I’m no one’s idea of a car buff. I can’t tell one model from another. I’ve never bought a record with a song about cars on it, despite having grown up in the 1950s.
But my car’s still in the shop today, and that has begun to make me antsy. A car is something you use in everyday life and it feels kind of creepy when you haven’t got one. You can’t go anywhere unless someone else takes you. It makes a dent in your independence.
All right, if you listen to NPR and virtue-signal by pedaling your bike to Whole Foods, bully for you–where do we put the statue? But for the rest of us–well, the car played a huge role in the creation of the middle class, and we’re not ready to sacrifice it to your Green New Deal. So go AOC yourselves.
Bikes aren’t such a bad means of transportation. I don’t have my license yet, so if I need to get somewhere, and nobody can take, I’ll ride my bike. Of course this only works if my destination is within a few miles of our house.
Or if it’s not raining, or freezing cold, and you don’t have a week’s worth of groceries to transport. After all, I have a bike, too. But taking it out onto Route 1 or the Parkway would be suicidal. For that you need a car… if you can’t get a tank.
I love riding my bike in the rain! 🙂 But, yes… it would be suicidal in some circumstances. And the baskets that are attached to the back of my bike can’t fit a week’s worth of groceries.
If the NWO control freaks have their way, fossil fuel autos will be phased out and we will be driving relics as in Cuba.
You can call Uber or Lyft for a ride, but be sure to ask them if they know your name first.