To CTA or not to CTA?

I've seen more than my fair share of ridiculous shit since I first landed on Chicago's doorstep.  Sometimes I feel like a few friends of mine from back home think I make each story up.  Well, they sit in disbelief until I receive a visit.  Then they witness the bona fide CTA in all its esteemed glory.

The CTA:  bringing back the "petri" in petri dish.  For serious!

I keep thinking I need a car.  I just have no idea when I'd wind up purchasing one.  Having the capacity to drive here and there has reinstalled a newfound appreciation for driving.  I truthfully believe most of this is linked to the fact that I'm regularly cooped up inside a bus or train, missing the city and having no real avenue to drive.  I also feel like if I were to have a car, I'd become irritated with traffic in no time flat.  

Angela keeps saying we should get a scooter for the warmer months and that almost seems like a good idea.  My only reservation lies in the fact that a one Mr. Pete Del Re scared me shitless one night as I rode behind him and he took Lakeshore Drive (oh I was drrrrunk!).

At what point does the CTA become too much?  How many freak-a-zoids can one witness inside this life we live?