Cars are always fixable. However, if it was going to cost more to repair the car that what it was worth, I’d sell it for scrap and buy a new car. If I needed to go shopping for parts, I’d can order them over the internet or take one of our other two vehicles to town. I could also call a friend or family member to give me a lift (us little folk out here in the boondocks like to help each other out like that, probably a foreign concept to most city liberals).
I’m a little insulted, frankly. First of all, I’m not a liberal. Secondly, I’ve never seen a motorist stranded on the side of the road without somebody pulling over to help him or her. I’m skeptical you’ve ever even been to Minnesota, so don’t make judgements. I wouldn’t do the same about Kansas.
I would take the bus because I don’t want to bother people. I don’t want to interrupt somebody else’s day when I have a better option. Also, if I want to make it to work on time, I don’t necessarily have time to wait. I could fix my own car, but the money I spend having somebody else fix it isn’t worth as much as the time I’d lose doing it myself.