stations are so close to home and work and the roads are shitclogged every morning 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $85,000 Seamonster fucked around with this message at 19:17 on Jun 29, 2015 |
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Jun 9, 2015 14:48
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Why not 1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Wife: car; Me: bike 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 (multiple if you count bikes) 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? New 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2015 Mazda CX-5 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $20k out the door; about a year 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $0 for my transit; work subsidized mass transit and I bike most of the time anyways. Car is $260/mo + $100mo insurance + we budget $120/mo for fuel. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? TBD; not too much as it's new. We budget $75/mo towards maintenance. 8. How far is your commute to work? 10mi 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not I avoid public transit as I tend to get a bit carsick on trains and buses. I use it when necessary but do better on a bike. I also live 1mi from the nearest metro, at which point I'm already 10% of the way to work. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle I'll use public transit when weather is bad enough, I need to get to something where appearance is critical, or I need to carry something the bike wont handle well. I also like to bike a lot so I bike to work. Makes sense. 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? White collar, upper-middle, dual-income.
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Jun 9, 2015 14:54
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Bored at a hotel, might as well: 1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 2. I have one, my wife has the other 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? Used, of course. 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 1999 Mazda Miata 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $3,500, I bought last April or May 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? Wow, that's a tough question. I think we budget about $300/month for both vehicles fuel/insurance/maintenance. I do my own work and buy common cars so parts are cheaper than something more exotic. 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? Probably about $1000 for both vehicles, including repairs and maintenance. 8. How far is your commute to work? It used to be less than 4 miles, now it's 22. 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not My commute to my new job is a lot longer, and would take hours if I tried to do it with public transportation. I also like to mountain bike, so my car is used to transport the bike to the trails. I do ride my second bike to the store and installed a rack and panniers to make it easier to carry stuff. I enjoy walking and biking, so whenever I can I do that instead of using my car. 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle I use the bus sporadically to get to hockey games downtown when my wife worked and would meet me there, and Uber to get home from the airport occasionally. 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $45k
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Might as well give anyone looking through my post history some interesting info: 1. What is your primary form of transportation - car, motorcycle, bicycle, train, bus, taxi, Uber, Lyft, walking (or other)? Car 2. How many vehicles do you have? 1 3. For current vehicle owners - did you buy new, buy used, or do you lease? gifted from parents 4. What brand vehicle do you drive? 2004 Toyota Prius (with 180k miles and going strong) 5. For owners - what was the purchase price of your vehicle, and how long have you owned it? $1, 4 years 6. How much do you spend annually on transportation (cab, bus, train-fare/payments/insurance/fuel)? $1000 on insurance, $500 on fuel 7. How much do you spend annually on maintenance for your vehicle? too lazy to add up the records... maybe $100 average 8. How far is your commute to work? 11 miles 9. If you do not use public transportation - explain why you do not never heard of it 10. If you use public transportation - explain why you do not use a vehicle N/A 11. What country do you live in? USA 12. What is your gross annual income? $20,000 SurgicalOntologist fucked around with this message at 00:17 on Jun 15, 2015 |
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