Should I give up my car

I could manage without a car. In fact, I totted up the cost of maintaining it, against the cost of using taxis and they came out roughly equal.
We live in a town with excellent transport links - a bus to the town centre every 10 minutes, a train station in town and shops and doctor within walking distance.
It sounds as if you could give up your car. Without it there are plenty of other options. Uber is your friend.

This is an old thread. I wonder what OP decided in the end. Maybe she will read this a year down the line and reply.

I would most definitely get rid of car. For anything urgent use taxis or uber and if you’re well enough use bus or walk

The money you save on car costs/petrol/maintenance/service/mot/insurance can be used towards a taxi as and when you need it.
Probably not suitable for very long journeys but works out well for local trips.

We are also considering giving up our car, DH has macular degeneration in one eye and it is starting in the other eye, I loathe driving now and neither of us will drive at night. We have a bus stop three minutes walk away and the buses are every 15 minutes, the bus can take us to town and we can get another bus from there to other towns, the railway station and the local hospital, both of us get the bus to the hospital now because the parking is almost impossible and very stressful. I get the bus to town and back twice a week, DH uses it occasionally and always to hospital. We also have train passes because of DH’s service with the railway, we get 20 passes a year each pass lasts 48 hours and when the passes are used up we get reduced fare which is about a quarter of the full fare. We would have given up our car last September but the insurance went down quite a lot. DH is getting his cataracts done starting in January, this may improve his vision, the final decision depends on the result of his annual eye test.

I live in a small town and buses elsewhere are few and far between. I can’t get to any big shops or to any cultural or seasonal events.
I lost my independence when I gave up driving, assuming family members would take me when I wanted or needed to go anywhere. That has rarely happened.
Do I regret giving up driving? No, because I knew I was a bad driver with bad eyes. My reward is knowing I will not kill anyone or wreak anyone’s life.