I'm thinking about getting rid of my car.
Just got fed up with repairs, running costs and parking problems (bloody nightmare round where I live).
I hardly ever use it in the week as I walk to work, and only occasionally at weekends.
Like a lot of people, since getting a car I've been saying "I need one", but I'm not sure if it's true, as I managed a while without one. I reckon I might be able to hire one for the odd day I really need one. And I've been thinking that I live in a city, so do I really need one.
I hardly ever use it in the week as I walk to work, and only occasionally at weekends.
Like a lot of people, since getting a car I've been saying "I need one", but I'm not sure if it's true, as I managed a while without one. I reckon I might be able to hire one for the odd day I really need one. And I've been thinking that I live in a city, so do I really need one.
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The missus still has a car so that's the family car now - bet it's quite unusual these days to be a 1 car family.
It costs $12 per day to park downtown unless you rent a spot somewhere or pay a monthly parking fee at a parkade, which makes it about $8 per day (and no guaranteed spot, you're just paying upfront to use the facilities).
The wife just goes to her office and home and I go to a few sites that are close together, so we don't need the car to be there.
We generally just use it evenings and weekends, so a full tank tends to last a couple of weeks.
We could probably get away with not having one except for grocery shopping - but for the amount of times we go, we could just get a taxi home.. I don't think online grocery shopping has really taken off in Canada, so we probably can't do that.
You'll miss a car when you fancy an impromptu holiday, walk, bulky shop or most visits to B&Q, but if you had half the problems I had with my last car (old type Nissan Micra that I gave away to a garage for free in the end), on balance you won't regret it :-)
Having said that, I'd definitely swap it for a C5...
I might give it a go for a while and see how it goes.
Eh..?! :)]
I understood nothing of that car talk, I don't drive and now at over 70, they have refused me a license anyway, blaming it on the fact that I am blind, but I think they are being ageist personally.
Don't get rid of it yet Morkin, remember you promised to be the driver for me on my next Bank heist, I don't want to have to run away, it is not the same
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Had booked it in to take it to the garage this morning, but the sodding thing wouldn't start...
It's quite liberating really, I don't have to worry about fixing anything, tax, insurance, or wondering whether someone's nicked it/smashed it up as I always had to park it so far away from the flat.
One less expense to worry about = more beer tokens for Mr Morkin.
Only thing is that I think I've lost my no-claims bonus.. :(
Isn't Bristol the car crime captial of the UK?
The 'no claims bonus' is a load of pish anyway. Meaningless marketing term that makes no odds to insurance price if you shop about.
Especially if you haven't got a car!
It's possible if Psychobilly's are car thieves :))
I think about getting rid of my combustion car for a battery car.
Then saw the Nissan leaf prices etc!!!
Do you think the model of autonomous cars being used like leased/rental/hire cars will mean we can all get rid of our cars?
If it works and takes off and is affordable.
Happy Saturday.
What car was it ?
I got rid of my car in 2012 a C4 when my son was born, I go everywhere with PT, it's fine we have the wife's car which does the job being a baby tractor. I do miss real driving though sometimes, I want to buy an old shitbox for fun but can't justify it.
Not sure... Used to find I got the odd scratch, or damaged wing mirror or door or something, but made a point of having nothing on show so nobody smashed a window.
It was a fairly old Ford KA, low mileage but about 12 years old, so I needed to replace bits here and there whenever there was an MOT.
Stayed a bit later at work as I'm covering another lad's sites as well as my own while he's away on holiday, and I had to write up my paperwork so I used the computer in his office.
I usually go to the bus stop by the library, which is closer to my office, so I can actually wait inside, it's got a big screen that shows when the buses are coming and security guards so no-one hassles you, so you can wait in there until the bus comes and you're straight on it.
Tonight I went to this stop as it was closer to my colleague's office - it's only one stop down the line from the library, but it's less of a walk.
I've usually gone there before around 5 and there are loads of people milling around getting on buses, so it's not so bad, but this was closer to 6. Got hassled for change by three people and I carry a big backpack for work with my tools in it and one cnut decided to try and rifle through it - I felt him touch it and turned around and he walked off and went into the bus shelter, but I took it off and looked and it had been opened - it has four sections , and he opened the one that had my lunch in it. I went through it when I got home and I'm pretty sure nothing's missing.
I glared at him and he stood there looking shifty, but then my bus came and I figured f**k it, there's nothing worth getting knifed over in there, especially not on principal - like I'm not going to reform the ****, am I?
Thinking I might get some of those little luggage padlocks to avoid anything like that in the future though.. I have some stuff with client data on it and I would get in crap if it went missing.
They are very heavy...
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Yeah, I know it's not exactly much in terms of actual hassle, but it just wound me up..
End of the day, I had worked late, it was dark (dark nights in Winter really do my head in these days) I was tired, and then I had to have unwanted interactions with people and someone tried to thieve from me.. Blegh.