Who has gone all in?
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Who has gone all in?
Postby swaz » Thu May 13, 2010 9:02 pm
I am a school teacher with pretty decent working hours (8:15-2:35 but I get to work at 7:45 to prep stuff) I have a shower at work and a place to store all my stuff. It's a 50km round trip commute.
Who has made the big jump of getting rid of their car (2nd car for me) and just had a bike to commute on? Would love to hear stories!
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby martinjs » Thu May 13, 2010 9:25 pm
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby Pax » Thu May 13, 2010 9:28 pm
We've never had a second car ... cycle and public transport instead (we are a family of 4)....martinjs wrote:I got rid of my second car about 2 years ago. I've only missed 1 commute by bike to work in over 2 years.
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Postby nickobec » Thu May 13, 2010 9:35 pm
However, my fallback is decent public transport. Now have train station 1.8km from my house, train takes 30 minutes for 40km trip (+ 5 minute ride or 10 minute bus trip and 5 minutes waiting for train), or 90 minutes for the cycle commute to work (which I do 2 to 4 times a week). I use to schedule at least 60 minutes for the drive to work, which I have not done for 2 years.
Note return trip usually involves catching the train at some point, as there is usually a 20 to 40kmh headwind.
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby stevepedlin » Thu May 13, 2010 10:06 pm
I don't miss them. I have so much extra cash in my pocket and am fitter in every way.
My GF has another POV on the matter, but that pov revolves around her needs alone.
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Postby mylesau » Fri May 14, 2010 9:40 am
The only time I drive the main car now is if we are travelling to see relatives etc. when my wife comes too - she's not much of a cyclist .
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Postby rearviewmirror » Fri May 14, 2010 10:58 am
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby martinjs » Fri May 14, 2010 4:46 pm
Pretty hard to get rid of all cars in the sticks, no public transport for a start.Pax wrote:We've never had a second car ... cycle and public transport instead (we are a family of 4)....martinjs wrote:I got rid of my second car about 2 years ago. I've only missed 1 commute by bike to work in over 2 years.
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Postby lethoso » Fri May 14, 2010 7:00 pm
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby swaz » Fri May 14, 2010 7:11 pm
I would happily catch a bus to work if it were raining so hard I couldn't ride or I had to take something to work that doesnt fit into a backpack. But when I went onto the bus company site last night the 25km trip from my place to work would take at LEAST 1hr13min!!! I can run 21km in 1hr40... Oh add the fact I would have a 15-20 min walk to the bus stop because the bus I need to catch doesn't stop anywhere near my house. Yay for PT!!!
Recon I might just keep the Corolla and use it as a sometimes thing when riding can't be done.
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby Rhubarb » Fri May 14, 2010 11:05 pm
As of 5 weeks ago, I finally have decent lock up and shower facilities at my new work location, and I have good bike track access so have been commuting 19kms each way, every day (weather permitting).
So the weather is part of my problem. I actually have a great bus service running every 10 or 15 minutes, but its about 3 km walk up hill. In Qld, even in winter, that makes you sweat, which I simply cannot tolerate in long shirt, pants & tie. So when it rains, I drive to the bus station.
In 5 weeks, I've done this about 4 or 5 times, twice this week due to sickness.
So for 5 weeks I've been dreaming about selling my car, but the issues above, combined with the fact that my contract runs out in 8 months, and I don't know where I'll be working then, makes me hold on to my car for now.
I congratulate and envy you all though. Well indeed !!!
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby Fred Nurk » Sat May 15, 2010 7:48 am
I don't always commute in every day, sometimes I'll borrow the car for a day if circumstances require it.
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Postby hannos » Sat May 15, 2010 7:44 pm
I just have to get some wet weather gear and maybe a new backpack.
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby Cyclaholic » Sat May 15, 2010 10:45 pm
I've been a full time commuter for 10 years, and I make good use of public transport when I have to. We all ride as a family as much as possible, and we have a trailer that we can haul behind our bikes to do grocery shopping, ect. so the car gets very little use - about 5,000km per year which is bugger all, really. We have the bus t-way and lots of decent bike paths around here that link up with all the shops and train station, but unfortunately not to/from the kid's schools.
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby Bantam Roosta » Sun May 16, 2010 1:18 pm
Not having a car also makes it easier to ride, as you don't have a choice. If you have a car and it's cold, or looks a bit wet etc, you won't ride. People are always asking me, "how do you get up and ride in the winter (Canberra)?" It's easy. How else will I get to work and keep the money coming in to feed the family?
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby gdt » Tue May 18, 2010 1:42 am
1. I am perfectly happy with a 19 year old very small car (a Mazda 121 bubble car). Most of the money in a car is tied up in depreciation (the loss of value of your new car). There is no notable depreciation happening here anymore.
2. That car barely goes anywhere. Which is how it got to be 19 years old and still going strong in the first place.
I am paying about $2,000pa for a car I barely use. In theory I could sell the car and use taxis, but the car still wins on convenience. The crunch will come one day when I become afraid of the 121's sheer lack of safety features beyond seat belts.
Depreciation-wise, I think I am about $45,000 ahead across 20 years. Not a huge sum, but that also reflects my modest taste in cars (a 4WD owner could expect $150K). Cash-flow wise, cycling makes a huge difference, it is $50 I keep rather than sending it to an oil company.
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Postby Aushiker » Tue May 18, 2010 2:00 pm
Higdt wrote:I'll admit to failure and still owning a car. But cycling to work does mean two things.
1. I am perfectly happy with a 19 year old very small car (a Mazda 121 bubble car). Most of the money in a car is tied up in depreciation (the loss of value of your new car). There is no notable depreciation happening here anymore.
2. That car barely goes anywhere. Which is how it got to be 19 years old and still going strong in the first place.
I am paying about $2,000pa for a car I barely use. In theory I could sell the car and use taxis, but the car still wins on convenience. The crunch will come one day when I become afraid of the 121's sheer lack of safety features beyond seat belts.
Other than the $2,000 this is pretty much my experience too. In a normal fortnight my car gets used just over one weekend when I play Dad. The rest of the time it sits in the carport. The spiders are very happy given the number of spider webs
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Postby bigfriendlyvegan » Wed May 19, 2010 3:09 am
My mother, on the other hand, has no idea why I would ride a 75km round trip to visit her.
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Re: Who has gone all in?
Postby backofthebunch » Thu May 20, 2010 12:34 pm
I live with my GF however and she has a car, so we will survive. I'd rather us have one nice, decent and practical car and a couple of pushies, than 2 average cars that spend most of the time in a driveway.
So very so we will give it a crack and see how it goes.
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