Thinking of getting rid of your car in order to simplify and slow down? Then you need to read this e-book by Tammy from Rowdy Kittens. Titled “Simply Carfree“, it is a brilliant 82 page guide to getting out of your car and learning to live carfree and on a bicycle instead. Covering such important topics as buying a bike, commuting to work, buying gear, carrying groceries and getting healthy, I will be referring to it religiously once I return to Southern California this year. When I lived there before I was carfree and relied on my bike and skateboard to get around. While I plan on getting a car to fix up and restore, my primary source of transportation will be either a bike or a motorcycle, so this guide from Tammy is quite timely for my needs.
And as an environmentalist, I appreciate Tammy’s talk about reducing one’s carbon footprint by trading in their daily commuter car for a bicycle. Even if you live somewhere that going carfree isn’t an option, just taking a few tips from this book can save you money, help you get healthy, and simplify your life just enough to start taking notice of the world around you. Good stuff.
Simple Carfree is on sale for $9.95 for the first 500 people who download the book, and after that the price will go up to $12.99. Either way, it’s a value for those of you looking to go Simply Carfree. Well done, Tammy!
Thank you so much! I’m so happy that you found the book informative and helpful. You’re opinion means a lot to me. Keep up the awesome work you do! 🙂
Although I would love to live w/o a car, it just doesn’t seem possible for me and my family at this time.
Suppose you’re a doctor and gets a call regarding a sick patient. I don’t think the patient will wait for an hour while you peddle your bike to the hospital…
We’ve never owned a car, so (like a lot of fellow Dutch) we do almost everything by bike, including going to Ikea to buy wardrobes and huge potted plants…as long as (some part of) the object fits in the bike bags quite stable, it can be carried home by bike. And it still makes me laugh when I cycle by the traffic jams in the morning…for the rest, we rely on public transportation, and if we really, really need to get something from one place to the other (couches generally don’t fit on bikes, although one might differ) then we borrow someone’s car and run all the car-needing errands at the same time. I only miss the car when we go to Grandma’s who lives in a remote town (bus goes to and forth twice a day and you have to phone first if you want to use it).
I started bike commuting about a year ago. I try to bike 4 days a week. Fortunately I work only 3.5 miles from home. I have found it very liberating! I figure I save about $ 1.00 a day in gas – because when I drive I usually drive more than just to work. So I save gas, get some good excerise, and help the enviroment too. Now I look for more times I can bike, like running to the bank, grocery store, etc.
While the thought seems wonderful, it it too much of a stretch for me. What do you for Drs. /Dentists/Vet apptmts? What if your closest store is 5 miles away and it is winter 6 months of the year? What do you do in a health emergency and need to get to a hospital? You can’t possibly borrow a car or take a cab in all these instances. I guess if your parents never owned a car it would seem “normal”. I’ve never lived in an area where I had everything in close proximity to my home, but it would be ideal to live that way.