What is the longest you have went without a vehicle?

I have always had a car and I still do. For doctors appointments I used an organization here in town that provides transportation to elderly and disabled. My other alternatives are a bus which comes by my door which I have never used or taxi. I suppose I could beg rides from friends but their patience will soon wear thin. I just purchased an electric bicycle this summer and find it quite useful for short errands around town. The range is about 40 km because there are lots of hills in the city here, but it is great for going to the bank, grocery store, or the convenience store, or just for a pleasant ride around. I do not use it when it is raining, although some people do, and you not suppose I will be using it in the wintertime. Here is a picture of the electric bicycle scooter something like the one that I have, this is not me or my scooter as I do not have a picture of it. It does not require gas, license, insurance, parking fees as it is legally a bicycle.

In fact, I like walking to work, even if I have a vehicle and no matter how far it is, as long as I have enough time. Walk is a good exercise for me. I also often walk in a strange city all day, to find out some interesting places myself, it is a little odd to some one, but I think it is fun. lol So, it is not a big deal, just take it as an exercise.

I am working.Due to the reason i didn't buy a bike because it is longer the distance and so i go in a company vehicle. If i buy a bike also i will be in office daily so may not be used daily. My father have a bike but i don't like to borrow from him. I want to buy my own bike. I am working hard for that. If it is a shorter distance like 1 to 3 kilometers then i will go buy walk other than that i will go by citi buses. If i don't have buses in that route. I take my friends bike.

My boyfriend and I currently share a car...it works right now because I am not working but when I do start to work again, I don't know what we will do because now there aren't that many people that can drive me to work if I need it...so I will have to try to find a job closer to home...right now we can afford a second car.

we dont have any automobile. there were some times we will borrow or our relatives will need to have a place to park there automobile for some months and we had their automobile to use sometimes. but now it is already sold cause they need cash. so mostly we always just ride in public transportation. so i go far places by just traveling using bus.

I am in Shimla,India and it's a hill station. I am usually more prone towards walking than driving because here maximum stuff you can do just by walking as vehicles are not allowed in the main city. So i am in a habit of walking. Also when i read something, i usually walk that too like hours. I remember once i and my friend were just roaming in the Mall Road of Shimla and from day to night we covered like 10-15 kilometers by roaming just from one place to other. It was fun and i had a good night sleep after that lol. good Day t you

i am 48 and since i was 17 i had my own car that i always paid for with my hard work. my husband took my car to work one day and had a really bad accident and my car was totalled and we did not have the money to get another one so i was without a car for 5 months and had to get rides back and forth to work from family members. i hated it. i felt like i had lost my independence.

Yes i too did not have my own vehicle for sometime, infact for a very long time, i had to walk a distance of about 1 and half hour and sometimes it was so much tiring that i could not bear the distance and felt so much bad.My dad gifted my sister a bike but never for me, i had to walk totally like this for one whole year later we shifted near by my college.

I am a student .In chinese ,little students have own cars.I always walk for my home is in the country.Before it was inconvenient to go to other place .But now it is much better than before . the road were fixed . I remember I walk 6 kilometers without a vehicle.

Hello babyangie27, It is difficult to survive without a vehicle. I myself haven't got that problem since I am a free runner and I live alone. I run/ climb/ walk to work and my appointments. Well accept when I have to look good for a meeting. Then I use the bus. I hope you get your car back or get a new one. Cheers! Thok

The longest distance I have went without vechile is about 10Kms When I was in service I had prayer to god that I will come by walk from house to temple, For this I went by walk to temple from my house. The distance is about 10Kms from my house

without your vehicle you're nothing.Publick transport is too annoing.You loose your freedom...

All my childhood, we never had a car an would ride on my father's scooter. We would enjoy riding pillon. Now my father is no more and we have a small car that nobody knows how to drive. We have to call our chauffer every time that we want to go out. It really is difficult to depend on others.

The longest I have went without a vehicle is about twenty kilometers, and my feet hurt for about a month after that.

Wow Sweetie you and I are sitting in the same boat. My Honda Accord broke down almost a year ago bbecause of my fuel pump and whatever else. Hubby has been working on it for months since we can't afford to have it fixed. He has it all together but can't get it to start. I have also cancelled numerous Drs. appointments because he gets so tire of hauling me to all my doctors. He does the mojority of grocery shopping which is good because I can't do it anymore. But that doesn't mean I can't drive. He's suppose to try to get it started today. Hugsss leenie

Well, that would definitely have to be all my life! I don't know how drive and I have always wanted to learn but it has always been a financial issue. I suppose as I have never experienced driving I have never really missed it! Still, I'm hoping to achieve this goal eventually. Andrew

I used to walk a lot ever since my child hood. I used to walk to my school which was around 4-5kms from school. It was fun because there was my friends along with me. Then after shifting to a new city, since I had no vehicle of my own, I had to walk for around 30 kms because there was no bus to some places & even if there is, I don't know where to find one as I didn't knew the local language! Happy Lotting

It was about the same for me for 2 years without having a car. The reason was I had owed my dad some money for other reasons then the car and he took away my car. He said he wouldn't give it back until I payed him the money. Well, it was horrible and nothing that I could do about it because the fact that the car was under his name and not mine. Well anyway, during my time without a car, my husband had his, but he needed it for work and I did not know how to drive a stick shift and I needed transportation for work and school. But while I was going to school and work, our hours were different. So well, because the city had bus routes and everything, I just took the bus. I didn't know very many people who I could call upon to give me rides and I didn't trust people enough. The hard thing for me was during the winter when it was cold and wet and I had to walk through puddles to and from work and to school. My husband would pick me up after school. But then one day when my husband and I were visiting his brother someone had done a hit and run on his car and the bad thing about it there was nothing that we could do about it because the insurance did not cover a hit and run unless they caught the person who did it. And well they could never find that person. Well in the end we went for 2 years without a car taking buses everywhere and my husband never let me take the bus home alone because it was late at night. But I definitely hated when the summer and winter came along and there was a few times that I got sick for walking around during the winter and when it was wet. Well it angered my husband, me and my whole family that my dad would allow for this to happen. That he wasn't even willing to take a few payments at a time and that he would let me suffer like that. Even when the money that I owed him had nothing to do with the car it was another matter all together. When we did pay the money to get the car back and we still had no car, he did not want to give it to us. He was like there are some things that needed to be done. But we forced him to give us the car and allowed us to transfer the car in our name. So nothing like this would happen. I understand that sometimes parents have to give their kids tough love, but sometimes there's a line that needs to be drawn when your kids are struggling.

I can relate to this, I have been without a car now for about 6 months, and I use to get so aggrivated. espically at my husband. I sold my car like you did, to pay off bills, and it was a great little car, cheap on gas, ect.. but things happened and i had to make a choice and well i let it go way too cheap. so now a million times a day i think, wow i wish i had made a different choice and kept my car.. but i did'nt so i have to live with this choice, so i decided to start rearranging all my appointments around my husbands schedule, he also works second shift. so when we moved closer to town, i found out walking is good for you and i have been walking alot, and it has been good for me, something i would not have done if i had kept my car.. that's the plus side.. the down side is i still have to depend on other people such as my mom, like on wed nights i always worry about getting to church, and she will take me, but its not like having the security of your own transportion.. so i finaly made my husband understand, that i was trying and all. but i really need to get me a small car back, i dont want a new one, just a cheap reliable car that will be paid for in cash like 800.00 or so. that way we dont have the car payment again.. going without a car payment is the best feeling the first car i had was paid off, and the one before it. so i really love being free of that.. but this time i will take better care of my car and make sure i check and change the oil as needed and appreciate it a whole lot more.. the money we saved on insurance has helped us get ahead, so im now looking for my cheap but reliable ride.... Good luck with your situation..

It was someday at the beach you will not believe that I walked and friends for 23 km