Can we stay a one car family?

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Anonymous wrote:Why does your husband drive to work if you live near the metro? Can you not walk to your kids school?

Silly comment. Office is likely not near a Metro stop even is the house is

It’s a question, not a comment. Was looking for an actual answer to help OP brainstorm not for conjecture about location of office.

The house is a few miles from an end of line station. Driving is the only way to get there. When I said it was near a metro station it was intended to give some idea of the density and transportation in the area. Think of living in the burbs a short drive from an end of line station.

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Anonymous wrote:We have one personal car right now. I work from home and my husband has a work car. So our issues all happen on the weekends, since he can’t use the work car for non-work purposes. If he didn’t have a work car, I wouldn’t really love being home without a car—but we’re not near a metro.

I also don’t love juggling cars on the weekend, but we’re managing. We’ll likely get a second car when prices normalize. Until then I think you should just see how it goes. You’ll know pretty quickly if it’s a PItA on a daily basis. For sick kids—do you have a SAH/WAH/retired neighbor who has a car you could bum? I wouldn’t want to put a contagious or barfing kid in the car with an Uber driver.

You don't borrow a car for a sick kid. OP needs a second car.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why does your husband drive to work if you live near the metro? Can you not walk to your kids school?

Silly comment. Office is likely not near a Metro stop even is the house is

It’s a question, not a comment. Was looking for an actual answer to help OP brainstorm not for conjecture about location of office.

The house is a few miles from an end of line station. Driving is the only way to get there. When I said it was near a metro station it was intended to give some idea of the density and transportation in the area. Think of living in the burbs a short drive from an end of line station.

Drive your husband to work in the morning. Save a lot of money.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We have one personal car right now. I work from home and my husband has a work car. So our issues all happen on the weekends, since he can’t use the work car for non-work purposes. If he didn’t have a work car, I wouldn’t really love being home without a car—but we’re not near a metro.

I also don’t love juggling cars on the weekend, but we’re managing. We’ll likely get a second car when prices normalize. Until then I think you should just see how it goes. You’ll know pretty quickly if it’s a PItA on a daily basis. For sick kids—do you have a SAH/WAH/retired neighbor who has a car you could bum? I wouldn’t want to put a contagious or barfing kid in the car with an Uber driver.

You don't borrow a car for a sick kid. OP needs a second car.

They have one car. If she has an emergency with a sick kid. They can use lyft/uber. You don't spend $25k plus insurance on a new car just cause you "might" have an emergency.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We have one personal car right now. I work from home and my husband has a work car. So our issues all happen on the weekends, since he can’t use the work car for non-work purposes. If he didn’t have a work car, I wouldn’t really love being home without a car—but we’re not near a metro.

I also don’t love juggling cars on the weekend, but we’re managing. We’ll likely get a second car when prices normalize. Until then I think you should just see how it goes. You’ll know pretty quickly if it’s a PItA on a daily basis. For sick kids—do you have a SAH/WAH/retired neighbor who has a car you could bum? I wouldn’t want to put a contagious or barfing kid in the car with an Uber driver.

You don't borrow a car for a sick kid. OP needs a second car.

They have one car. If she has an emergency with a sick kid. They can use lyft/uber. You don't spend $25k plus insurance on a new car just cause you "might" have an emergency.

Okay, well I’m very close with my neighbors. They’ve borrowed our truck to haul things and we’ve borrowed their mini van to take the kids places. Surely they’d be cool if I drove their car 5 minutes to pick up a sick kid—the one time per year that might happen. I’d loan mine out for that. Maybe not if it’s uncontrolled vomiting, but in that case DH picks up the kid.