It had been my intention to sell or donate my car before the end of the year. I finally got around to putting my car on Craigslist today. Within an hour of listing it I had five calls from people interested in purchasing it. Maybe I underpriced it? It seemed like a reasonable price based on other listings. I’m not going to worry about whether I could have sold it for more.
The first guy to look at it bought it and paid for it with cash. He had a Toyota dealership mechanic with him so the car must not have been in too bad of shape mechanically. It worked out very well. I had my car sold and cash in my hand within three hours of listing my car. Now I need to call my insurance agent and cancel my insurance.
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Hurray! Now you will save lots more money! We haven’t had a car for several years now and haven’t really missed it. I’ve just posted on my blog about why we don’t have a car.
Best wishes
Roz
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That is fantastic. I love it when a plan works smoothly like that.
Congrats! How are you planning on getting around now?
What kind of car was it?
ERE- I’ll be getting around by public transportation now. Or walking.
SonyaAnn- It was a 94 Toyota Corolla.
Be sure the title and registration are correctly transferred with your state DVM. This protects you from any future liability.
Andy,
When we lived in Japan, we didn’t buy a car and used public transportation. It was great not to worry about gas, maintenance, and taxes. I miss the days of not owning a car.
Wow… good job. Congrats! I can’t imagine not having a car.
Congrats! I’ve been car free for a little over a year now (live on Long Island, in NY). It took me awhile, I used to live in Texas and I’ve had a car my whole life. Like most things, it just requires slowly rethinking your habits and adjusting to a new way of doing things, as I’m sure you’ve discovered. I adjusted first with the crutch of still having the car when I really needed it (cycle commuting to work 3 days a week on average, now mass transit since I changed companies almost a year ago). Little by little I realized I could completely get rid of it, and not miss insurance, taxes, car payments, gas – or the extra weight that not cycling and walking regularly would likely add back – one little bit! Good for you!
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