Living Without a Car (Part: 4/7)

4th installment of life without a car. Update on my bicycle usage as well as the Geo that is no doubt to be written off this week. You also get to see Gloria! What a treat :)

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• ford
• tempo
• GL
• five
• speed
• standard
• coupe
• living
• without
• car
• 1988
• geo
• metro
• totaled
• bicycle
• landongendur
• mcdonalds

[mookixox]

Greetings from regina! Had a car similar to gloria but she treated me like shit and used and utterly abused me, had to scrap her in the end. Hope yours treats u better (tho for 200 bux your already ahead). thanks 4 sharing!

[landongendur]

Yeah, gloria was a great car. I eventually sold it in June '08 for $240 and I recently saw it in downtown Regina one day (with a different owner than who I sold it to).

[deadonspoton]

I am supprised you were able to get a box of parts for $200, let alone a whole car! Sweet deal. And you named her, lol!

[landongendur]

Yeah, it was a pretty sweet deal I found on the internet. The car doesn't even leak/burn any oil or need to be put though safety/emissions before I could drive it. Once my sister gets her new car, I'll finally be able to sell it (I've used it twice for the entire month of May).

[deadonspoton]

Dang, I can't imagine not driving. But, in southern California there is no other way to get around. Public transport is one bus that takes old people to the Indian Casino. And I live so far form work that a bike would take me till the next day to get there...if I didn't die along the way, lol.

[landongendur]

That's why I feel it's important to find a job within a 5 mile radius of where I live. Living in a city of only 200,000 people works out well because the entire urban area of Regina SK Canada is about 45 square miles.

I don't think I could ever live in a city larger than 1/4 million (I've looked into moving to cities of 25,000 people just for that shorter commute).

[FlowingGeisha]

There are egotistical assholes who speed in my neighborhood at night. COPS

[landongendur]

Lol, yeah it's so fitting isn't it? Right now that's the only mode of automobile transportation, so as soon as I get rid of that, the process is complete. I think I'm going to make a farewell video of the Tempo before selling it (soon).

[Grimace]

ha ha that's was really awesome, love the luck be a lady.

[landongendur]

Really? I actually just bought the cheap stuff at the dollar store.