I hate cars
Moving from Pittsburgh to New York involves some downsizing. The obvious first choice for stuff to get rid of is my car. I've always been a car nut, but I can't ignore the costs. Parking, insurance, and maintenance can easily run $500 per month in Manhattan or Brooklyn. And rumor has it that if you live somewhere ultra-nice like Central Park West, parking alone can be above $1,000 per month. Wondering whether it's really worth that much money has made me realize: I hate cars.
I hate that cars cost too much. Too much to buy (above $28,000 on average), too much to maintain (it's easy to spend as much on insurance, financing, gas, and maintenance as on the car), and too much to fix (thousands of dollars to fix one lousy dent). I hate that selling cars is all about deceiving the buyer. Talking to car salesmen makes my skin crawl. Even worse, now that I'm trying to sell my car, I feel like a car salesman. And I hate that I might become a car nut like this guy. If you want to buy a nice car, fine. But putting a bunch of photos up on Flickr for everyone to gawk at just says "hopeless poser."
In other words, bye bye car. Anyone want to buy a 2000 Honda Civic Si?