That's exactly what I plan to do in a couple years when I move down there and live the downtown life for a while. Sell my cars and get around via Transit/Car2Go/Taxi. I'm downtown 90% of the time when I'm not at home anyway.

Right now I live in East Van, and the only times I really use my car is to get to work and the studio, which is all downtown. I still park at a skytrain station and take transit or car2go now and then, depending on where I'm going. I car2go downtown and taxi home if I'm planning to drink.

If I cut out my car expenses, that averages to roughly $800/month after gas/insurance/maintenance/whatever. That's more than enough to get around via Car2Go and transit, and hell, even some $40 cab rides and STILL have money left over.

That's just what works for me though. People who have families, or live outside of Vancouver obviously don't have the luxury of redundant transportation options, so having a car does make sense.

Also, everyone's priorities are different. I have high-6-figure earning friends living downtown who would never consider paying 20 grand for a new Civic, let alone the luxury Germans. I know this is a car forum and most people will be into pretty cars. But, different strokes for different folks.

The people not interested in cars and more interested in phones and other technology is what is killing it.

Sucks for them, because some of the BEST cars EVER are coming out now.

Yeah I'm also gr.12. My dad was really nice and let me put the car under his name so it was exponentially cheaper. Driving is definitely a huge privilege at our age, but people I know whine about getting a brand new A6 instead of an A7.

If you think that's bad, There's a girl at my school who was given a brand new Audi A6 3.0T and refused to drive it for the first month because it was white and not black like she had "told them".

I hate taking transit, the only time I'll really taking transit is if I'm going downtown so I'll just hop on the skytrain and leave my car parked somewhere close to the station. I love driving as well and I mostly use my beater to get around like work etc.. because insurance and gas is pretty cheap on my vehicle.

Funny that same girl has a white A6 LOL do you go to north...

There was a girl in my high school who complained about getting a brand new BMW M3. Her dad kept it, and actually bought her a Ford Pinto and spray painted it with various colours. It looked so ghetto. It was awesome. She told me her dad said "Want a better car? Well, you better earn it yourself than."

She now takes the bus LOL.

good, some teens these days don't appreciate the things their parents do for them.

it may of been easier to own a car in high school before but it definitely isn't impossible, i am in high school and i paid for every part of my car(my dad did help pay for the first mechanics vist though). It only costs me around 150 a month for insurance and the cost of gas is the same as that of a monthly bus pass

I am the same way, but opposite. When I was working I hated driving during most times of the day before 8pm, because I hate having to put up with douchey drivers, crappy drivers, and the sheer number of cars on the road.

Now that I'm back in school, I can appreciate transit. I can nap, day dream, read, whatever really. It may take me an extra 15-30 mins to make my trip, my bus may not show up occassionally, but my overall stress level goes down because I can take it easy during my commute instead of actually generating more anxiety.

I still keep my car insured for pleasure use when we have to go shopping, make trips, and its convenient to have a 2nd car ready to go. But having UPass and being a cheapass, I'm going to keep using transit until I'm out of school.

pics of said pinto :fullofwin:

I don't think we're talking about the same person. Was she Indian?

How the hell do you get insurance for 150 and gas for 80? My insurance is 300 a month and i pay 70 a week in gas...

What car do you own... I'm paying the price of a bus pass for gas every week.
And it's the people mentioned above that I hate, it's because of them that people have such a hate towards anyone who's parent's bought them a car.

Plenty of older economy A to B cars are that cheap.

My EL is about that amount. ~160 a month on insurance, and ~90 a month on gas. ($45 tank lasts me around 2 weeks, or 400+ km)

My FX, however... whole different story

i pay about 200/month with basic + 3million + collision comprehensive crap insurance and about 100 bucks a month for gas driving a slow ass corolla

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Which part of the island are you from? I'm only familiar with Victoria and it literally takes 1 min to drive through the entire downtown. People drove really slow there (besides on the highway) and I was certainly not used to it.

Some people just don't CARE. It isn't about access to an vehicle, but they have no interesting in driving/cars.

I would commute from east sooke to langford every day. Nice winding country roads. I didn't hit my first traffic light until I was five minutes from work.

not surprising at all. i see my younger brother and his friends within the age group of 16-19, only one has a license.

i think its not so much to do with laziness but a change in priorities that they see important now. 6 years ago while i was in high school, my friends and i couldn't wait to get our licenses. we used to go cruising after class and nearly killed ourselves numerous times, because it was FUN. i see my brother and his friends and they're all into working out, protein shakes and true religion jeans
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i can relate to the people in the article. My car is basically used for groceries and to shuttle me to the nearest skytrain station. The U-Pass has been a godsend! That said, I still think it's kind of awkward when you talk to someone well into their 20s who doesn't even have their L.

l.m.a.o.

So keeping this line :nyan:

The best cars ever came out in the 90's

Back in 1990, when I was working in car audio, our store manager came in one day, all puffed up and looking like a proud new papa. He proclaimed that he had just received the biggest compliment ever on his car (an absolutely gorgeous fully-restored '68 'Cuda): he'd pulled into a 7-Eleven and walking in past a bunch of ricers and their dialed-up Civics, heard one of them say, "now THAT'S a CAR!"