Going car free doesn't seem to go down well with some

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nathanicola

Active Member
When I were young I bought a Capri 2.8i. Oh yeah baby, a real fadge magnet.

But what an utter waste of time. The bucket Recaros stopped the young ladies from opening their legs sufficiently to do the deed!
Ahh those were the days, Ford cortina's, good at coming of roundabout's sideways. Ford capri's good at coming of roundabouts backwards.
 

gavintc

Guru
Location
Southsea
Poppycock! I never learned to drive and I am still ...

... er, single, at the age of 56! :blush:

I think you have proved his father's point.
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
I think you have proved his father's point.
I thought I was making a joke! My singleton status doesn't come at the price of a car ... :thumbsup:

If a would-be partner ever made a negative comment about me not driving, I would politely usher her to the door and bid her farewell!

The one and only time that I berated myself for not driving was on Christmas Eve, standing at a bus stop in Halifax in a blizzard, waiting for a very overdue bus. No taxis were available and I was weighed down with heavy, bulky Christmas presents including a portable TV and a whiteboard! By the time I got home, I was frozen and I'd put my back out!
 

mark st1

Plastic Manc
Location
Leafy Berkshire
The cost of motoring is obscene though nowadays insurance tax fuel etc if i could drop it i would but with kids that do clubs work etc its just not practical.

If you dont have any of those commitments just spend the money in your local red light district then u also dont get the grief of a relationship ;)
 

Firestorm

Veteran
Location
Southend on Sea
My stepdaughter and her partner have gone for the car free life option and live 200 miles from us
Their day to day life is not effected but generally we end up visiting them (or paying their trainfares) and strangely when we are there we seem to spend a lot of time transporting large items, visiting the out of town superstores they never get to.
Family weekends away usually involve going out of the way to pick them up and family emergencies entail 400 mile round trips to pick up followed by the same journey a few days later

Generally the car less person / family is not inconvenienced and they usually have the martyr like mantra of "we dont drive" to fall back on to excuse rhemslves
 
Your dad is right. You aint lived unless you've had a tumble in the back of a Cortina.
[QUOTE 2066212, member: 9609"]The venue ain't the important bit, it's what happens when you are taking her home, and that's where a car, or preferably a van with a mattress in the back, comes in very very handy. Wish I was 20 again![/quote]
Coq au van!
 
On the brighter side....

I never felt the need and cycled everywhere


Funniest thing was that we were always seen as being better of f as we could get to a pub and buy a Girl a drink- the car drivers often had problems paying for the petrol to get there
 

colly

Re member eR
Location
Leeds
When I first moved to Leeds and then got married I never had a car simply because I couldn't afford it. It never seems to stop me doing anything I really wanted to do. Weekends away or heavy items to collect I just rented one for the day or weekend.
Of course I wanted a car and as soon as I scrubbed together the dosh I got one. A banger naturally.
It's true this was some time ago but if you live in an urban area I doubt the buses/trains are very much different now than then. Apart from costing more and probably being more comfortable.
Many people imagine life and travel with no car utterly impossible and the thought of using a bus:eek: fills them with horror.
I had a guy come to my house a year or so ago who was interviewing people for market research. He had samples, ( power tools). He had no car. (used local buses) Was not a native of Leeds nor a native of this country neither was his first language English. But he managed quite comfortably to get around on public transport aided only with a timetable. He did 'at least' four interviews a day which could be anywhere in West Yorkshire. After leaving me at noon he was off to Otley (about 15 miles away) then Halifax. (20 or so in a different direction.) Not a problem.



Oh he was Dutch. So naturally his English was better than mine anyway.
 
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