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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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Well it happened. My car has gone to a lucky 19 year old last night. First person to inspect it, bought it. Goes to show you only need one interested person.
So the driveway is empty, I catch public transport to work and i've got a push bike on order. I wonder how long it will be until I get the 'hankering' to get a car, even if it is something like a Fiesta. I'm hoping I can hang out until Feb... what do you reckon? I've always had a Falcon sized car available to drive since I turned 18 (either my dads car or my own) so how long could I practically go without a car? No idea. Particularly with summer just around the corner. What is the longest you have gone without exclusive use of a car after owning one for an extensive period of time?
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Canberra
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Longest I've gone is about a week and a half when my gearbox needed replacing. It absolutely killed me, so I don't know how your gonna stick it out. If you do though, especially in summer you should get fitter though so spose thats a positive.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Blue Mountains, NSW
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We've gone for 6 weeks without a car... with three kids, a hubby and public transport, it was pure hell :(
The rolla was off the road unregistered and the head blew on the Ford. Then the head was put on wrong by a friend and bent 2 valves. We couldn't afford to get another engine so we concentrated on getting the rolla on the road as that didn't need much to get rego'd. And then the Ford was back on the road again after finding fordforums and all the helpful kind people on it! ![]() ![]() ![]() Try lugging home all your food shopping for a week on a bus, it's not pretty. :yeees:
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Join Date: Jan 2005
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Earlier this year I sold my Fairmont & it was about 3 months before I got the XR. We do have a second car but it is driven by the one who must be obeyed, so I rode my pushie rain, hail & shine.
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I would not even contemplaint the idea, having 5 cars is not nearly enough....although I have had to ride the pushie for extended periods in the past.......not because I didnt have a car though
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: In a glass case of emotion
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https://i.ibb.co/mF6pJgR/AUIIXR8.jpg SILHOUETTE AUII XR8 Leather, Premium sound, Momo S/wheel & gear knob, Sunroof, 20" Advanti Desires, Bulge, XR50 Front, Pacemaker extractors, Ballistic cats, 2.5" cat back system, Rebel bar & skirts, XR scuff plates, Kings SL & SSL springs |
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Sydney
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being able to afford something is all about sacrificing something else
ive only been out of a car for a week in total, but it wasnt bad cause i got to work with the person who lives next door as for going out, i had friends come and grab me wasnt that bad a time |
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https://i.ibb.co/mF6pJgR/AUIIXR8.jpg SILHOUETTE AUII XR8 Leather, Premium sound, Momo S/wheel & gear knob, Sunroof, 20" Advanti Desires, Bulge, XR50 Front, Pacemaker extractors, Ballistic cats, 2.5" cat back system, Rebel bar & skirts, XR scuff plates, Kings SL & SSL springs |
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Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Half way between the gutter and the stars
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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: VIC
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If i ever get my ute back, ill find it hard to part company with it again. I salute you if you can manage everything without a car mate, that is a tough thing to do.
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Melbourne
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In March 2004, i sold my ZL Fairlane which my dad had given me. I regret ever selling that car. I should have poored a bit of money into and got riding beatifully before my dad destroyed it in the last before i got it. I didn't get the eb until December 2004. I got it at the very begining. I can't believe that it has been nearly a year since i bought it. Time flies really quickly nowadays.
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Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Sunshine Coast
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A little over 2 years , when i was serving on a ship and in and out of sydney for months on end.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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Well currently doing the following and will be doing it to avoid having a car.
* Either catching PT to work or riding a bike * PT or riding a bike to friends places (mostly between 2 - 10km) * coles online shopping, delivery of goods for $4.95 * inviting friends over to my place for bbq's and whatever over summer rather than organise them to happen at other peoples places. Ah well - we will see how we go. I'm hoping I get through until Feb 2006 without a car of my own.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Sydney
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Tweed Heads NSW
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4 weeks!!! Used mates car!!!!!! i couldnt imagine being with out a car i think id die!!! or call in sick everyday......
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lake Macquarie, NSW
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A year or two, which in my game is orrible. I have been busy publishing and submitting works on a long term project, seperate from my evil long term goal of world domination!!
I might go seek another car around Feb. One cannot generally survive in a social context in Australia without a car.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Join Date: Feb 2005
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I'm looking at a month without my wheels thanks to This incident
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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All in all, it has been scarily a minimal change in my life apart from $850 post tax, a month, back in my pocket. Now I guess I wonder if we can last through the winter months riding a bike to work...
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Join Date: Mar 2006
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Only without a car twice. 6 months for a high range speeding offence, then within one week of getting my licence back in the mail I lost it for another month. Been cruisin ever since...
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Canberra
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From what I read you're pretty close to Melbourne CBD aren't you? You'd be mad to own a car in that scenario anyhow.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Melbourne
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It's about 9.5km one way which is quite easy to ride. But it isn't as if I am living in North Melbourne or whatever. It is just such an amazing change of lifestyle to be only one car. I mean at one stage we were 3 cars for 2 people in the house! So to be one car for two people, and not finding it at all restrictive is really an eye opener. Next is to sell the ultra -expensive (costing lots per month) ute and get something cheap (capital and ongoing) to run, as the single car. Perhaps a Focus Zetec or similar. Dump all the savings on the house, pay for the wedding and honeymoon up front before the day and then enjoy the rest. Pay the house off, and then get a play car to have some real enjoyment with perhaps.
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Join Date: Dec 2004
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Ah yes I've driven past that intersection a few times on my Mexican visits. Tram's pretty handy.
I went without a car until I was 23 (knowing cars are just an endless money pit), saved up a bit initially for real estate and the like. I was about to buy a place on my 20th birthday but that didn't happen - family commitments including putting my brother through his Comercial Pilot's Licence put paid to that! I eventually bought my first place at 23, I'm 26 now. It's a good feeling being a landlord :evilking:. XR is owned outright hopefully will serve me a reliable many more years. Debt free living sounds pretty good, maybe sometime in this lifetime for me, anyhow see what happens..... ![]() btw As for the wedding DON'T DO IT!!!! LOL j/k all the best with it Ian.
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