do you drive?

[n00bface]

Used to drive an Audio 5000s, but sort of inherited my mom's Nissan X-Terra a few years ago.  I've been legally on the road for about 6 years now.  Never crashed, or even received any sort of moving violation.  I drive every day and work as a delivery guy for a paper company.  I hate driving and I wish I had the patience to take the bus everywhere.

[RafiPZ]

Yeah license and car. It was pretty exciting until I began to drive to college everyday and get stuck in traffic 

[{LAW} Gamer_2k4]

I drive to work every weekday in this pimpmobile:


Well, you know, not THAT one.  One like it.

[jrgp]

I hate driving and I wish I had the patience to take the bus everywhere.

Why?

[Blue-ninja]

I have a car, but I'll take riding my bike and the bus over driving any day of the week.

[Rai-Dei]

I'm 19 without both, I'm the guy that bums rides from people.

[Guile]

How come you can buy so new cars? Do you mind telling how much do cars in US cost? (2003 - 2007). I'd have to work my ass off to buy that new car.

[n00bface]

I hate driving and I wish I had the patience to take the bus everywhere.

Why?

Because everyone besides me is a terrible driver, and I always feel like I'm dodging other people's obstacles.  It takes way too much energy to drive, and I often drive during rush hour.  My entire city is plagued with never-ending road construction because the civil engineers (the lowest form of engineer) can't heed the metro council's advise to BUILD STUFF FOR THE FUTURE, rather than for the moment.  I hit more than 5 round-abouts on my way to classes, and half of the dumb mother fuckers in my city still treat these things like stop lights, even though they've been installed now for over 5 fucking years.  I have the worst road rage in the world, because in my eyes, every single problem with the roads (including mild afternoon congestion, which I rightfully attribute to dumbass rubberneckers trying to catch what's going on by the flashing lights) is entirely the fault of criminally stupid drivers, who should never have been given a pass to drive any sort of machinery, let alone a deadly 2-ton ground-rocket.

Seriously, eliminate class C licenses and make everyone take the test for a class B.

[iDante]

I can drive but I hate it. It's scary and dangerous and boring at the same time, not a good combination.
I didn't get my license before going to college because insurance would be over a hundred dollars a month and I don't even have a car so its pointless. The bus system where I live is good enough.

[Taxi]

I have license for 6 years now and drive everyday. My beautifull car is in attachments (that one isn't mine, its similar).

[dnmr]

Don't have anything yet, but considering getting a driver's license because it might get handy at times. I don't mind taking a ~20 min bike trip to the uni and back every day. It's refreshing (:

[DarkCrusade]

I need a license for next year's WACKEN!

[n00bface]

I need a license for next year's WACKEN!

i am sorry but why would you drive to wagon when there are all manner of buses making the same trip.  driving will be more expensive and traffic + parking will suck really hard

[T-Bone]

can i get a what what for honda accords?

[DarkCrusade]

i am sorry but why would you drive to wagon when there are all manner of buses making the same trip.  driving will be more expensive and traffic + parking will suck really hard

I don't think it's that easy to carry tons of beer with you by train, really

[Dr.DR4IG]

My entire city is plagued with never-ending road construction because the civil engineers (the lowest form of engineer) can't heed the metro council's advise to BUILD STUFF FOR THE FUTURE, rather than for the moment.

 This sounds suspiciously like my city, And why I insist on taking the bus anywhere I can't otherwise get to by bus. Drivers in this city ARE %^&*'N crazy.

[n00bface]

i am sorry but why would you drive to wagon when there are all manner of buses making the same trip.  driving will be more expensive and traffic + parking will suck really hard

I don't think it's that easy to carry tons of beer with you by train, really

Man, last time I went to a festival in Germany, the train was packed full of dudes with camping-backpacks, which themselves were packed full of booze.  Even if you feel like you're coming up short of space, just hang out at the entrance gate and take all of the booze in glass containers that people are being forced to throw out, and put them in your own plastic containers.  This is also a good tip for every gathering in general, and cut my costs down last year by 100% (because alcohol was my sustenance for the entire 3 day festival, awh yeah.)

My entire city is plagued with never-ending road construction because the civil engineers (the lowest form of engineer) can't heed the metro council's advise to BUILD STUFF FOR THE FUTURE, rather than for the moment.

 This sounds suspiciously like my city, And why I insist on taking the bus anywhere I can't otherwise get to by bus. Drivers in this city ARE %^&*'N crazy.

Minneapolis!  But I imagine a lot of cities are undergoing some pretty heavy construction 'cos winter's coming up.  Minneapolis is in a more unfortunate situation because we had a major bridge collapse a few years ago, which triggered a reconstruction of our entire interstate highway system.

[Mistercharles]

I've always been a bicycle guy, never understood the whole 'car' thing. I ride a Raleigh Sports hub gear 3-speed, thinking of upgrading it to a 4 or 5-speed. Looks like this, except with two steel saddle baskets, and much much more rust. I also used to have a headlamp and a dynamo generator but some asshole took the hardware.



It was nice to do the nine-mile bike ride into town once or twice a week, then I could ride the bus back. I've also done some great exploration trips by bike, so that whole deal has been fun most of the time. Keyword, "most." I got a job in town last summer, so I was doing that nine-mile ride four, five times a week. Biking home (uphill) late at night was not fun.

I finally got enough forms of identification to get a driver's permit, so now I'm looking at mopeds. I'd been trying to get a permit for three years now, never had the paperwork for it. Got into college and a s**t-ton of new paperwork came my way— bingo. I'm saving up for a Peugeot or Motobécane. Shouldn't take very long.


120 m.p.g., I could spange for gas.

[Guile]

Dude, if you're a bicycle guy then get a car or a modern motorbike. There is no better feeling than driving fast, and that awesome acceleration! DAYUM!

I'm sure that bicycles are health and all but cars/motorbikes are incredible.

btw: that 5cc moped won't do more than 10 mph.

[Mistercharles]

Err, mopeds are 49cc. 25-30 mph, depending on whether or not you have a passenger.

I don't really like driving fast. I drove a little nissan pickup truck around the mountains when I was working for a contracting firm, and I could never take it comfortably above 35... I've always kind of been a grandpa about speed. 30mph is definitely fast enough for me.