The Cost of Owning My First Car in Middle Age
For my first twenty-five years as a licensed driver, I didn’t have my own car.
Trading One Experience for Another
It started with an unusual noise, which you never want to hear at 65 miles per hour, and ended with a blown-out tire and my entire vacation sitting beside the road.
The Cost of Falling Out of Love With Public Transportation
In order to arrive on time for work, I had to leave a 45 minute buffer, since trains would often single track, offload unexpectedly, or just sit for ages.
The Cost of Putting 100,000 Miles on My Car
Dory already had 76,000 miles on the odometer when I bought her.
The Cost of a Car Break-In
If you regularly park your car in San Francisco, it will get broken into. It’s simply a matter of time.
The Cost of Re-Learning How to Drive
Now that Ragtime has closed and all of the snow has finally melted, it’s time for me to re-learn how to drive.
In Praise of the Bus
City buses have been part of my entire adult life and I’m very grateful for them.
Why I’m Ditching My Beloved Car
My husband and I are contemplating ditching my 2007 Honda Fit and becoming a one-car household.