We've had the car all week, and at first it was nice, but today we finally hate it.  We went shopping, to use all these gift gards to Kohls and Target and JCPenney and Walmart we've been hoarding for years because we need a car to drive out to bfe to shop at these places.  It was pretty depressing, all the driving and department stores full of overpriced stuff.  Oy. Then when we got home we had to park blocks from our place, and we just decided that we'd made the right decision, living in the city and walking/biking/taking the el everywhere.  

I thought a car might make life easier.  It does, but you don't realize how much it keeps you from interacting with the world...  Matthew thinks there is a big conspiracy to make everyone dependant on cars and oil and big department stores and strip malls full of junk.  Keeps you in a constant state of consuming things and gets rid of the whole concept of community and small business.  Anyway, that's my diatribe.  Sell your car!  Bike to work!  Walk to the local corner store!  Woo Hoo!  :)