owning a car when you live in london is a mug's game
bicycles or public transport are more practical and faster 90% of the time.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:48, 6 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Buses aren't faster
unless you use them at 5am. With all the other cleaners.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:52, Reply)

my bike is faster in any kind of traffic and being as I commute to central london in the rush hour this is what matters.
buses are slower, but not by massive amounts for my journey, but shit loads cheaper, especially if you factor in parking.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:07, Reply)

I agree,
But what about going to weddings of friends in nice country hotels, or taking the wi,fe out for a picnic in the new forest, or just popping down to the coast for the hell of it? Or getting a car on holiday and visiting remote ruins and coming across awesome little cafes in the woods, or getting a Christmas tree slightly too big for your house?
( Windy Pig I'm naturally quite suspicious about the moon., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:53, Reply)

trains, lifts, taxis
I also don't do most of those things. it would be nice to have a car maybe 4-5 times a year, but that is not worth the cost of the insurance tax etc.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:08, Reply)

And there is a massive difference between not owning a car and
NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE LIKE ALL THE OTHER ADULTS.
(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:53, Reply)

fuck i clicked this
it's not that i don't agree, i just fundamentally disagree with clicking anything you post :(
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:56, Reply)

Chz bbz.

(Set your faces to Stunned Bigly, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:59, Reply)

first "i like this" of the year for you, wasn't it?

( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:03, Reply)

As explained, would learn and then hire cars, but I'd be bloody dangerous due to only driving 4-5 times a year
so, no basically.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:09, Reply)

you'd be surprised how empowering and fun it is
i did not want to learn to drive as a teenager, i thought i'd rather have the cash. then daddy swipe was persuaded to buy me an old beetle. amazing. i have always loved driving ever since. it's so much fun.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:11, Reply)

Oh, I Get that
when I first had my bike it was kinda the same. but as there is no way in hell I could afford it it's academic. if you have the money for that kinda luxury, more power to you, but even if I did i'd find elventy better things to spend it on, getting a bigger flat for a start, or one by the river, that' be nice.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:19, Reply)

no it isn't
it's a choice. you don't have to use it. but it gives you massive amounts of freedom to head out anywhere you want, or to bring shopping home easily, or in my case to volunteer for charity and take lonely old people to tea parties once every couple of months. although i do feel a bit mean about the choice of car, making 80 year olds limbo dance into my low-slung crumpet-catcher is a bit rodney.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:55, Reply)

yes, it's a coice, which in my opinion is generally made by mugs.
although I will add a sub-clause for people whe are ritch enough to afford the car, tax, insurand and parking. I am far from being one of these people. so it's not a realistic choise for me coz I is a povvo.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:11, Reply)

fair enough, that does make the idea suck
mine is about £500 a month for the car loan, £120 for the insurance, i forget the tax but it's about £200 a year i think, parking is also £200 a year, then there's the petrol...

fuck.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:13, Reply)

Swipey sorry to go off on a tangent
How up to date are you on perfumes?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:15, Reply)

very
why, are you saying i smell?
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:24, Reply)

No I'm not that brave
Whats your veiw on YSL's Manifesto and Thierry Muglar's Alien?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:25, Reply)

they are ok, but a little bit too heavy for my own personal tastes
but i like very light, usually citrussy scents. jo malone lime, basil and mandarin or red roses are the best 2 i've ever found. and they do matching candles or body creams etc for extra bonus points from your mrs. or mum. depending on what you're into.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:29, Reply)

Damn I should have spoken to you earlier
Ohhhhhhh well thats what shes got now
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:30, Reply)

meh i'm sure she'll like it
anyway, if you keep the package sealed, they will return it if she knows it and dislikes it. clearly this doesn't work if she squirts first.
( rachelswipe with a fork, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:34, Reply)

I honestly couldn’t tell what to get I find perfume stores way to over powering
And why the fuck is soap and glory stuff so fucking expensive?
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:36, Reply)

yeah, and I spent, at most, £100 a month on public transport
If I had that kinda money to spare I'd move somewhere nicer.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:20, Reply)

Not if you have a small child to take around it isn't.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 13:58, Reply)

I do, some of the time.
public transport works fine for that. see other responses for other reaons.
( CQ Knows the truth, all of it., Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:11, Reply)

'Buses are also a great way to get to know an area when on holiday.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:00, Reply)

Thank you Judith Chalmers.

( Fucking hell Jeff I am not a robot, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:01, Reply)

+ by being stranded in them after the last buses have finished at 8pm cos it's Devon
and the whole county shuts at teatime

/bitter experience
( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:01, Reply)

8pm? you've never been to Devon have you.
Night buses start at 4, and finish at 6.
(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:04, Reply)

PM

(PsychoChomp, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:04, Reply)

Your own fault for going to Devon.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:11, Reply)

Well I know that NOW don't I?

( Monty Boyce, My cheese game is strong, Wed 12 Dec 2012, 14:21, Reply)