Yes, I / we do, actually two as my partner is working on Schiphol Airport using the "family" car every day.
I myself have Peugot 306 .

 

Cars are unnecessary in my city & for my needs, they are very expensive, parking space is extremely costly and difficult to find, they pollute the city in many ways and cause trouble, so a comparatively slightly provocative "who cares" from here.

 

i own one car. when my wife worked we had 2. she doesnt drive anymore, so just one. always have owned never leased.

 

I like cars.

 

Which ones? Just curious.

 

I do not have a car at the present. I walk, bike, and take public transportation. Everyone says that it is so "European" of me. Psh, just like a lazy New Mexican to say something like that. I will take it as a compliment regardless.

 

Yes, I do. We have one.
I have always been aware of the pollution that cars cause, and when I was a teenager, I said that I'd delay getting one until I was 30, and that is in fact what happened.

But I can't deny that it's wonderfully life-enhancing to be able to go to concerts and dances and music lessons without waiting and worrying - and in Norfolk, there wouldn't necessarily be a bus anyway.

I hope that I will have the sense & resolution to give up driving when/if I live to be 80+, as I know of terrible accidents that have occurred when drivers were 'past it'. I dread causing harm to anyone when behind the wheel.

 

Yes, I do. We have one.
I have always been aware of the pollution that cars cause, and when I was a teenager, I said that I'd delay getting one until I was 30, and that is in fact what happened.

But I can't deny that it's wonderfully life-enhancing to be able to go to concerts and dances and music lessons without waiting and worrying - and in Norfolk, there wouldn't necessarily be a bus anyway.

I hope that I will have the sense & resolution to give up driving when/if I live to be 80+, as I know of terrible accidents that have occurred when drivers were 'past it'. I dread causing harm to anyone when behind the wheel.

Yes it's the convenient factor when you are going somewhere that depends on time for public transport.

 

Never had one and do not intend to if I can avoid it.

 

Yes, a Mazda 3 from 2007. It is grey and on it's way to Sweden in a day

 

Our fifth in a row and probably the last one

 

I have no special interest in cars, but we have one for convenience sake. A trip to my brother's place is 45 min by car, 1 h 45 min by public transport.

 

I like to joke that I chose to have instruments instead. However, in reality I can't drive for medical reasons. I'm sad, I would love to have that independence, and it will be awkward if I ever find a partner.

I probably would have had a Honda Accord or Civic. My family has had good experience with that brand.

 

:Harmonie: Let's hope they find a way to design a car that will accommodate your special needs. It's starting to seem that some cars will be driving themselves were soon.

 

Two cars. My wife has a Mini One, I have a Vauxhall Astra. Really for convenience sake. We both do a lot of different things so we both need the convenience of a car, babysitting duties, children's hearings, lawn green bowling commitments etc. Always busy, busy, busy. So much for lazy retirement!!

 

 

We own two cars, both Volvos. Although I'll drive anything, my wife is partial to the marque, so I defer to her preference. One is a 23 year old 850 sedan, the other a recently purchased 2012 S60 that replaced an increasingly unreliable 1991 740. I am a photographer and she is a singer and performer of children's programs. We need them because our occupations both require us to travel with too much equipment (lighting, sound) to hand carry and occasionally for considerable distances. Our local public transportation systems are inadequate, so we are sort of dependent on private means. We are both getting on in years, so these could be the last cars we own.

 

:znapschatz: That just reminded me I do like the design of both the old and new Volvos.... a future possibility. (I hope your wife is much improved, by the way.)

 

These reside at my house
My 2001 Ford Ranger 2.3L 5-speed.
Son's 2001 Chevy S-10 2.2L 5-speed.
Wife's 1999 Plymouth Voyager van 2.4L 3-speed automatic
Daughter's 1997 Ford Escort wagon 2.0L automatic

Pretty much have to have a car to get around here, but I do like cars too.

 

My fiance used to have a Toyota. After he moved to Hamburg he sold it and went on a three months' long trip to New Zealand.

 

I had to give up driving 25 years ago due to illness. We lived in Glasgow at the time which has reasonably good public transport. People generally gave me lifts when I worked at a hospital out in the remote countryside for 6 months, but I also evolved my present system of using public transport and my legs, and taxis where time was of the essence or no public transport option was available (increasingly in austerity Britain).

I reckon this costs us less than a second car would (I travel all over the north of England and to London and Scotland for work and family purposes).

We jointly own, and Mrs. Vox drives, a petrol engined 2011 VW Golf which is a cousin to Dr Johnson's Audi A3. It too is very reliable.

Which reminds me, Dr. J., that we first encountered each other over a disagreement about diesel engines last year! :tiphat:

 

I had to give up driving 25 years ago due to illness. We lived in Glasgow at the time which has reasonably good public transport. People generally gave me lifts when I worked at a hospital out in the remote countryside for 6 months, but I also evolved my present system of using public transport and my legs, and taxis where time was of the essence or no public transport option was available (increasingly in austerity Britain).

I reckon this costs us less than a second car would (I travel all over the north of England and to London and Scotland for work and family purposes).

We jointly own, and Mrs. Vox drives, a petrol engined 2011 VW Golf which is a cousin to Dr Johnson's Audi A3. It too is very reliable.

Which reminds me, Dr. J., that we first encountered each other over a disagreement about diesel engines last year! :tiphat:

I remember it well! :lol:

Thinking of the rather fraught question of types of fuel etc I have just remembered that I saw one of these in Cambridge a couple of weeks ago. Looks very smart.

It will be interesting to see how the electric car develops.

 

Being an American who does not live in a major population center, I need a car. My family has two, one for me, one for my wife. I enjoy having a car, and we travel quite a bit with it.

 

I live 20 minutes north of Nashville, and buses don't run up here, so I need a car. I drive a 1997 Toyota Camry with 230,000 miles on it, but the car stereo is fabulous. My wife drives a Mercedes. We found an inexpensive used one and fixed it up.

Maybe the carbon emission thing makes me a bad person. But hey, every time our president steps into Air Force One he puts out more carbon in one trip than I do in an entire year. I guess we're both in the same club.

 

I don't own a car. I used to own a car. I stopped driving to work 12 years ago, and started taking public transport. Transit is not too bad here, if you live in the urban area. While I took public transit to work I still owned the car, but it got old and neglected sitting in the garage doing nothing. It needed maintenance, or I needed to buy a new car - and why do that just to sit in the garage? So 7 years ago I scrapped the car, and by then the car was 18 years old with one owner - me. We have a program here to scrap a car and get in return two years of transit tickets.

I have been without a car for seven years and six months. I take transit everywhere. Recently I moved close enough to either walk or ride my bicycle to work. My groceries are delivered. I don't need to own a car.

Last Christmas I signed up for a car sharing program. I've used it a few times since, and it made my move a lot easier, especially buying new furniture and plants for my new place.

I don't intend on owning a car ever again.

 

I've never had a car. I've considered it from time to time, but always delayed learning to drive because of the cost. When I was 17, a car was a great status symbol even if it was some 1970s rust bucket - but for most people the choice was between spending all your free time on driving lessons and McJobs to pay for the driving lessons, or focusing on A levels and university, where you wouldn't need a car in any case. With my usual instinct for backing the three legged horse, I chose the academic route and put off car ownership until the day when I had a career and disposable income. The career never materialised and my income peaked at a level where I could probably just about afford to run a car but didn't see the point of spending every single penny on it. So that's where I am: I'd like to pretend it was some high minded environmentalist principle, but really it's because cars are a money draining status symbol, and if you have to even think about the cost, you should know already that you probably can't afford it. If I manage to move to France, I would like to get a cargo bike of the kind they make in Denmark, or failing that a solidly made German bike, or maybe a vintage bike which is heavy but indestructible. French drivers may be reckless but they tend to be respectful towards cyclists and pedestrians, and the roads are fairly empty. Here in congested Britain I wouldn't dream of cycling on the roads, and my opinions on the subject of pavement cyclists are unprintable!

 

I currently own a Subaru Forester, 2004--my 6th Subaru. Subaru has established itself in a secure niche, specializing in 4-wheel drive vehicles of very high quality at affordable prices, and their customer base is very loyal. They make it a point, though, to almost always have a model available that almost nobody will buy--often these vehicles are quite innovative, or at least different--but within 2 or 3 years they are gone from the U.S. market anyway. I remember the Brat, the Justy, the SVX, the Baja, the GF, to name a few of the short-lived experiments. Two rules always for me when selecting a car: it must be white, and it must have a manual transmission. I enjoy driving on twisty roads, o'er hill and dale, and as I drive, I think of Toad--he so loved driving too.

 

I currently own a Subaru Forester, 2004--my 6th Subaru. Subaru has established itself in a secure niche, specializing in 4-wheel drive vehicles of very high quality at affordable prices, and their customer base is very loyal. They make it a point, though, to almost always have a model available that almost nobody will buy--often these vehicles are quite innovative, or at least different--but within 2 or 3 years they are gone from the U.S. market anyway. I remember the Brat, the Justy, the SRS, the Baja, the GF, to name a few of the short-lived experiments. Two rules always for me when selecting a car: it must be white, and it must have a manual transmission. I enjoy driving on twisty roads, o'er hill and dale, and as I drive, I think of Toad--he so loved driving too.

:tiphat: .

 

I have one car, a Chevy Cruze. I tend to run them into the ground but this one is young yet.

As with Strange Magic, I must have manual transmission.

 

I have one car, a Chevy Cruze. I tend to run them into the ground but this one is young yet.

As with Strange Magic, I must have manual transmission.

I take the Malibu for service and inspection at the dealership, too and the one guy always offers me the keys to a black Chevy Cruze (black is my preferred car color) with a manual transmission. He LOVES telling me that the transmission is made in Germany. Thus far, I have been able to resist the temptation.

 

My wife and I have two cars - hers is a Subaru, mine a manual transmission Mazda. I suppose there might be some big cities in the U.S. where a car is not necessary, but there are no such places in New Mexico. I've been in European cities where the public transportation is so good that one can live without a car such as Basel/Switzerland where my son resides.

Almost forgot to mention that fast driving is a blast!

 

Have never had a car and don't intend getting one.

Like Figleaf, I'd like to say it was for the environment but it isn't - it's because of the cost. I walk as much as possible and I'm lucky to live within walking distance of town and only get the bus if there's lightning about. I buy my bulky/heavy shopping online and get it delivered. I use bus or train for longer distances and get a taxi if necessary.

I would ride a bike but until the attitude of the British motorist changes towards cyclists then I won't bother. It is becoming the norm for councils to designate pavements as part of cycle routes and it's proving a nightmare. I know in Germany the pavements are divided into cycle and pedestrian lanes but it's a free for all here and is very dangerous. One of the (many) reasons I love The Netherlands is the country's attitude towards cycling and I read about the Stop de Kindermoord project with envy.

http://www.aviewfromthecyclepath.com/2011/01/stop-child-murder.html