Not having you bus or train cancelled or diverted via North Wales and back.
Not having to sit on a seat covered in puke
Not being charged £75 to stand up on a packed train to travel 80 miles towards London
Not having someone who smells of wee wee cough all over you for 2 hours.
Not having to take 3 buses and travel for 2 hours to travel 15 miles.
Not having some git play his MP3 palyer at full volume next to you
Not having someone test out all their ringtones next to you for the whole journey.
Not having a mother with 3 young children scream and mess about next to you for 2 hours.
Public transport - just say no.
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Originally posted by swampNot having to stand up on a packed bus or tube with no air con in 35+ C.
Not having to put up with unpleasant people.
Not suffering delays in discomfort.
Not getting blown up by terrorists.
Not getting mugged for your iPod.
Door to door service.
Setting ones own time table.
The pleasure that is an open emty road. (they still exist where I live).
<edit>emty?
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Originally posted by AlfredJPruffockI will drink to that !
Not only do the carfree, or should I say the carefree, get to drink as much as they like, they avoid the endless problems of car ownership such as
Buying a Car
Selling a Car
Finding Parking Places
Paying for Parking Places
Dealing with Fellow Motorists
Fines for Speeding
Police Checks
Road Tax
Insurance
Car theft
Injuries or Death in Car accidents
Garage Bills
Car Breakdown
Car Vandalism
Increasing Fuel Costs
Road Rage
Car Clampers
etc etc etc
Not to mention the continual drain on money.
So what do car owners actualy get out of this ?
Not having to put up with unpleasant people.
Not suffering delays in discomfort.
Not getting blown up by terrorists.
Not getting mugged for your iPod.
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Remember the final Capri the 2.8 injection?
That had a Mk1 escort chasis. A bit like putting a V8 in a shopping trolly with a wonkey wheel
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Remind me. MK1 escort. Isn't that the one with the cart spring suspension, last seen on carts from the early 17th century?
Thank god they are all gone from our roads now.
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Originally posted by The Lone Gunman10 year old? poxy new stuff.
Latest project is a Mk1 with a duratec V6. That is going to be quick.
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Originally posted by bogeymanI drive nothing now.
Don't even own a car now. Work from home. Good public transport.
Wife has a car. Kids have cars.
If I need a car - I'll hire one with a driver.
Totally not interested in cars, or driving.
I can have as many beers as I like now, and never have to worry.
Not only do the carfree, or should I say the carefree, get to drink as much as they like, they avoid the endless problems of car ownership such as
Buying a Car
Selling a Car
Finding Parking Places
Paying for Parking Places
Dealing with Fellow Motorists
Fines for Speeding
Police Checks
Road Tax
Insurance
Car theft
Injuries or Death in Car accidents
Garage Bills
Car Breakdown
Car Vandalism
Increasing Fuel Costs
Road Rage
Car Clampers
etc etc etc
Not to mention the continual drain on money.
So what do car owners actualy get out of this ?Last edited by AlfredJPruffock; 20 July 2006, 16:10.
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Originally posted by hyperDHeh heh! Well crawling around at 10mph avoiding the Iraq-esque type infrastructure, I'm not so sure...!
Quite tempted to join the crowd and get a 5.0litre V8 4x4 to do 60mph over the humps...
I'm sure there's an "onsite" Speed limit
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Originally posted by PhoenixRumour has it the TVR owners caused all the damage to the roads in the first place
Quite tempted to join the crowd and get a 5.0litre V8 4x4 to do 60mph over the humps...
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Originally posted by bogeymanI drive nothing now.
Don't even own a car now. Work from home. Good public transport.
Wife has a car. Kids have cars.
If I need a car - I'll hire one with a driver.
Totally not interested in cars, or driving.
I can have as many beers as I like now, and never have to worry.
So when exactly were you banned?
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Originally posted by hyperDMmmm, now there's a lovely sound from the carbs alone!!
Well, I'm so relieved that SCC have decided to divert £30m of council tax from propping up their final salaried pensions into repairing the roads.
So far, they have just laid a bit of pikey bitumen on the roads and thrown a few stones over it.
Hardly investing, the frugal w@nkers...
Rumour has it the TVR owners caused all the damage to the roads in the first place
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I drive nothing now.
Don't even own a car now. Work from home. Good public transport.
Wife has a car. Kids have cars.
If I need a car - I'll hire one with a driver.
Totally not interested in cars, or driving.
I can have as many beers as I like now, and never have to worry.
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Originally posted by Numptycorner50k seems alot of money for an Audi A4, you could have had a porsche 911 for not much more!
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