One Car Families?

Started by drummerboy, November 12, 2017, 09:57:03 PM

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drummerboy

November 12, 2017, 09:57:03 PM
How many families/couples here get by with one car?  Having a car for every member of the family it seems has become standard in the past 20 some years, I'm curious how many still get by with one.
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kayla_veronica

#1
November 12, 2017, 10:01:38 PM
We did until very recently. It was doable, but definitely a sacrifice.
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JubilateDeo

#2
November 12, 2017, 10:10:59 PM
I wouldn't mind if I lived in an urban area where I could walk everywhere and school, the library, the grocery store, church and friends were all in walking distance.  As it stands, having 2 kids at 2 different schools would not be doable if I was home all day with no car. 

dymphna17

#3
November 12, 2017, 10:32:22 PM
We are a couple with only one car.  But, we have motorcycles and a dune buggy that he can take to work if I have a doctors appointment or something along those lines.  I don't like it, but I know that we just don't have the extra money to spend on me getting a car.  If I was working, it would be an entirely different situation.   :shrug:  :)
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Maximilian

#4
November 12, 2017, 10:38:24 PM
One car. 2001 model. We'll see how much longer it lasts.
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#5
November 13, 2017, 04:55:31 PM
My family is a one car family until I go pick up the second one from the shop tomorrow.   That lasted one day.   Where I live, it would not be too much inconvenience to do with only one vehicle since I could easily walk to work if I wanted to.
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#6
November 13, 2017, 05:08:48 PM
We have a family vehicle that fits all 9 of us; and then my husband has a little commuter car for work.  It wouldn't be very economical for him to drive the family vehicle to work everyday, even though I don't need it every day.  I do need it on some days, though, for school commitments and various doctor's appointments and whatnot.  I don't see anything wrong with having more than one vehicle, if you really need it; however, there's no way we will have one car for each person in the family as the kids start driving.  Insanity. 

piabee

#7
November 14, 2017, 06:23:48 PM
My friend does. They bus/Lyft when the other has it.

Chestertonian

#8
November 14, 2017, 08:24:07 PM
if it wasn't for the fact that the NYC subway system is only 24% wheelchair accessible, we could have gotten away with being a zero car family.  The minivan primarily is for transporting me.. the mrs and the children get around better without it
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#9
November 14, 2017, 09:01:00 PM
I probably shouldn't be posting here since I've never married (= NOT family).  But the story of my (only) car is a little curious.  I totaled my previous car 10 years ago (when I hit a tree, breaking my back).  But (by chance)  I found another car with the same make, model, year, and paint color (plus lower mileage). I think it is the ghost of the first car :ghost1:. I hope so, because then it is immortal!!   :D  So far so good.  Well, ghosts do get dents, don't they?
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#10
November 14, 2017, 09:09:44 PM
The only type public transportation I am familiar with is the school bus. There was no other forms where I grew Up. My town was very small you could easily walk from one end to the other. N S E W. It was not until I moved near Detroit that I saw public transportation. And yet, I never used it.
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#11
November 14, 2017, 09:13:10 PM
There were 8 kids in my family, but I can never remember having more than one car. But again, we lived in a small town.
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#12
November 14, 2017, 10:31:37 PM
Public transportation definitely makes it easier to be a one car family, but it has its own cost associated with it.  I'm friends with the Catholic family around the corner from me with 6 children.  They get by with a Honda Odyssey and that's it.  But her husband works in the city and we have a Jitney stop right in front of our house.  A monthly commuter pass from our town to Penn Station is about the cost of a car payment on a small commuter car.  The Jitney pass is $80/year, which has stops throughout the town that take you directly to the train station. 

Akavit

#13
November 15, 2017, 12:37:45 AM
I'll be doing a one truck household next year.  Getting a home near the workplace and close to a grocery store and post office minimizes the need for trips out of town.

drummerboy

#14
November 15, 2017, 01:53:02 PM
Thanks all for the replies so far.  I am toying with the idea of selling one of our cars, since my wife will be bumping down to part time soon and its not a big problem for me to drop/pick her up.  But since we own both cars completely the savings would only be the insurance and any potential repairs (which have actually added up ALOT over the years!), which isn't really worth it.
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