We talked about me working from home. I can do that on occasion, but to do that for months would be bad. I'd be left out of stuff, I'd lose connection with people and frankly, I don't think I'd be all that productive. I could do some work from home and some where he drove me, but then our schedules would have to mesh and we'd both have very little flexibility.
We talked about renting a car. Too expensive
We talked about buying a scooter. Too dangerous because they are heavy and if I leaned to the wrong side, I'd either destroy my foot for good...or destroy the scooter!
The final option was to buy a junker for me to drive. I spent a lot of time researching cars and decided that I wanted a mid-90's Honda Civic, Nissan Sentra or Toyota Camry. These cars would get the best mileage, would be the cars most likely to come in an automatic transmission, and would have decent resale. Of course, thanks to 'Cash for Klunkers'...there are very few cheap daily-drivers on the road anymore. And the ones that are out there are in demand.
We spent ALL day on Saturday driving around trying to get our hands on a car that would work. We ended up with a 1993 Honda Civic with 170K miles on it. It drives fine, but it's a bit on the gross side. Smells mildewy (common for cars left to sit in this climate for too long), it has no radio, no glove box, no cup holders and the driver's side-view mirror is non-functional and hanging on by electrical tape. The windshield is badly cracked and it needs a muffler...but it runs! I drove it to work today and laughed out loud when a full tank of gas was only 8.1 gallons!
So now, I am independent in terms of getting to work. Phew!
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