Bob W wrote: > And then there are all the other costs that car ownership entails. > > Owning a car is a modern form of slavery. Getting rid of mine was on a > par with giving up smoking as far as feeling liberated is concerned.
I'm not ready to give up ownership yet. I have a nine seat vehicle which regularly goes out with five seats occupied, and I tow from time to time. Many of my own journeys have been replaced by cycling or public transport. I'd love to say it was with the intent of lower emissions etc, but the practical truth is it is quicker to go from A to B on most local trips by cycling rather than car (although I need very little persuasion to take the cycle!). You can spend as long finding a parking place as it did to drive there - pointless. I really don't see a time where I will give the car up, but I know I will be able to use it less over the coming years. What I find really bizarre is that some of the houses in my street have more than three cars, and yet the children have grown up and left. I can understand a special car that gets little use and a day to day car, but three or more in an area of excellent public transport I find odd. If this was in the middle of nowhere, that would be very different. Malcolm -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
