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If someone doesn't need a car then why try to talk them in to it?
The $1,000 car is real, but hard to find! my Civic VX was $1,100 because the guy did a poor job listing it on craigslist and I love the fuel injection on it over any carburetor I've worked on, 230,000 trouble free fuel injected miles where my Hondas that had carbs needed top end rebuild kits, new accelerator pumps, float level adjustment and all of that meant that I needed thick repair manuals and the correct tools to keep from stripping the brass jets and screws.
But more so, the point is, live where you spend your time!
When I was little we lived 6 miles from town, single car family with 3 kids and we would bike in to town if the weather was nice and my dad would bike in to work, that is not very common any more but there is no reason for it not to be.
Even if you have a car that is cheap to own you should still learn to use your smart phone and if you are paying $300 per month for your electronics then you are as dumb as the person who pays someone else to change their wiper blades.
I use my dumb phone all the time, heading across town to the store? send a text message to see who else needs to go, not using my car for the weekend? send a message to people who have asked to use it in the past, don't want to drive.
I don't want to spend my life driving, I'd rather fly across country or take the train, my brother and some of my closest friends all live in my neighborhood and I live 12 blocks from two grocery stores, yet it's really quite with a low crime rate.
Even with the small amount that I spend on my car per year, I could do some great things with that money if I didn't own a car.
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