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I love the car. Having an comfortable seat vs. those hard plastic things on the bus or worse standing up. Having control over the temperature. Not having to get out into bad weather until I reach my destination. The radio set the way I want. Not worrying about having crazy, stinky, drunk or violent people choosing the seat next to me. Being able to go where I want to, when I want to. There ain't a bus that can compare.
cars are just 100 year old things that keep having upgrades. motorcycles are what im into, 2 or 3 wheels and 2 or 3 cylinder. four wheels and four cylinders is not my thing
I often felt enslaved to my car when I lived in a rural/small town area. Now that I live in a city I can walk just a couple of blocks to everything I need. The increasingly poor drivers, the cost of car ownership that could have went elsewhere, all contributed to me giving up the car.
What's going to help kill the love affair with cars is the high cost of repairing them, and their increasing high-tech complexities.
A friend needs a new computer for her Cadillac: $3000! There's no mechanic in town that knows how to fix her moon roof! A friend of hers needs to have the LED lights replaced on her Lexus: $1000! Some cars today, you can't even replace the headlights, you need to take the car to the dealer to have them replaced. Yup! Removed the bumper, first! Lose the Fob to your keyless ignition car: $500 to $1000!
No one wants to admit it, we've become a 3rd world country, and the poorer car owners simply can't afford those expensive repair bills.
What's needed is going to back to simplicity, not more high-tech in cars. Perhaps this new car they're producing in Shreveport, LA, the Eola, will help to lure some of these anti-car Millennials. Simple car, with a motorcycle engine, and only 3 wheels, and the first 250,000 cars being produced have already been spoken for, retailing for $6800.
Most people love their cars dearly, until faced with a repair bill that will blow a big hole in their wallet! Love can turn to hate in a split second!
you mean the elio? those are cool, they should make a two wheeled one like the monotracer.
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Lose the Fob to your keyless ignition car: $500 to $1000!
