I previously mentioned that my marriage suffered from
neglect during my days as a pizza delivery driver. We suffered in other ways as well,
from one complicating factor: my husband and I only own one car.
When we moved across the country about a year and a half
ago, my husband and I decided to sell his car so we would have one less expense
to worry about. We owned a home, so we
were going to have to make the mortgage payment on our old place and the rent
payment on our new place, so we cut back on as many non-essentials as possible.
A few months after we moved, our home sold and we no longer
had the mortgage payment to worry about.
But we decided to hold off on buying a second vehicle for a few reasons. For starters, we wanted to make extra debt
payments (although we had not yet adopted a strategic plan for doing this); we
carpooled to work since my office was only a few blocks from his; and gas
prices in our area are always high (about $4.50 right now). So we figured we’d save a little money by
sticking with one car as long as we could stand it. Plus, my husband’s job pays for a free
monthly train pass, and we live near a station, so if push comes to shove, he
can always take public transportation for free.
