Day 3 Without a Car. Feel like a Prisoner

There seems to be alot of things wrong with the car. Are you sure these people working on it are legimate people. They wouldn't by any chance see a female bringing in the car and try to take advantage of you?? I hate when mechanics do this. They do it to females and the elderly. I would not be taking everything they say at face value. I would have someone that knows about cars check it out before they do the added work.

Car repairing is very costly here. I am glad that your daughter help to pay the cost of repair for you . Yeah, it is true that without a car it is very inconvenient. I can't get to places where I want to go as it is not possible to walk there.

I am glad your daughter is paying for this as well, as those are expensive repairs. I threw a timing belt and scored pistons and blew a headgasket doing 70 on a freeway a few years back. The car was never the same after that. I think it is much better that your car stay with the mechanic until it is all better.

Oh tell me about it, I live a good 3 plus miles from town and no car for I don't know how long, at least a good 10 years or more. In a way it is good, because if I had my own car, once my husband's car has a problem, he'd take mine instead of fixing his.

I don't have a car at all. It really sucks sometimes, but I don't ever let it stop me from doing things. I walk where I need to, and it's good exercise. I do walks across town. It's about 3 miles one way to walmart from where I live, I mean it could be worse I could live in a bigger city, but that's still a lot if you have to be anywhere in a hurry. I walk to the park. I have walked about everywhere in my town. I have family that will give me rides if I need it, but I hate relying on them. I try to avoid asking for anything if I can. We just can't afford a car right now, hoping to get one next year. I guess it's a matter of perspective. It's good to have a car to get places you really need to go, but it also sucks to rely on a car to have to take you places if you have two perfectly good feet and legs that work. I mean think about people who can't walk. They would love to be able to walk anywhere. I try to look at it from that perspective walk where you can drive when you have to.

Oh I HATE it when my car is out of commission! Where I am working right now is only about 2 miles from the house, so if I absolutely HAD to I could walk to work. Or take the bus a good portion of the way to work. The bus drops off in front of my work, but the stop to get on is about 4 blocks. As he was driving back to me yesterday he received a call from the daughter who told him about my brakes failing last week as I went across an intersection and the truck just missed me? Did I tell you about that? Ummm....NO you did not tell us!!

It is a love and hate relationship for me here. Love it that I can go anywhere I like at the instant of my decision. Comfort where I can adjust my seat and feel the nice cushy feeling. Most of all, hygiene where it beats most of the taxis that ply the road. Hate it, when I need to look for parking. Inconsiderate drivers and pedestrians who seems to think that they own the roads. The visits to the workshop for the tuning which is needed if I do not want it to fail me when I need it. Like another baby who doesn't speak to you literally.

Is that the shocking thing you didn't want to talk about? Sounds super scary! I went probably 5 years without a car of my own. After hubby left his job as a manager of a pizza place, he went 8 weeks without a job. We had 2 cars at the time, but they both got repossessed. His parents gave us a car, but we only had the 1. I would drive him to and from work when I needed it.. but since that was such a pain, most days I just stayed home. Then we had more kids and we couldn't fit all the kids in the car in order for me to take him to and from work. My oldest was only 9 years old, but sometimes I had to leave him home alone so I could take my husband to and from work if the kids had a doctor's appointment or something like that.. although I tried to make these for hubby's day off because I didn't feel my son was ready to stay home alone. At one point during all of this my husband was transferred an hour and half away so I could not drive him to and from work and could not have a car. Thankfully at that point we lived within walking distance of the bank, convenience store, post office, and library so most everything I needed was right there. When we finally could afford to get a 2nd car I was so excited, I was out all the time for the first few months just because I could be! Of course we still sometimes have days where we're down a car or 2 because of repairs or whatever.. at least it's easier to deal with now because I'm used to having a car and don't mind being home a couple days.

There's a strip mall literally two blocks away from where I live. In this strip mall is a Wal-Mart, and two other small groceries. There's plenty of small restaurants and fast food chains within the area too! Around the strip mall, and around the many housing complex here are a few small parks. Some are for children with activity areas, some are for pets to run around, and a couple of big wide spaces adjacent to schools for people to play football/soccer or baseball (and some basketball courts too). I work just a few blocks away too. It would only take me a couple of minutes when I drive in the morning to get to work. With the proximity of all of these from where I live, I still feel helpless without a car. Maybe with the summer coming up, I wouldn't need the car as much. Oh where art though, my bike?

You guys out there are frozen without your vehicle. I saw that when I was holidaying there. I was frozen too as I had to wait for my hosts to get back from work to take me out. Here in India we have a superb public transport system.

It must be a lot of inconvenience on your part without your car. It is so easy to go places, to work and do things when you have your own vehicle. I hope it's okay now.

Dear Cynthie, hope you get your car back soon and it runs like new then. I can relate, as I dont have a drivers license and no car but my husband has both..... so when he was in hospital for quite some time now I had to do all the errands walking and the shops are at least 25 minutes to walk to, plus I had to walk to the station and back in the evening, same distance of around half an hour as well.

if you lived outside of town, yes, it's frustrating. it's the same way in my parent's hometown. when my cousin visited with her family they brought their own transport. good thing because while she was there, she was able to drive our aunt to the hospital who needed to have something looked at. what kinds of public transport do most people use there?

i can understand your situation,its hard to you because you got used to driving it. but believe me i am so happy that i cant drive in turkey now. when i was in japan i was going to everywhere by car.but now without car i can walk,i can feel the air better.and i jog every morning. of course cars are really important in our life but sometimes throwing them away and doing some sports is also great. peace

I wish my dad were there. He could get the work done on your car for half the price. In half the time. I'm thankful I have a dad who is not only mechanically inclined, but has mechanic friends! I am also glad to hear you won't be footing the bill. The times my dad has been without a car has driven him nuts. He'll call me and tell me he didn't want to ask, but could I come over so he could borrow my car? And the answer is always yes, of course. He cannot stand to be sitting still for more than a day. Before we were able to put my mom in daycare, if I was too sick to help he would get cabin fever.

Ugh, I hate being without a car. I just had a ton of work done to my car a couple of weeks ago and went 3 and a half days without one. Lucky for me, I live within walking distance to most shops and whatnot. I do work out of town though and so when it came time for me to return to work, the mechanic was kind enough to loan me one of his cars. Leave it to a mechanic to have a vehicle with the engine light on and an empty tank of gas! Hope you get your car back today and no further problems come up.

oh you poor girl. it is terrible. cause if you need something really bad, you have to do without it.or call family or a friend. i know. havent been able to drive now for about 4 yrs. worry that if i did i would have one of my dizzy or fainting spells and kill some other poor soul. i sure hope you get it back soon. is there no way you could afford a better one? but then you have so much money spent on this one that you probably could have.

No, it's not good. When one is in a rural area, being without a car makes things nearly impossible. Been there; done that. Even when you are in an area that isn't rural and has a bit more transportation options available, it's still a pain. Personally, I am far too attached to having our own car to be able to cope for long with taxis or other options.

No being without a car is awful.We really do start to feel like prisoners in our own home. We can easily take for granted having a car, being able to go here and there as we please until something happens. I'm hoping that we will be able to get another vehicle soon because right now we are down to one and my husband has to drive that to work and so that leaves me without a car all day until late in the evening.

I bet thats bad. Sorry to hear that. We really dont need cars here. As taxis are very cheap like a dollar. But I know in las vegas was hard with out a car. o I know how you feel.