10 miles into the 600-mile drive to visit my sister for Christmas, my car's transmission* went belly up. Fortunately we had a plan B and were still able to celebrate the holidays with family, but the spectre of having to pay for a new transmission loomed. Having to buy a whole new car would have been terrifying indeed.
Cars are prohibitively expensive. It's stupid how much we've forced ourselves to depend on them.
https://www.newsweek.com/americans-can-no-longer-afford-their-cars-1859929
@DrTCombs my radicalization resulted directly from a blown engine in my car in 1999
@bikepedantic I can relate. Mine began when my car was totaled by a runaway canoe in 2001.
@DrTCombs @bikepedantic Your subsequent explanation in this thread provides context (yikes!), but on its own this post is delightfully provocative. Here’s a canoe and bike image to complement it.
I do enjoy that it was arguably the world's most serene form of transportation that wrecked my car.
@DrTCombs @bikepedantic I’m loving your positivity 😀