I feel compelled to write and talk about our first month with only one car. I sold the VW GTI just before Thanksgiving. Winter was not the best time to decide to commute via bike. But the temperatures in Boulder have been great so it was no big deal.
Money was our main motivation. Check out this math:
Car payment: $6,000/yr
Insurance: $1,000/yr
Maintenance: $1,000/yr
Fuel: $1,200/yr
TOTAL: $9,200/yr = $766/mo = $25 day. (Crazy how much this all adds up!)
Here are my various alternatives:
1. Bike - The Gitane Fixed Gear gets me around town in style. $400.00
2. Bus - The RTD Bus #208 picks me up 2 blocks from my house and drops me off 2 blocks from work. Perfect. $2.00 each way.
3. The A4 - Brendan has been driving the Audi, but i can take it if we need it.
4. Work Truck - I use a company pickup for getting back and forth to meetings. Free.
5. Piaggio - The scooter is not the best in the winter. But I can rock it in the summer. $0.50/day in fuel.
So we will see how this goes. The bike is by far the best. My route is all bike paths and it gets me to work in 15-20 minutes, which is just as fast as driving.
-Dash
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