On the road again...

Well, maybe...

Before I get all Willie Nelson on you, I'll preface by saying that I'm still debating.  

Its been almost 2 years that I've been car-less.  This is a BIG deal for a girl raised in Southern California - where your car is your home-away-from-home.  Having a car, and the kind of car you have is all a part of who you are in SoCal.  But, not so much up here in the Bay Area.

Obviously, when I was living in the city, I realized that having a car payment, an insurance payment, AND paying for a garage in order to keep a car handy to be used MAYBE once a week was becoming a waste.  So, I got rid of it all.  With Muni, cable cars, BART, taxis, and my good 'ol 2 feet, getting around the city was a piece of cake.

But now, *sigh*, I am an East Bay resident. (give me a moment...)

Ok...

And being without a car has proven difficult. Not impossible, mind you...but inconvenient.  

So, I'm thinking of taking the plunge.  Nothing fancy.  Just something small, reliable, cheap, and nothing I have to really care about at all.  Everyone's encouraging me to buy used, but I just don't know how to do that.  Too much to consider and be careful about.  I'd rather just buy new.

My frontrunner: the Nissan Versa. Not bad. Reliable. Hecka-cheap.

Ack, we'll see.  Not having a car was getting me serious street-cred in Berkeley.  It made up for my poor eating, drinking, recycling habits...and for the fact that I like myself a 20 minute shower every now and again. Shhhh...don't tell the neighbors...