One Car on LI?

AwaitingAugust Posted: Jan 20, 2011 01:28 PM

One Car on LI?

Is anyone here a 'one car' family? DH recently sold his car and I honestly have no idea how we're going to survive with just one car ...

right now, it's ok because he's only working part time (mostly nights or weekends) so we can both use the one car ... but is it really possible to have one car if both of us have full time jobs (neither of which are in the city)?

How do you do it?

little j Posted: Jan 20, 2011 01:44 PM

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grew up in a 1 car fam, so i will offer the little i know

if one person can take public transport/car pool, it can def work.

if not, can you sort your schedules out where one person starts/leaves earlier and pick the other up on the way home?

AwaitingAugust Posted: Jan 20, 2011 02:04 PM

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Posted by little j

grew up in a 1 car fam, so i will offer the little i know

if one person can take public transport/car pool, it can def work.

if not, can you sort your schedules out where one person starts/leaves earlier and pick the other up on the way home?

I suppose that's the only way ... we may need a second car soon (DH sold his car cause it was a POS, not because he doesn't want a car)

jackieee Posted: Jan 20, 2011 02:08 PM

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If one doesn't work in the city, it would be hard. Do you work close by so you could carpool?

We live with one car but Dino works in the city so take the train every day. Weekends we are mostly together. So it works fine.

AwaitingAugust Posted: Jan 20, 2011 02:11 PM

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Yeah - weekends are the easy part ... it's just work-days that seem impossible

AdriandSteve Posted: Jan 20, 2011 02:25 PM

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Is their a LIRR branch closest to your home and work the same?

For example, I live in RVC but if I worked in Babylon I'd be able to take the LIRR East and find someone at work to get me from the train.

CarolAnn721 Posted: Jan 20, 2011 03:05 PM

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I couldn't do it. We have 3 cars. Granted they are all pieces of doody.

NYYankeeGirl72 Posted: Jan 20, 2011 03:22 PM

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Although we have 3 cars, and I work on Long Island and DH works in the Bronx, we could work it out where we would have only 1 car. The only thing is that DH works two jobs in the Bronx and he would need to get a ride from a co-worker from one to the other. Of course i would be the one to have the car most of the time.

SummerBride10 Posted: Jan 20, 2011 03:26 PM

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We could NEVER have one car. Then again DH works in the city and I work on the island. Plus I just like ot have my own car because I'm always running around.

I'm sure its possible but def. not for us.

SoonToBeMrsCampos Posted: Jan 20, 2011 03:41 PM

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could never work for us. Even though I work in the city, I go in and come home earlier than DH. Plus I like to be able to pick up and go when I need to. So well always be a 2 car family.

bluj786 Posted: Jan 20, 2011 03:47 PM

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we have 3, one is DH's 'sunday' car but i couldnt do it with one car. he works in the city and im on the island, and i am not waking up at 4:30 in the morning to drop his *** off at the train.

plus i like having my own car, its mine and i can what i want with it. plus im always running around too