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I had a car a few years ago and it was the biggest source of stress in my life. I've never been happier that it broke down. Now I ride my bike, I've lost tons of weight and I can honestly say that I don't miss it one bit. The internal combustion engine has seen its day, time to move on and find better ways of getting around.

No, I am most definitely NOT IN MY CAR! I hate my car - I avoid it whenever I can. I have to use it once a fortnight to go and do the bigshopping ... apart from that, I prefer someone else to drive. There used to be a lady two houses from us who DROVE her two fat-arsed children around the block to the school. They definitely could have walked there by the time she'd strapped them in, put the bags in the back, etc. I used to feel astounded watching her set off in the mornings ... but what can you do?

I rather walk, than bike, than take a car. However, when is cold, car is my first preference. I am not polar like you my friend. I was born to have fun on sunny beach..... Somehow I end up in the coldest city on the planet during the winter and I love my car during winter days.. I would walk during the day and when is not freeeeeeeeeeeezing cold...

Well I am a professional driver in that I am an interstate truck driver and have been for many years now. That means generally I drive for 5 or 6 days a week in the busy times and can spend most of those days a long way from home. It all depends on where the load I have on has to be delivered to but I have a licence to drive road trains (3 trailers). Sometimes I only have 2 trailers but never just a single one and with more than a single trailer, it means I will be travelling some distance. It also means that I will be fully loaded each way. However when I am at home I do not drive much at all. Okay I might drive the tractor around the farm when I need to work up the ground of something like that or I might drive the old utility when we are picking the fruit and vegetabls that are ready. The one thing I do not do is drive the car when we need something from down the street or shops, unless of course the item is heavy. If I go down there then I either walk or ride the bike, depending on how much spare time I have available and what I am going for. There are a few reasons why I don't drive when I am at home. One is that after driving for 12 to 14 hours a day for either 5 or 6 days, I need a bit of a break from driving. Another is that I can always do with the exercise I get from walking or riding the bike. Finally it costs money to start the car and drive a couple of kms just to get something that is probably not necessary for me to survive. It is money ill-spent when there are alternative means of transport to get where I need to go or in other words I am to miserable with my money. lol We too know people who will walk nowhere at all and will get in their car to drive half a kilometre for something. It takes them longer to get the keys, get in the car, start it up, drive to where they want to go and than park the car than it would if they were to walk that distance.

I dotn drive. I have no car, my hubby doesn't drive either. . Before we moved back to our hometown we lived in a small town, we could walk from one end to the other in prob 30 mins. . i loved it. i just walked everywhere. now i ask my mom for rides a lot. lol. but i walk to the store if i need something.

No car right now - loaned it to my son...who needed it for more essential stuff than I did. But I do miss it! Not having a car restricts me in what I can do in the day. But yep, we have all become far too addicted to cars and in some ways if you suddlenly lose you car you realise that you have to pace yourself more towards local activities which is actually better potentially in terms of developing the local community as you tend to create more friends who live nearby. When I do have my car I have to park it about 5 minutes walk away from where I live and this is actually quite a good disincentive to just assuming one will get into it for every small journey. There are quite a few journeys where even when I have the car I do not use it as it is actually quicker and easier to do them by foot. But then I guess I am lucky as I have reasonable access to basic shops within 5 minutes walk of me. Some people wouldn't be able to get their basic groceries without access to a car,specially if there are no public transport links nearby.

No I am not addicted to my car. It is a means of transport for me but I prefer wlaking if I had to go for short distances. I keep healthy that way.

I walk just about everywhere when the weather is nice. I would rather walk than drive. I don't understand why people would take their car to go a block or two, unless their going be bring home too much to carry.

I live near a store and I try to walk even tho the gas prices are down. For me it is about a 15 min walk. I take my car if the weather is horrible or if I will have a lot to carry back. For just the basics...it's better to walk.

I need my car, unfortunately because I have multiple health problems that preclude walking more than a few hundred feet, the further I walk, the worse I become. I can stroll around the grocery store but could not walk there and back. I would love to be able to be active. I certainly would use a bicycle which is another alternative to walking if time if a consideration as it tends to be faster. The city I live in tends to be small (unfortunately with long steep hills though) and when I was younger I did bicycle when the weather was nice. What I would like for the summer would be a scooter or electric scooter. I think the electic scooter, either four wheeled or two wheeled would be an ideal alternative to a car, but I do not know if I could afford it.

I do find myself doing that .But I know I do it Because nothings worse than going to any store for the quick in & out and they 're out of every thing on your list.Now you still have to drive anyway.After having that happen to you a few times you just be like "F**k it ima drive just in case"Yea ,Its in walking distance & close but 9 time outta ten its the unconvienient conveinence store.

It's a good thing to walk once in awhile since we take that for granted.