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0 pointsadrianN6y ago0 comments

Time to become a public transport advocate then, so that the roads are empty enough for you to drive your car. 600HP in a traffic jam are just as fun as 60HP.

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Annatar6y ago· 2 in thread

For the record, I spent the first 19 years of my life using public transportation and walking for kilometers on end. While I still don't mind walking and do so for half an hour every day (15 minutes to the parking lot and back), I have traumas from using public transportation, being squeezed like a sardine, having my personal space invaded by smelling, sweaty people and almost getting a heat stroke in the Summer in 40 C trams and buses while being elbowed in the ribs.

But you are right, I'll gladly help advocate public transportation to everyone so I can drive in peace on the roads.

_pmf_6y ago

Same. The thought of having to use public transport again (even for a short term when my car is in the workshop) gives me flashes of anxiety.

Annatar6y ago

I own multiple cars, in part for exactly such a situation (N + 1 redundancy, just like I design computer systems). Luckily, taking my car to the shop is rare, as I have the requisite knowledge and wrench on my cars myself.

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