Mr Haematocrit
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- Out of the saddle
What about car n+1 ?
Going carless
- Thread starter Easytigers
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I got rid of cars many years ago but i do have a van . A really big van 
I hate driving and every time i go out in it i seem to put £20 of fuel in it . Personally i think i could do without it but business wise its needed . Not for my needs but for my customers .
Hmmmm delivery charges may start happening !
I hate driving and every time i go out in it i seem to put £20 of fuel in it . Personally i think i could do without it but business wise its needed . Not for my needs but for my customers .Hmmmm delivery charges may start happening !
young Ed
Veteran
being 15 i of course can't drive yet, and only rarely do i get a lift
i cycle to school most days of the week (15 mile roundtrip) and shopping would be possible with a trailer but parents do that in a vehicle
i admit i will be learning to drive and getting a van when i am 17 probably though but mainly due to business needs and farming needs but will still ride to school etc
Cheers Ed
i cycle to school most days of the week (15 mile roundtrip) and shopping would be possible with a trailer but parents do that in a vehicle
i admit i will be learning to drive and getting a van when i am 17 probably though but mainly due to business needs and farming needs but will still ride to school etc
Cheers Ed
young Ed
Veteran
sorry but being a van fan my selfI got rid of cars many years ago but i do have a van . A really big van
Hmmmm delivery charges may start happening !
i can't help but wonder what really big van you have? sprinter/vw crafter? iveco daily? what engine?Cheers Ed
A white one . Movano or something , high and long so im told by people that charge me money for it .sorry but being a van fan my self
Cheers Ed
marzjennings
Legendary Member
- Location
- Houston, Texas, USA
That's more likely to happen for me than ever getting to n=0.
Carless, wife needs car, always out working, i commute on bike 18 mile round trip and ride everywhere for little stuff except shopping ,everything else is less than 30 minute walk away, occasionally taxi back from shopping if i cant be arsed walikng with bags. Manchester and liverpool 45 minutes on train. Holidays train straight into ringway, happy days! Stress free life not sat behind wheel! Wonderful life hands on the hoods!
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
I don't think we could manage at the minute, but I do have a friend at work who does. She has teenage children, and they are expected to walk/bike/bus themselves around with the occasional lift from friends parents, she has arranged a car share with a neighbour for some of the occasions she needs a car, or other times uses the city car scheme. And then for holidays she usually goes by train, she's been late into work a couple of times (I've covered for her it wasn't a problem), so that she could get the cheap train tickets for their holidays.
I think she worked out that even with taxis, fares etc it was still cheaper than having a car sat on the drive going nowhere.
I think she worked out that even with taxis, fares etc it was still cheaper than having a car sat on the drive going nowhere.
L14M
Über Member
Atleast its not a black one with a sign that says free candy..
Why are most vans, caravans and boats white anyway? Or worse, dirty cream?
They are cheaper
You have to pay a couple of thousand £ to get it sprayed a pretty colour . If its used for business that's a massive waste of money especially if you can get a vinyl wrap for a lot less .
gavroche
Getting old but not past it
- Location
- North Wales
My car never sits on the drive going nowhere. It is always going somewhere. I wouldn't even contemplate not having one. The bike is for pleasure only and not practical for every day necessities.
EltonFrog
Legendary Member
This is very commendable in my opinion. Most of the teenagers I know get ferried everywhere by thier parents.
Ganymede
Veteran
- Location
- Rural Kent
They are cheaper
I didn't actually know that - I've had two wonderful vans in the past (long wheelbase white transit minibus with half the seats out and then a really long grey wheelbase Nissan crew van, both for touring theatre but brilliant for many things) and I LOVED driving them. Now no need for one and I split travel between a little car and the bike, though I'm still known to hire a van for moving props/sets/costume occasionally.
Re taxis - the OP could have used one for the party that his son missed, but I bet it would have seemed prohibitively expensive at the time. It's very hard to have a vision in advance of how rarely you will use taxis and I think the fear would be "omg I am going to be spending £50 every week on some trip or other". I'm thinking that you wouldn't be able to see whether it's going to be cheaper over time, compared to a car, until after a few months.
