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The need to drive a car or rely on public transport
brain_higgy
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I have concluded that i dont need to drive or need to learn as after calculating the costs its far cheaper to rely on public transport than to drive
The cost of learning to drive could go from £500 to £1000
then the cost of taking the test both practical and theory cost around £200-500 in total
then money to pay for the actual license £50 - £100
then cost of buying a car £10,000 to £100,000
the cost of up keep of a car - insurance, maintaining the car, tyre change, engine change, oil checks and all over the car could add up to thousands
its very expensive more than half a million pounds just to keep a car then dont forget petrol surging petrol prices not cheap
so the forgone conclusion make sense that its better and cheaper to rely on public transport or better yet cycle to places etc
what do u think
The cost of learning to drive could go from £500 to £1000
then the cost of taking the test both practical and theory cost around £200-500 in total
then money to pay for the actual license £50 - £100
then cost of buying a car £10,000 to £100,000
the cost of up keep of a car - insurance, maintaining the car, tyre change, engine change, oil checks and all over the car could add up to thousands
its very expensive more than half a million pounds just to keep a car then dont forget petrol surging petrol prices not cheap
so the forgone conclusion make sense that its better and cheaper to rely on public transport or better yet cycle to places etc
what do u think
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You don't need to change the engine on a car. Especially not if you are starting off at £10,000 and upwards.
This is why the roads are empty save for a few chauffeur driven cars and the odd 'super' car.
I would be lost without my car. It isn't really that expensive once the initial cost is out of the way. i hate public transport. I made a decision to drive or not to drive. I'm glad I learnt.
Think of how much money I've saved by not driving or owning cars for 40 years......:o
£20 million.
also taking theory and practical for me was about 100? Maybe slightly more but nowhere near what you say. Where are you living?!
but the flip side is its way more convenient using a car .
i drive like 2 miles to my work , i leave house at 8.50am, get to work at 8.55am , finish work at 5.30 pm and im in house for no later than 5.40pm(busier on way home for some reason)
if i took bus id have walk 2 mins to bus stop in whatever weather , wait for bus that comes at 8.25 am , id get to work on time (maybe...if bus is on time) and id have to wait until 6pm for bus home, id be quicker walking home .
so yeah i dont mind paying a few extra pounds to have my car.
also didnt cost me 500,000 .. i paid £500 for my car 3 years ago , have spent £150 to get it through mots... service myself and i put no more than 15£/pw petrol , i actually think in my case it could work out more expensive to use public transport
Absolute rubbish! There are many new cars available for less than ten grand, and thousands upon thousands of second hand motors.
I've been around cars and driving since I was five (on my Uncle's farm) and got my licence at 17, in that time I have bought God knows how many cars and there is one constant that carries through my entire car history - not once has a car needed a complete engine change.
And you dont need to spend £10grand .
My car was £6k and is worth it's weight in Gold
Some rather inaccurate stuff there. You are 40 and have never learned to drive.
Why has it taken you this long to decide? This looks like a sad excuse.
I think you need to look again at some of the figures you've come up with...
The alternative alternative, not a car, not PT? A bike. Cheap as chips, 2 miles at a leisurely 10mph will take about 12 minutes and being leisurely you won't work up a sweat and won't need a fancy bike or proper cycling clothing. Going in it would add 7 minutes to the journey; the return would be only 2 minutes longer - you might miss an extra question on Pointless.
You might even enjoy it, and in poor weather you'd still be able to drive in, as you already own a car. I'd be ashamed to admit in public that travelling 2 miles under my own steam was out of the question.
Well I laughed I could pick up over 100 cars with 100,000 hell if I was being frugal 200 cars couldn't drive them all at the same time though
No idea why you would be changing the engine?
Let's face it your post is nuts