Yup, that's right! We are officially one car less in this part of town. Here is a copy of the ad that sold our beloved CR-V on Craigslist:
"2004 excellent condition, 100,000 miles. Everything works. Tinted windows, ac, cd, cassette, Thule roof racks. No problems at all, it's been a great car for us. Please e-mail with questions or to come and check it out. KBB lists at $8700+. We have all the records and are original owners, clean record. Just got it's 100,000 mile check-up and did the alignment. Make an offer. EX series, 2 wheel drive."
It is definitely a bittersweet goodbye to a car that has been wonderful to our family. It was the first car for both of our children, we purchased it very soon after C. was born. It was an experiment for us at the time, because we officially went from a standard two-car family down to a one car family with the purchase of that car. I suppose it is fitting then, that it is the car that carries us into this car-share experiment. One almost needs to remind ones self at the end of it all that it is still only a car and is something completely material and replaceable.
It is definitely a bittersweet goodbye to a car that has been wonderful to our family. It was the first car for both of our children, we purchased it very soon after C. was born. It was an experiment for us at the time, because we officially went from a standard two-car family down to a one car family with the purchase of that car. I suppose it is fitting then, that it is the car that carries us into this car-share experiment. One almost needs to remind ones self at the end of it all that it is still only a car and is something completely material and replaceable.
So, we had 100,500 or so miles on that car when we sold it yesterday. We owned it for 52 months, which means that we logged almost 2,000 miles on the darn thing EVERY MONTH! This is what we are trying to break away from, to utilize public transport in such a way that although we may still log that many miles in a month, it will be in a much more eco-minded way. Jeremy will still drive our shared car one day a week to work (but it won't be a solo trip - he's got his carpool all set up) and we will have to use it to get up to his parents house on Mt. Helix because for some reason that place is completely unreachable by public transit. Other than that, we'll see where the bus and our legs can take us. I am so excited and ready for the journey!
Good for you! Thank the local, state and federal government that you have public transportation where you live.
ReplyDeleteMost citizens have little or no access to the luxury of public transportation.
Well, and plus, you have that great San Diego weather.
We keep our vermicomposting worm bins in the garage (attached to the kitchen) during the freezing months. They are our pets now that we are dog and cat free.
Thanks for the comment! That's a great idea about the vermicomposting. We fried all of our worms one summer due to heat and are still trying to figure out a good spot in our yard to locate them.
ReplyDeleteI am very thankful and lucky to live where I do, for sure. Although public transportation here in SD is wanting, to say the least, it does exist. And who cares if you have to wait a half hour for the bus because the weather is always good. It doesn't work so well for people who have to be on a tighter schedule, though. I have the luxury of being pretty flexible with all of that, and living within 2 miles of my kids potential schools (for the fall) makes it at least walkable for that too.