Back in 2019, I blogged about becoming a one car household.......well, guess what?! We are now a No-Car Household!!
We sold it today at lunchtime and as we drove up the road to the new owner to leave it with him, Ciaran remarked that he was missing the car already. Smart Cars get under your skin and you become very attached to them (this was our second Smart and they really are awesome!!). But we have bikes and access to good public transport links. If we need a car for long journeys we will get a rental and if we need a car for other small trips or if we have to deliver Pigsy paintings we will use Go Car of which Ciaran is a member.
Ciaran's office is close to us - perhaps maybe 10 mins walk away while I can get the bus or Dart to work. And sure for the meanwhile, Ciaran is working from home while I am working from home too and going in to the office one day a week.
Let's see if we can make this work!!
Goodbye Smartie!
For the past while, I've been considering whether we need to have two cars (albeit 2 teeny ones - namely a Smart Car and a Toyota IQ).
Well we took the leap. The IQ is gone to a new home where it will be well looked after, appreciated and driven (I drove it 4 times in since the New Year).
Here's my blog post back when I got the car - about 5.5 years ago.
For the future, I plan to use either my bikes (regular Dutch and electric) or take the bus or train. Or if I am really stuck for a car, I can borrow my husbands or alternatively I can use a Go Car. It will all work out. I can even walk in to city if I want as I live approx 2km from the top of Grafton Street.....or I can get the Luas if I don't feel like walking!
Watch this space as I report how I am getting on without the car.
