Could do you do without your car?

[anon2334]

Or would you never consider that ? Public transport? Cycling? Walking all good options depending on where you live. I’m cutting back, school runs I need the car though , but definitely walking more into town etc and to parks. Just doing occasional trips out etc.

I am car-less at the minute. Although we do have a car in the household. I am on maternity and DH drives to work. We share the car as we are colleagues and have been for the past 7 years. No other transport to work as it's in the middle of nowhere! I'd miss it for trips out too.

Yes, probably. I've not driven my car for 6 days. I walk and cycle most places locally.

However, I didn't have a car for many years and I missed it. I love being able to just head out for the day somewhere at the weekend - we love fell walking and it's quite hard to do that on public transport, although it is doable in some places it's more of a faff.

I do think people drive too much and think they couldn't possibly walk or cycle 2 miles. But I wouldn't give up my car for longer trips.

Yes, I have gone about 6 months in the past when I couldn't afford one. But we live 5/10mins from schools, 5 mins from train station, a shop 3 mins up the road and takes 10 mins to get into town on foot. Everything else I could use public transport, mainly train, odd occasion a taxi. At the moment though I am using my car alot more because I'm recovering from an operation and can't lift too much or walk very far that fast.

I mentioned earlier in the thread that logistically I could, but emotionally I couldn't as the car is my main hobby.

However, thinking about it, the fact that it's my main hobby means I try not to drive it if I don't need to. I hate leaving it in most car parks and will absolutely not leave it at the side of the road. It's impractical to use as a "daily" and we long ago made the decision not to get a second car, so we already mostly behave like we don't have one for day to day use.

A bit like if your only pair of shoes were 130mm Louboutins. You have shoes, but you'd rather go barefoot unless you were going to an impractical shoe convention.

Hmm technically yes. But it would make my 20 minute commute into work more like an hour with walking and trains!
I think the car would be the very last luxury I'd get rid of.

No - walking and using public transport takes too much time, something I already dont have enough of. My journey to work takes 25 mins max in the car, going by bus would take at least 90 mins and it's expensive...

But i managed without a car when I lived in London because public transport is plentiful and avoids the congestion.

When I graduated, I didn't have a car for a couple of years, so I walked or cycled to work locally.

I recently had 6 months without my own car as the old banger died, but I was able to share another car. I now have my own car again. We both work 12 hour shifts, so it is not easy to car share.

I could get my motorbike back on the road again, it would be cheaper for petrol.

My partner has looked into buying a electric bicycle for the hilly commute, but we would still keep a car & camper van for family visits, days out, holidays

Day to day life, yes I can and do live a car free lifestyle. I cycle or walk everywhere and so do my children.

However we still have a car and use it for visiting family or going further afield and I wouldn't want to be without it even though I don't drive every week.

We could (city and WFH) but our lives would be the worse for it.

I use my car for my job and couldn't get public transport (a lot of rural visits). I could use public transport for some children's activities but it would be a pain and mean some late nights for them. My husband could get the bus to work but would take 3x the time (or longer) as there is no direct route. There'd be some parties/ weekend activities we couldn't do or would have to spend £££ on taxis as there'd be no bus service.