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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Pocket Change, post: 371043, member: 8012&quot;]Well, I more or less disagree.</p><p><br /></p><p>About 2 months ago both of our cars &quot;blew up&quot; within 10 days of each other.&nbsp; Diagnosis - $2000+ for each of them because the engines need to be replaced.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both my wife and I work 2nd shift and a bit of third shift.&nbsp; Well, I&#039;m not letting the wife fool around with public transportation at midnight, so we got one nice car for her and I&#039;m on my own because there just ain&#039;t any more money.</p><p><br /></p><p>I&#039;m on the bus.&nbsp; It really isn&#039;t so bad.&nbsp; It takes me 50 minutes from getting on to the bus to getting off right in front of where I work.&nbsp; All this for $30/month for the bus pass.&nbsp; WAY, WAY cheaper than a car and we still have a car for when I REALLY need it.</p><p><br /></p><p>Honestly, during the summer, I may make the bus my way of going to and from work.&nbsp; The winter has to be a bit rough, but I&#039;m sure people do it all the time.</p><p><br /></p><p>And HEY, this has to be good for the environment.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>Heck, I spent 20 years in Africa and a couple years in England.&nbsp; 99% of the people in Africa don&#039;t have personal cars and I&#039;m guessing 75% of the British people don&#039;t have personal cars and take trains and buses every day.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s just us Americans who are really, really spoiled.&nbsp; Europeans and Africans have been paying $5++++ per gallon of gas for several years now.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>WELCOME TO THE REAL WORLD!!!![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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