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Detroit, 11:28 PM
Fri Nov 20
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10/29/09
*She's not really a Veyron, truth be told. #porsche911
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Read a good book on the train—then drive that 911 like you stole it. Or that Superlight Miata. You get the idea.
how many times have i said this, only to be shouted down? wtf. #porsche911
10/30/09
Or I move to Europe or Japan. #porsche911
10/29/09
And it's also true that there aren't that many places in the country with the density to justify mass transit, or the economy to support that investment, or the political will to create routes in developed areas and go through the pain of building transit lines.
Which means that people who have the talent and income to choose where they live, will continue to make quality of life decisions, where a short, pleasant commute might figure quite highly. And it means that communities that can't supply better commuting options will stop attracting the more profitable and dynamic residents and businesses, and enter downward death spirals as dropping population and declining investment removes the resources to improve life and transit options. #porsche911
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10/29/09
And getting a performance vehicle is completely out of the question. I'm still saving money though, because I need to haul around my windsurfing stuff.
I estimate two thirds of the cars my peers drive are leased by their employers. I take the train and the bus to work, everyday...
Thing is... I do enjoy reading the papers onroute, and the traffic jams over here are like some sick additional ring of hell Dante couldn't think of. So I guess not driving to work is okay... #porsche911
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10/29/09
A) The driver has put it up manually to flaunt his Bruce-ocity.
B) It's broken.
Having previously owned (and commuted daily in) a used 911, I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt and say it's broken. The $300-$500 it's gonna cost to fix would have bought an awful lot of train tickets, but who cares? #porsche911
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10/29/09
I am all for this outlook. It means gasoline powered fun won't go the way of the dodo completely for a lot longer. Which ultimately means I have longer to save up for my dream sports, which, coincidentally, is almost a mirror image of the car shown in the pic of this thread - make it midnight blue metallic and we're good to roll.
Here's to government-funded public transport paying for my sports car! #porsche911
10/29/09
The social issues some of the other commenters have created concerning rising costs, fat cats pushing people out and such are a little ridiculous. FACT: limited resources means costs go up. FACT: wage floors increase the cost of living for an area. FACT: the northeast has some of the highest wage floors and is significantly more expensive than their counterparts in the rest of the country and are primarily composed of cities.
It is a fallacy to think that you can regulate some things and not others and not experience second and third order effects. By regulating the construction of residential areas you limit the available housing for people. I bet there are a few contractors out there who would love to build massive apartment complexes and sell them at a lower price than their competitors if there was a market to purchase the rooms. #porsche911
10/29/09
My fleet consists of my three fun cars. An 8mpg 69 Lincoln sedan, a malaise-tastic 80 Seville and the last of the line 95 Brougham. They are my pride and joy.
I benefit from being near a train line and liking offbeat enthusiast cars. But if I had to commute by car, I would pony up the extra money for gas and use a land barge or get a quirky gas-saver like an old SAAB, because one hour a day each way is too high of a life percentage to spend in a Camry. #porsche911
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10/29/09
As most people travel alone in their car, better buy a motorcycle for comuting. #porsche911