I dropped my car off to be inspected this morning, another in the long line of expenses I've accrued for this car that I drive MAYBE once a week. The rundown thus far:

• Driver's license: $26, plus 2 hours waiting.


• Additional PA taxes on my lease: $400 or so.


• Insurance: $1200/year more than it was in Ohio.


• Registration/title: $60, plus 3 hours or so filling out paperwork.


• Ticket for not getting my car inspected within the 10 day window, 2 days after said window expired: $100


• Inspection: $80, maybe? We'll see, I suppose. With any luck they'll tell me I need a new (something cryptic) and I'll be out a grand or so.

So yeah, probably about $2000 I've spent, and while I do like having a car in theory, I've found that since I work from home & Katie's working downtown about 2 miles away, there's not a whole lot of need for it. I think after my lease is up (11 months to go), we're going to look into Philly Car Share for our automobile needs.