Of course, San Jose doesn't need the same kind of weather protection as does NYC. But, J, c'mon, we all know why you got one of those "love" wagons before you got married. I think I first heard about that in a Billy Joel song.
I ride the two wheelers almost exclusively. I bought a car to deal with those times a motorcycle wouldn't work: Snowstorms, icy roads, torrential rain, and the need to haul more than what would fit in my saddle bags. That's why I bought a Subaru GL-Turbo station wagon with on-demand four-wheel drive. Traded that in after 13 years for the Subaru Outback L.L.Bean Edition in 2001 and I'm still driving that one today.
To give you an idea of the ratio of driving four vs. two wheels, the Subaru is two years newer than my K1200LT. It just recently turned over 89,000 miles on the odometer. By comparison, my 1999 K1200LT just turned over 196,900 miles on the odometer. During that same period I had a 2000 Buell M2 Cyclone that I put over 36,000 miles on, a 2006 Buell XB12Ss Lightning Long that I put over 25,000 miles on, a 2009 Buell 1125R on which I put over 18,000 miles and the 2009 Yamaha TMAX (which I bought new in 2011) on which I logged over 12,000 miles before I got my 2013 BMW C650GT. That one now has over 22,000 miles on it.
Could you imagine how many miles would be on the K1200LT if I didn't have those other bikes alongside it?