What do you drive??

[mickle]

Trading it in for a mint, slammed, show winning G60 in the summer.

Vrooom!

 

[Arch]

No car for me either. Single, no kids. Live bang in the middle of the city, 5 mins walk to Sainsburys, or 10 mins to any shop in town. 5 walk mins to the Archaology department, 10 mins ride up to campus, 15-20 min ride to my one day a week job. When I come to get an additional job after the PhD, I'll look for something I can walk or cycle to - that covers pretty much all of York, and environs.

Longer trips tend to be by train, or if going with someone who has a car, getting a lift.

If I ever wanted/needed/could afford a car again, I'd want a Mini (a proper one mind, not a new one), or if practicality was the key, a big old estate car of some kind. And if money and reliability was no object, a Citroen DS.

 

[hackbike 666]

I was being harsh on cars really as they obviously have their uses.Hopefully it won't come to me needing a car but you never know,managed so far.

All I can point to affectionately was an old VW Beetle and an Audi but this was in the mid/late 70's and I was just about in my teens and I last drove a car in 1981 and scared the hell our of my mate.

 

[dan_bo]

56 plate blandeo that's done 42000 miles this year

 

[cannondale boy]

No car...to much hassle. Got rid of my vw polo 1.5 years ago and never regreted it. If i need a car i will use my partners, or i can pop along to europcar which is a 5 min walk and hire one from there!

 

[tyred]

Citroen H van (soon)

Oh the garden shed on wheels? I always wanted one of those. Brilliant piece of design.

For the record, I have a 1996 Peugeot 205. Also a brilliant piece of design in it's own way. I'll get a GTI someday.

 

[Dayvo]

No motor at present.

My last vehicle (had it for three years up until a year ago) was an 8-seater VW Caravelle. I'll get another one as soon as is practical.

 

[GrahamG]

A 5 year old Renault Clio 1.2 (16v!) petrol owned from new. Great little car, does more miles than I'd like as the other half uses for work site visits every week or two. One new battery in 50,000 miles otherwise just servicing.

Major advantage is that I can fit 6 bikes in the garage with it.

 

[Hilldodger]

Just bought a £150 Skoda estate off ebay to use while the rest of the crash damage is fixed on my Capri.

 

[Breedon]

Renualt Traffic 1.9 tdi for work, take it on holidays as we stick every thing in it kid, dog and bike, ohh and cloths.

 

[Headgardener]

I am an epileptic so am not allowed to drive by law (keep missing the 1 year clear deadline) so all I have is my bike to get me about and as work is about a mile away up a hill it's not worth commuting back and forth.

 

[4F]

Hyundai Trajet mpv. Only 5 of us however we go camping a lot and the extra space is a great bonus.

 

[Aperitif]

One of these

Mouseketeer Rescue Vehicle

and one of these - from time to time

 

[woofer]

I run a 2 litre Westfield S E I 1990 model coming up to 4000 miles{thats four thousand}and a 1995 Citroen zx diesel had it 13 years. When it needs changing I could be drawn to a Skoda Octavia estate

 

[speccy1]

For those amongst us that dont have cars (and are old enough to drive) like Longers and ColinJ.......

I am curious what your situations are; are you single? do you live in major cities? what jobs do you do? do you rely on bike and public transport etc

Promise I am not intending on stalking you , I just want to understand how you can get by without using a tin box at least a few times a week/month.

I`m my own boss and could get by quite well without a car, as I live close to pretty much everything I need, but I keep mine purely as a toy and for the fun factor!!