Re: Cheaper to keep and maintain 2 very old cars (vs 1 newer one?)

> > I may be moving onto a new job where I'll need to do a lot of
> > commuting and where I can't afford to ever not be able to get there on
> > account of car trouble.  The job assignment would be 3-4 years and
> > could involve up to 20k miles of commuting per year.  I can't move
> > much closer to work, since the Mrs. (not formally yet, but I am
> > working on it), needs to take the train in the opposite direction to
> > get downtown for her job.
> 
> Hi John,
> 
> Don't they have public transportation in Boston? I would investigate
> bus, rail (it is the T there, right?), and boat lines (when I was
> there 5 year ago they had commuter boat service).  If you can find a
> way to take public transportation to work your problems are solved.

Hi Andy,
The public transportation within Boston is pretty good, and the
railroad service to certain outlying suburbs not bad.  Many of the
places in the 'burbs where people live though, it would be tough to
rely on public transportation to get to work.

In terms of future places to work I was thinking of Providence, RI and
New Haven, CT... in each case I'd need to do a lot of driving for the
Mrs-to-be to be able to have a reasonable train ride to work in Boston
or NYC...

Public transportation takes a lot more time to get to work, so if I
were to suddenly discover my car were down, then I'd end up very late
to work.  On the other hand, with a 2nd car on hand, in theory this
shouldn't cost you more than a couple minutes.

Take care,
John