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--- Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> wrote: > He pointed out that he can take the bus or subway > most of the time, take a taxi > when he needs to, and rent a car for vacations, all > for much less money than it > would cost him to own, insure, park, maintain, and > drive a car in that city. When I moved to Manhattan, I sold my car for that reason. Of course, a Subway ride wasn't $2 each way then. My roommate, however, owned a car. Most of the time he kept it garaged, quite a number of blocks away, at a scary parking lot by the Hudson River for $300 a month. Not a lot for parking I guess, but if you don't want to pay that, you deal with the hassle of alternate-side parking where you have to move your car by a certain time each morning unless you can find a parking spot on the correct side of the street. When I moved just outside of Manhattan and bought my B**tle, I did that in the dead of winter, up at 6am in a cold, aircooled VW trying to find a parking spot on the correct side of the street, when hundreds of other people were trying to do the same. It is, indeed, a privilege to have a place to work on these cars, the space to keep them safe, and to have a nice open road on which to drive them. ===== ----------------------------------------- Have you driven your Type 3 today? http://www.tiserves.com/VW/ ----------------------------------------- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~