I'd rather have one versatile car, and a motorcycle! When I was growing up that was a normal household no matter how many people in it. Lots of people simply walked to work, or hitched rides with someone, or took a bus or something. On the block in a small town where I grew up I would guess there was less than one car per household. Kids were expected to either walk, bike, or take the bus to school. Even in college, I only knew a couple of people that owned cars. I didn't get my first car until after I graduated from college. Today, every driver in a household has at least one vehicle, they often commute 30-60 miles to work, and half the kids are driven to school in personal vehicles. I am working on changing my lifestyle to reduce the need to drive a lot so I have less expense, less maintenance, more time to do other things, and reduce my carbon footprint somewhat. Having said that, I still love to drive, and would happily drive across the country tomorrow if for some reason the opportunity was there. My motorcycle helps to scratch that itch quite a bit.