I've decided to hold off on buying a car. Instead, I'm going to do my best to rely on walking, cycling, the DART, etc, in Dallas. I know that it won't be pleasant come summertime, but it'll be worth it to avoid owning a car.
I think that I can pull it off given where I intend to live. I'm applying for the same apartment building that I stayed in during my internship, and it is only a 3-minute walk from the office. On top of that, there is a grocery store, Urban Market, and DART stop less than a mile away.
The decision came after a bad negotiating session for a Ford Fiesta. The salesman wouldn't budge off of MSRP, instead insisting that the best she could do was not charge me for the $400 tint job on the car. I thought this was insane, especially since I had already gathered pricing information on all of the Fiestas in the area and researched typical out-the-door prices that people were getting on the latest model, so I left.
That night I started reconsidering the need for a car. It didn't take long to decide that the benefits of not owning one outweighed the drawbacks.
The next day when the salesman called back to talk about the "aggressive pricing" they were now willing to do, it was too late. I had already started studying the DART routes and looking at the current Bianchi Pistas.
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