Taxis

studentphil

frannyann wrote: »

do I detect an echo??

Why wait til then, plenty of fun to be had in the great outdoors. think outside the envelope a bit.. Try evening walk in the woods and cold bottle of wine and pinic rug!!!!

That sounds really nice.

frannyann

studentphil wrote: »

That sounds really nice.

It is!! Treat yourself to a taxi to get there to

milkydrink

Poppycat wrote: »

My daughter used a taxi last week to get to 6 form (it was just for one day as she starts in September) she is unable to walk far, its about a mile away it cost £4.50 for 1 mile.

We now been told that as of September we will have to find £300 per annum and thats subsided by the county council.

My husband is a cab driver.
That £4.50 for one mile..........
About half of whats earned is profit, the first half goes towards the purchase of the car, the wear & tear on the car, the depreciation of the car, the tax on the car, the MOTing of the car, the cleaning of the car, the hire & reward insurance, the licencing of the car, the licencing of the driver, the fuel, ECT ECT ECT.
So that leaves £2.25 of your fare. Its not just the time your daughter spent in the car, its the time it too him to drive to your house to pick her up. So if that all took 20 minutes, you will see that its not that much really. £6.75 PH & then your tax & NI & accountant to pay.

studentphil

frannyann wrote: »

It is!! Treat yourself to a taxi to get there to

You would need two rugs though, one to sit on and one to cover yourself up with if it is cold.

aurora_borealis_2

bandraoi wrote: »

I remember seeing somewhere that for alot of people it would actually be cheaper for them to get taxis everywhere than to pay for the car they own.

Typical car costs:
£810 before you've driven it anywhere or allowed for depreciation- from:
http://www.moneymatterstome.co.uk/7-Personal-life-choices/Sub1/Activity-BuyingACar.htm

depreciation and interest payments could easily be another £500.
so you're talking £1310 before you've paid for a drop of petrol to go anywhere, that's £25 a week.

If you don't use your car to get to work, it's quite possibly cheaper to simply take two or three taxis a week.

I do this at the moment. Aside from the fact I hate driving, the costs of running a second car would outweigh what I spend in fares.

Taxis are far quicker than a train journey and so the cost of my time is also factored in.

studentphil

At least with a car you can go where ever you want whenever you want, however, with a taxi you are fairly limited to where you can go.

gravitytolls

Why? It's still a car isn't it? It's capable of going anywhere any other car goes.

Anyhoo, we all know you can drive your parents car, so this thread is irrelevent isn't it?

frannyann

studentphil wrote: »

You would need two rugs though, one to sit on and one to cover yourself up with if it is cold.

Think outside the envelope I said!! take only one rug and think of ways to warm yourself and partner up

Miró

frannyann wrote: »

Think outside the envelope I said!! take only one rug and think of ways to warm yourself and partner up

What's the betting studentphil wears a vest...even in summer...possibly of the string variety :eek: :rolleyes:

frannyann

Miró wrote: »

What's the betting studentphil wears a vest...even in summer...possibly of the string variety :eek: :rolleyes:

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