Vehicle question

sniggings

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

It depends a lot on where you live. Where I live, in central London, driving is a very bad idea - traffic, nightmare expensive parking, congestion zone, etc.

We do have a car, but it's a luxury we choose to pay for. Not much of one, being worth almost nothing and ancient, but still a choice, rather than necessity. We don't, for example, use the car for supermarket shopping, school runs, or commuting.

We get around by walking, cycling, buses (cheap, £1.20 for any distance within London), trains, tubes, etc.

£1.20 :eek: my local bus company change £2.60 for a 15 min trip, one way.

rossireps

ours charged £4.20 for a 6 mile journey

sniggings

rossireps wrote: »

ours charged £4.20 for a 6 mile journey

unreal, it's cheaper to run a car these days, they have tried to make it worth while to use public transport to get us out of cars but all they have done is make a car the better and many times cheaper option.

OutofDebt-NOT-OutofDanger

sniggings wrote: »

unreal, it's cheaper to run a car these days, they have tried to make it worth while to use public transport to get us out of cars but all they have done is make a car the better and many times cheaper option.

Please don't shout it about too much otherwise they'll increase petrol to £5 a litre and road tax to £500 minimum:eek:.

Agree that public transport outside London though costs far too much and takes too long for most people.

rossireps

sniggings wrote: »

unreal, it's cheaper to run a car these days, they have tried to make it worth while to use public transport to get us out of cars but all they have done is make a car the better and many times cheaper option.

its awful and if you want to come home from the town/city to where i live on a sunday,the last bus is 7pm.
when i went to see hugh in london i couldnt come home as no way to get back and no way i could afford a taxi.