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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We don't have a car. We live 2 blocks from a giant, 7 minutes from a metro section, and on a major artery (so there's a bus stop on our door step, at rush hour buses every 4 min, 10 min otherwise and 12-15 on the weekend). It's fine. We get a zipcar as needed and we rent for the weekend or more from DCA. OP add up your car expenses: monthly payment, maintenance, insurance, parking, gas etc. If you only drove 2,000 miles last year, I doubt it's worth it.

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OP here. Thanks. I live RIGHT in the city. 1 block from Giant. Maybe the same one as you! (Cathedral Heights). Like you, I can walk 1 block to the buses that go downtown every 4-5 minutes. I haven't driven to work in 3 years. How does zipcar work? Do you have to reserve a day in advance? Not that it really matters. Honestly, if I need to get somewhere with no notice of course I can uber.

So let's see how it goes.
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OP, I live about half a mile from you, haven't had a car in close on 20 years. Have one child, young elementary school age.

We use zipcar 1-2 times per month (weekly during kid's sports season). You download the app and reserve the car for the block of time you need. For weekends, it's worth reserving in advance, but often you can get the car on 15 minutes notice.

Rent cars from Hertz/Enterprise etc for vacations (worthwhile getting an account on points) -- you can rent cars from many major hotels (we use the Woodley Park Marriott Enterprise, who will pay for your cab fare to get to the car rental office). Use cab/car service for airport trips. All of this works out cheaper for us than owning a car, plus we get the car we need for when we need it -- giant truck with cargo space for the family camping trip, zippy runaround for a target run.

We also use Amazon and Peapod and get many supplies delivered rather than running errands.  [/quote]

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