Fewer cars than drivers is MUCH better than fewer drivers than cars. My sister's husband refuses to part with a rickety RV and ditto truck, so they are paying taxes and insurance on four vehicles for two drivers. Also, when I was in high school, my dad was very sick, my mom never could drive, and I didn't have my license yet, so we had a perfectly good car sitting in the driveway and had to take taxis for grocery shopping. One lovely taxi driver noticed the car and offered to start it for us. What a sweet man!
I think you'll find that it is easier than you expect to share one car. Yes, some adjustments have to be made, but in general it works out, and since you are not in the situation where each commutes a distance to work in a different direction, it is possible.
And the savings! I'm not sure exactly how taxes work in your town, but make sure you give a copy of the bill of sale and/or receipt for return of license plates to your local tax assessor, so that the car can be removed from the Grand List as soon as they are willing to do so. That may be sooner than waiting for the state to provide the town with a revised list next year.
Also contact your auto insurance, although the savings there will be small, since you still have two drivers and one newer car. There might be a savings on liability based on the fact that you can't both be on the road at the same time, skidding into each other!
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Date: 2015-04-30 03:43 pm (UTC)I think you'll find that it is easier than you expect to share one car. Yes, some adjustments have to be made, but in general it works out, and since you are not in the situation where each commutes a distance to work in a different direction, it is possible.
And the savings! I'm not sure exactly how taxes work in your town, but make sure you give a copy of the bill of sale and/or receipt for return of license plates to your local tax assessor, so that the car can be removed from the Grand List as soon as they are willing to do so. That may be sooner than waiting for the state to provide the town with a revised list next year.
Also contact your auto insurance, although the savings there will be small, since you still have two drivers and one newer car. There might be a savings on liability based on the fact that you can't both be on the road at the same time, skidding into each other!