Well, my wife and I have made what is probably a milestone decision for my cycling lifestyle: we are going to become a one-car family. We've decided to sell my 2003 Saturn Ion 3 (pictured above).We've always had two cars in the family. We each had our own car when we met, and we've always had (and always needed) two cars. But now that we're both working from home (usually), it seems as though one car is always sitting idle in front of the house. The costs associated with maintaining a car (even an idle one) are a primary factor in our decision, along with the fact that I can (and do) walk or cycle to just about any service or business I need access to. It is hard to believe that when I was growing up, one-car families were the norm; now it seems like they are the exceptions. For those times that we do need a second car, we figure to make use of Zipcar, figuring that the rental cost will be less than the maintenance and insurance costs for a second car.
I'm going to try to document how this works out for us, and include periodic updates here. Any insights our suggestions you might have are welcome. In the mean time, if you are interested in a 2003 Electric Blue Saturn Ion Sedan with low mileage (56K miles) please let me know...
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