Motoring is too cheap......

[R1Geezer]

If the masses can afford to transport a ton of steel and 3 empty seats everywhere then motoring must be too cheap, discuss (not my view just a debating question I found interesting)

[ChuckFickens]

you've gotta be kidding! buy a car and never have any spare cash (mine has cost me £200 today!)

[redcrx]

£s per mile i reckon our bike costs us more than the car does :)

[rov1200]

I'm waiting for the Tata Nano to arrive on these shores as they only cost about £1500.

http://tatanano.inser...otors.com/tatamotors/

[redcrx]

they wont cost £1500 here lol

[tamborine]

here's the answer - if only it had weather protection

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_C5

[tamborine]

better still........

http://www.smokymount...rabian_horse_boss.jpg

[craft1948]

I never have an empty seat....... SmartCar = 2 seats = me and dog.

[R1Geezer]

This is not an opinion, just a debating point, geddit?

[TWR]

Hi R1Geezer, I do not know which way to answer your Q you have seen but I will try, throughout my life like the rest of us, I have worked, never sponged off the state, never asked anything off anyone, helped anyone, worked my B@lls off for life's luxuries, I am fortunate to own my own home , car, no debts, There are Skiving bsds in London that sit in a place called SHEEPS f-------g corner, they steal off the state by claiming expenses to clean a F---g MOAT out, one pill@ck claiming for Porn Mags, another for a Plug, & someone talks about the likes masses can afford, If the empty heads that supposed to run this Dump, & that's what it has become with the influx of scroungers got their act together & start taxing the influx of foreign HGVs, Cars, Buses, Bikes, that come into this country DAILY pay no TAX, travel on our roads free of charge, I then think this brainless Pratt that put the " If the Masses can afford Q" can justify his post. (End of rant)

[R1Geezer]

... and rest!

[tamborine]

You want it - earn it, like we do!

By purchasing the 'ton of steel' one has created work for people to feed their families.

[jake-the-peg]

There is an argument to be made that if it were much more expensive the public transport market would be much bigger which would result in a much better and cheaper service.

Whether it's true or not is beyond my Friday economics

[djtdjt]

Cannot get to work and back at the required times, have to run a car even though it's expensive.

[bamberger]

When I was a lad, very few people had cars and they were not easy to buy. You wouldn't get a Merc new or secondhand unless the salesman liked the cut of your jib. Now even the 18 year call centre worker has a car.One reason is that a lot of workplaces were built out of town so that it became hard to get there without a car and secondly public transport has got worse both in places served and frequency. Of course I should have a car and you shouldn't. But the real scandal is the number of uninsured cars on the road- take them off the road and we might be a bit safer and less nose to tail. If a car would cost an uninsured driver £2k a year to insure and the fine is £200 then market forces come into play.