Features Mar 16, 2016 at 4:00 am

Related: Does Anyone Want to Buy a Car?

"Do I really want to sell my car? Selling was never the plan. The plan was the car was supposed to explode." James Yamasaki

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You definitely don't need a car here anymore. I haven't had a car in years and I love it.

Carpooling can help with hiking and Costco trips if you want to be really thrifty, but it gets old and people start to know you as that guy that always needs a ride. I use Zipcar for those things and it works out amazingly well. Either way, ditch that car - even if you can only get a $500 bike out of it, it's worth it!
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I've been here since 2008 without a car, on Capitol Hill, and things have worked out just fine. I'll concede getting around can sometimes be a pain, but it's not so so bad. As much as people gripe about it, our bus system here is not bad at all, and you can go deep into the suburbs and back to downtown on most days. But you're right...you do have to plan out your trips carefully and allow yourself more time...you do less "spur of the moment" trips as you would with a car. One Bus Away is my workhorse app. And even if you're stuck somewhere and have to call a taxi for a cross-town $60 trip, that's still a whole lot cheaper than owning a car.

And hey, thanks for the Seattle Transit Hikers tip! I've joined up their Meetup group, and can't wait to hike with fellow car-less folks!
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Ride your bike everywhere and for the occasions you do need a motorized vehicle just use car2go. Way cheaper than buying an Orca pass or owning a car.
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What car insurance do you have that lets you pay less than $99 plus gas???
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Sorry dude, can't help you! I live in the U-District and I'm going to explore the new light rail extension as a mass transit option to taking a "70 series" bus to home from downtown. I could conceivably take the #60 to the Becon Hill station and ride that to the new U-District station then take the #48 for the rest of the way.
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The problem isn't being dumb by having a car, it's being dumb by having a car without parking. That's your own shirt sighted fault.
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I would vouch for old Solaras. I drove one for years, and it was a joy-- like a luxury car at a populist price. I sold mine to a friend-of-friends who needed something cheap. To my surprise, it's continued to work great for her.
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I love that Gilmore Girls trail!
...except near the end, where it's like someone else started building it.
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I never had a car when I lived on Capitol Hill, until the last year I was was there - and then only because the car was a ridiculously impractical 1966 Mustang that a dear friend had left me.

Even in those olden days, you didn't need a car when you lived there.

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