He doesn't own a car or know how to drive

I got one as a gift, I don't even have a license, or know how to drive lel.
pretty much I life in San Fran, public transportation is damn good, and I just use uber to get to work in the mornings

Public transit is low test as fuck

my car has been sitting in the garage for like the past 3 months, i'm sure the battery is dead by now

i just ride my bike everywhere since it's summer

I don't just mean buying a car, you can get your hands on a shitbox for 500 bucks just fine.
Monthly road taxes, insurance, and some of the highest fuel prices in the world are what kill any hope of me owning a car while NEETing it up.

I think you really underestimate how expensive cars can be in some European countries.
Denmark, for example, has a 180% tax on cars.

Public transit is the mark of a close-knit society.
Cars are for brainwashed corporatists.

So stop being a fucking neet. If it makes you feel any better, I own a nice car and a nice house, and I still get no action from the ladies.
Who told you that you have to live in Denmark? Move somewhere that you can afford to live.

>know how to drive
>know how to ride a motorcycle
>certified tech
>motorcycles batter is probably dead
>lost motivation to ride after accident and 5 moth insurance fuckery
>cant get anybody to buy
>have a car available but driving stick in traffic makes me anxious
>dont trust myself to fuck up even though ive done it without issue may times

honestly i cant be bothered with life much less driving

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It's not low test but fucking sucks because you have to spend hours with a bunch of random low lifes who may or may not be shitting, pissing, or cumming themselves all over the fucking seats that you need to sit down on. It's fucking disgusting, and I just want to spend the rest of the day taking a shower after riding the bus. I'm also really fucking tired of how the buses don't go in straight lines to the destinations but instead go in meandering loops and curves to pick up as many people as possible. What should take 10 minutes by car can end up taking an hour by bus - and don't even get me started on the cost.
I fucking wish I had the money to get a car and car insurance, and a drivers license.

the fuck? i guess to mitigate traffic. but then you shouldn't be having this discussion. that's honestly weird.

im american and bus everywhere. and it takes forever. i'm pretty sure that i could be an expert in something if i practiced while on the bus. i've spent thousands of hours, easily.

>So stop being a fucking neet.
That's being worked on.

Sitting in a smelly metal tube with environmentalist hippies, poor people, teenagers, and alcoholics sounds pretty low test to me.

Get your own damn car and learn how to drive bitch, I ain't your chauffeur.

Nothing we do is good enough. I've got a nice car, and know how to drive id. But you'll just come up with another reason to make that stupid face. Fuck off bitch.

That's only when you ride 9-5, when most people are at work. If you ride during rush hour, most if not all of the riders are trying to get to or from work, and so are clean, well behaved, and generally ride not because of environmental concerns, but because it's cheaper than owning and maintaining a car.

>he lives in flyover suburbia
>he lives in 3rd world/rural shithole with bad public transit

>because it's cheaper than owning and maintaining a car
So, poor people. It doesn't matter how clean and well behaved they are. They're still the bottom rung of society.

I live in a major NA city and the public transit is fucking unusable and always full of loud teenagers, poor people, and homeless piss smelling alcoholics except in rush hour where it's so busy you can't even get on a train. If I had to do that every day I'd probably off myself. Driving is just way better and parking permits don't even cost that much but if you're too poor for a car Lyft is better than public bs.

I'm going to finally get my license at 28, hopefully I still have the ability to learn how to drive. I know for a fact I could have easily learned in a couple days when I was younger, but now I feel like I'll be a spastic retard caught up in my own head.

It's over boyos. Hand me the fucking rope.

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>he's making payments for the next 5 years but says he owns his own car

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I don't drive, landed an 7/10 gf, I'm 19 so its pretty depressing not being able to drive. Been with her 7 months now btw

Car is completely paid off, so fuck you. I could pay off my house right now too, but I make more money investing than the interest rate on the mortgage. Stay poor and jealous.

It can't be that hard. I remember getting my drivers permit as a teenager, I didn't study anything and still managed to pass the test. I'll have to retake it some day because my learners permit expired and I never bothered getting a drivers license.

>own a shitty car, bought for $1000
>has cost me probably $3000 in insurance, repairs, registration fees over the 2 years I've owned it
still better than catching public transport.

Just make sure to stop completely at stop signs. As in the car needs to actually lurch back on the wheels. Nobody after your drivers test cares, including cops, but on the test they're really strict about it.

This guy knows what's up. Cheap car is infinitely better than riding public transport with poorfags. You have your freedom, and you can go anywhere you want. They have to plan their lives around the bus schedule.

Yep, I fought it for years. Told myself I was content catching public transport. Eventually got my license. The freedom is something I couldn't understand until I had it. My parents are slightly less disappointed too because I can drive around to run errands for them and be actually useful. Driving is vital to escaping robothood.

How long does it take? I need to retake all the tests and then get driving lessons.

>How long does it take?
depends on your location. Theoretically I could have gotten my license in 1 year but I had severe test anxiety, failed the practical test multiple times and kept procrastinating further tests. It took me 2 years..

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I had to retake the written and road tests a while ago to get reinstated after a DUI. For the written test, just read the prep book and regurgitate the information into their computer. Easy peasy. For the road test, I took a refresher course/test combo that took 2 hours in total. If you haven't driven before, you should plan on at least a few weeks of lessons before your test though. During the test, just drive like you're 84 years old. Drive 10mph below the speed limit, and stop for 15 seconds at every stop sign, and you'll pass with flying colors.

I've never had a license though, and thought you need x amount of hours behind the wheel with someone else before taking any driving tests.

Bitch, I'm more broke than the Ten Commandments, and I don't drive because I have PTSD from multiple, severe car wrecks throughout my childhood.

I'm pretty sure that's only for getting your license before 18. After you're legally an adult, you just need to pass the test. You still need to practice to not make a complete fool of yourself during the test, but the 50 hour requirements and the like are only for minors.

not in canada lmao gotta wait a fuckin year to have a big boy license after getting your learners

Been scared of moving on past my learners permit because i don't think i have the skills to pass the test. My dad even used to tell me just to quit because i could never get reverse parking and parallel parking under control when even i got paid help from driving instructors. And this was years ago when i had first gotten a learners license. I pretty much ran away from the troubles by learning to use buses and riding and maintaining a bicycle.

Watch youtube videos that show you how to reverse park and parallel park. Your dad is a dick for telling you to quit. Learn how to do it to prove him wrong.

Teenagers don't care about that stuff. Come back to me when you're car-less at 30. Society views you as a child.

>tfw fake licence because i got frustrated failing tests
surprised i haven't died with all the close calls i've had

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>parallel parking
its just one of those things you have to know for the test and will never use it again in your life most likely

I finally got mine after 7 years of failing tests. Failed 27 tests. Got in an accident the first week.

i figure i'll be dead within a few years so there's really no point

But I do. I own a 2011 Honda Fit, with a 1999 Dodge Stratus as a backup (got the Stratus for free after my grandfather died).

Yeah I'll keep at it anons, if there are people that failed tons of times but got it in the end, i really have no excuse for bitching out. My only fear outside of failing is fucking up and either killing myself or someone else on the road, but i will keep autistically trying at the least.

i'm 27 and i don't have a license. i know how to drive, i'm just not comfortable doing it at all and i don't have enough practice.

good thing i have a vagina and that kind of thing doesn't hold me back.

>She expects me to drive her everywhere instead of driving herself
What a bunch of baloney

>driving with roastie passenger
>not even going 3/10ths
>they always cry about slowing down
>mfw
fucks sake bitches it's a miata they don't even go fast

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>bro just get a car then you will get a gf
>get car
>still no gf
>bro just graduate from college then you will get a gf
>graduate college
>still no gf
>bro just get a good job then you will get a gf
>get amazing job
>still no gf
>bro just get your own place then you will get a gf
>get nice place in nice neighborhood
>still no gf
>bro just get Jow Forums then you will get a gf
>get Jow Forums
>still no gf
ENOUGH

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youre going to end up being like my mom. almost 60yo and only feels comfortable driving to the grocery store which is 5mins away in a straight line. she almost has a panic attack going near an interstate

you better get practicing

>First word was car
>Learned how to drive at 9 years old
>Owned multiple sportscars
>Regularly go to trackdays

Where is my cargf

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>be 31
>gf drives me around
Eh, it's ok.

>gf dumps you for an actual man
>completely fucked
shit.

it's hard to find time. maybe i should just pay for driving school and get it over with. i failed the written test 3 times when i was 16 and i've just been afraid to try again since.

I can't imagine not being able to hop in my car, roll the windows down, crank some tunes and drive around a scenic road during the fall while trees change colors.

>get new gf
All is well.

I've been driving for a decade and I still hate it. Always some asshole that wants to ride my ass in an attempt to force me to move faster. Then there's the druggie asshole with a criminal record that drives super slow because they don't want to draw police attention, forcing me to be an asshole and quickly get in front of them.

Driving early in the morning when there's nobody on the road except me is kino though

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is owning a shitty car better than no car at all?

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Yes. Owning no car means you have to rely on other people or public transit. You have to schedule everything around their time and that sucks.

I get the use of a car if you need one frequently to travel to work or similar, but why on earth would I get myself a car to maybe make use of it 5 times a year? I'd rather not pay monthly taxes for that shit, if I could use that money on actually useful shit (or save up/invest) instead.

>tfw 29
>tfw gf for 2.5 year
>tfw zero indication she's browsing other men based on a carless life
It helps to have a gf actually capable of doing her own shit, who pays her share of the financial load, and isn't just some leech with a sense of entitlement thinking you're her chauffeur an lackey.

Buying a car for the sake of trying to impress some woman who'd otherwise ignore your existence is a surefire way to attract the crappy kind of woman.

Entirely depends on how good public transport is in your area. Also cabs. Cabs are cheap as shit here, I've no idea how they stay in business.

yes goy, buy a shitbox gas guzzler and spend multiples of its worth on fuel, insurance, and repairs
but you'll have the FREEDOM of not walking the extra 200m from the bus stop to the mall

I'd say so. For poorfags in the US, I'd recommend pic related. Possibly the most comfy shitbox you can buy for under $1500. The non turbo is slow but it feels like you're riding a cloud.

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Those were made before fuel injection. It means that the engine is gonna turn to shit about 100k miles in.

I just accelerate to 25mph, turn on cruise control, and accelerate to the speed limit. Never go faster or slower. Beauty of a living in a small town and working 3rd shift, I guess.

>the engine is gonna turn to shit about 100k miles in.
Weak bait

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>tfw car you owned died and you never bothered to get another one
>tfw hate driving and hardly leave your room anyways

The only place in America where you don't need a car is probably NY & CA, 2 places I'd never want to touch, especially CA.

Not him, but if you don't overhaul the carburetor every 75k miles, you're gonna have a bad time. It's not necessary on fuel injection.

>enabling and enriching sand nigger oil lords and boomer oil barons to gather more money
>polluting the fuck out of the enviorment
>Insurance and cops

Its just overall a bad idea.

NY's transit the only real decent transit system in the US. LA's is trash, San Fran is decent but limited.

The sand niggers and boomers are still making ungodly amounts of money off all the oil required for non-personal car use. Pollution comes from a lot more sources than just personal car use.

>CA

I would highly dispute that.
LA has a notoriously bad transit system that is barely starting to expand after a mere 30 years of existence. The situation is made worse when housing costs are so bad that workers would rather commute 50 minutes a day than to live close by, near accessible transit.
The BART in SF is decent if you live along the main corridors. The bus system is just as a long, although it does run later and more frequently than LA's.
Other than that, life in CA is mind numbing even with a car.

Maybe you should stop living in a major NA shithole

Depends on where you live. Where I live, you can easily get by without a car and save a lot of money. bicycle/bus/train can get me anywhere in my city, often faster than driving on days when traffic is shit. The city government now has a policy where they're going to turn the screws on drivers. Lane reductions, diverters, more bus-only lanes, more cycling facilities. If you want to drive out to the countryside, it's easy enough to rent. It's what I'd do if I weren't retarded with my money and didn't buy a shiny new convertible last year because I needed just one happy thing in my life.

In the burbs and country it's different, and yeah, you need a cheap car. Cash for Clunkers really fucked the used car market, though, so badly that the /o/ sticky is still relevant even though it hasn't been updated in forever. Newer cars have too many electronics and start falling apart after 5 years. Old trucks and small SUVs have held their value incredibly well, and while they're easy to work on, are probably not something you want to rely 100% on.

W123s were offered with fuel injected engines, with the most (in)famous versions being the unkillable diesels.

I live in Atlanta and yeah you basically described it. One time I was about to sit down in a seat and at the last minute saw it had a puddle of fucking brown liquid in it. That was the last time I ever sat down on a MARTA seat.

I used to walk 1 mile to the Marta bus stop, pay $2.50, ride to the train station which was 45minutes away, pay another $2.50 to take the train to my job, then of course pay the same amount to return home. $10 a day x 4x days = $40 a week. Basically $160 a month just to use public transit. I got off at 11pm or so, and the bus would ALWAYS come late, so I didn't get home until 12:30am most days. Sometimes in the morning when I'm heading to work the fucking dumb ass Marta bus would come 10 minutes EARLIER than scheduled, making me late.

Not only that, but my neighborhood occasionally had 2 pitbulls loose at night when I was walking back home from the bus stop. If they were out, it basically meant I had to go the opposite direction because they would 100% chase me.(Happened before).

I am so fucking happy I have a car now. Can you imagine being nearly 25 years old and having a bus ride right pass you and then running from fucking loose dogs? I dont know how I didnt suicide back then

>pay 16 eurobucks for a monthly pass
>bus stop is about 3 minutes away on foot
>bus arrives 18 minutes before my shift starts
>drops me off 5 minutes before the shift starts on the other side of the road from my workplace
>bus home is 2 minutes after my shift ends, if I somehow don't make it, next one follows in 10 minutes
>"but user you need a car"
Some days I just walk. It's like a 30 minute walk, and god knows my lazy ass could use the exercize.

>paying $10+ a trip to get to places

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I would still image that to be cheaper than paying for parking in NYC.

>unkillable diesels
Damn straight, I got one recently for $550 that had been neglected and abused for 8 years by a stoner, it has 315k and was still chugging

Anyone else afraid of driving? I feel like i'm going to crash into someone or worse someone might crash onto me.

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Yes, it's far too nerve wracking for me to do regularly.

That is the only reason why I don't have my license. I'm scared to drive at all. Doesn't help first time I tried to learn someone honked me not even 5minutes in.

Imagine having this mentality towards everything. You'd never have learned to use the big, scary toilet.

Except it's not towards everything retard just driving.

And it's just as pathetic. You are limiting your life based on a fear that will disappear simply by doing it regularly.

but what if I crash it try again? Also how do you drive without freezing up? You can't just tell someone to do it

If you crash it, then you repair it and try again.

Start by driving in a small town, or in a school parking lot on the weekend, or something.

Well I don't have car so can't right now

When I pull out of my garage, I usually can't see oncoming traffic because my car is tiny and the cars parked on the side of the road are huge. So I have to take a wild guess, make a quick prayer, and fucking gun it. It's kinda fun.

I have a license and car (though I share it with my sister)
I'm just terrified of driving because I havent done it in years and have bad eyesight, also it's a manual drive and I'm terrible at multitasking
Drove around in an automatic a few times and it was pure bliss, being able to actually focus on traffic instead of some dick shaped pbject in your right hand

Natural gas plants and shit, I know that. Starve the beast.