A suggestion for you all..!

beeniemac

If most of your journeys in your car are spent on your own... buy a scooter!!

It cost me £200 for a years insurance (I'm 19 and insurance on my car was over £1,500!)
Tax is £15 instead of £180ish for the car
MOT is £15 instead of £40

Best of all, it does 100mpg! In my old car I was lucky to see 22mpg, so a HUGE saving there :D

Also you can nip through the traffic in the morning which means an extra 20 minutes in bed, which of course is priceless :cool:

Conor_3

30 miles on a rural A road in winter at 4am doesn't make it that much of an attractive proposition for me

Xbigman

Conor wrote:

30 miles on a rural A road in winter at 4am doesn't make it that much of an attractive proposition for me

You forgot to mention the rain...

Seriously, when I was younger I rode a bike but in my 40's I find a car has a comfort factor I can't ignore.
Regards





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headchef

beeniemac - I admire your thinking though. Had to smile as I've seriously considered it, and I'm closer to XBigman's age! But please enlighten me - can it go faster than 30mph? I seem to get stuck behind one or two around here and didn't know if the riders were just being sissy?

BWZN93

My boyf had a 50CC in his younger years that went a max of 33mph, that was down a hill and got a speeding ticket for it!

Ive thought of getting one myself now that spring is on its way as I really feel it would be easier for me to get to work on etc and would be cheaper over a year than the cost of a monthly bus pass (£65 per month :eek: ).

But then im scared of the cold and would also need to save a bit of cash up as id still need to use my car for shopping and longer journeys so couldnt sell it. And it wouldnt be worth much to sell either - its a bit battered, and would be easier to keep it!)

Jo xx

jcr16

fab idea but with 2 kiddies and a tandem buggy i don't think so.

also if your last car only did 22 mpg u must of had an escort rs turbo , pulsar , cossy etc something silly . our rs did an amazing 20 mpg or something stupid like that.