Cars… Can't live with ’em, can’t drive them off a cliff…
Between my vehicle having been “officially” totaled last year (though it was still drivable) and the sudden development of a deep engine problem, it’s just not worth spending the money to fix the car. $4,000 or so for a used replacement engine, yeesh…
Add to that some financial uncertainty, so I can’t really justify buying a new vehicle for a while, and the net result is that I’m back to commuting by bus starting next week, after returning a loaner car.
The bus-passes are more reasonable these days, at least — still nearly $100 per month, but that $100 pass can get me to pretty much anywhere I need to go for the foreseeable future. And since my last long stint of commuting by public transport, I’ve moved, and am much closer to an east-west cross-town route that I can use to get to light-rail in one direction and most of the north-south routes going the other direction.
For the time being, my daily commute involves two routes, and about a 30-minute trip. Not too bad, all things considered…
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