In my opinion - Cars Per House

[scottydog.]

Here is my rant - one car per household seems sensible to me.

Moved from the Dogs on leads thread as it was taking it off topic - Admin.

 

[Stu]

Dogs need a good run about and most owners can't be arsed walking further than the length of their nose.Here is my rant, one car per household seems sensible to me.

One car? What about those of us who have classic cars?

What about those of us who live in rural areas and both work the opposite directions and don't have any public transport options?

 

[scottydog.]

people tend to like laws that don't affect them but scream blue murder when it does.Maybe we should start a thread on , things that bug the **** out of us.

 

[An Ankoù]

people tend to like laws that don't affect them but scream blue murder when it does.Maybe we should start a thread on , things that bug the **** out of us.

Take your pick:

https://www.thehomebrewforum.co.uk/search/1746236/?q=rant&c[title_only]=1&o=relevance

 

[Donegal john]

Dogs need a good run about and most owners can't be arsed walking further than the length of their nose.Here is my rant, one car per household seems sensible to me.

6 cars a van and a camper van in my house

 

[Clint]

We're up to 4 cars now my lads have passed the driving....and GOOD LUCK to them!! My parents never drove...yeah you heard right,and although I'd do anything for them,playing taxi between myself and my sister can be awkward as even though they're retired they "have" to do their shopping etc on set days/times or their heads drop off, which isn't always possible. Anyway..they have had dogs which were both on and off the lead in various scenarios.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

Dogs need a good run about and most owners can't be arsed walking further than the length of their nose.Here is my rant, one car per household seems sensible to me.

As @Stu said -

What about those of us who live in rural areas and both work the opposite directions and don't have any public transport options?

I couldn't agree more as i live in a rural area, i need a car i don't need a dog (i did have several over the years) if you cannot be arsed to walk your dog a decent distance you shouldn't have got it in the first place.

 

[Clint]

My dogs love a ride in the car.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

My dogs love a ride in the car.

I bet they do Clint, my Springers used to love it -

 

[Stu]

As @Stu said -

I couldn't agree more as i live in a rural area, i need a car i don't need a dog (i did have several over the years) if you cannot be arsed to walk your dog a decent distance you shouldn't have got it in the first place.

So here's the thing.
I live around 4 miles from the beach.

On a weekend, I'll happily walk the dog to the beach and back. Although she's getting a bit older now and sometimes we take the bus back (her choice, not mine).

I work from home mostly, so on a lunchtime, I can take the dog for a walk down the beach, but I have to drive.
I mean, I could walk round the local church field, but it gets a bit dull after a while and the dog, being a spaniel, loves the opportunity to get wet!

But other walks (morning/evening) we just go to the local church field.

 

[Stu]

About our parents not owning cars, my wife's Mum doesn't drive. Neither did her Grandparents.

This massively limited the jobs they could do, particularly with a small child. And she was lucky that all her relatives lived nearby.

My folks on the other hand, shared a car with the neighbours that effectively was for emergencies and holidays. My Dad drove the works minibus, so at least he didn't have to worry about getting to work (he went round the town sweeping up the factory workers before and after work). We weren't allowed in the van, ever.

Because we lived in a rural town and my grandparents all lived in London, 100 miles away, we were lucky to see ANY relatives twice in a year. Many of them we didn't see every year. Never did family Christmas or big birthdays.

 

[Rodcx500z]

3 cars here and no drive, one of them a 310bhp proper polluter that makes a lot of noise

 

[Twostage]

Me and the missus have two each. I’m in the classic(ish) camp with a sensible day to day car and one that only goes out on sunny days. The missus has a little run about to get to work and back and a big one that can pull trailers when needed.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

About our parents not owning cars, my wife's Mum doesn't drive. Neither did her Grandparents.

SWMBO's mam doesn't drive and neither does SWMBO, SWMBO can drive and fairly well for a learner but she never got the buzz so never bothered taking her test she would rather take the bus.

 

[Clint]

I would like a van for the fishing but although I do try to get out stuff happens. I think I need to go back to an estate really. I can afford to have a van as well as the car but I'm too much of a tight ar5e!

 

[Cwrw666]

Since the kids left home we've just had one car. Bit of a pain as the Mrs works part time so when she's at work I'm stuck at home. No public transport. Too far to walk to the nearest village, 3 miles. I could get there but wouldn't make the return trip. Can't cycle anymore because of me prostate.
Thinking of getting a van as a second vehicle and for camping.

 

[Stu]

SWMBO's mam doesn't drive and neither does SWMBO, SWMBO can drive and fairly well for a learner but she never got the buzz so never bothered taking her test she would rather take the bus.

Funny enough, my Missus has a licence and a car. I reckon miles she's done that didn't involve work?
200. And most of those were driving back from me buying classic cars.

She won't even drive to the pub.

 

[Chippy_Tea]

She won't even drive to the pub.

Sell the car

 

[Graz]

It would create a lot of inconvenience for us to only run one car. Only way I could see it working is if I could be in a job where I work from home all week, unfortunately my current employer insists on us being in 3 days a week. As the public transport between here and my workplace is difficult and expensive I have to drive. My wife needs a car for her job as she goes out in the community to look after old folk.

It's a shame the even though COVID demonstrated I can be just as effective with needing to attend an office most employers don't like us not being there so have now insisted on a return to work. If ever this backwards mentality gets sorted it may be possible to reduce our car count.

 

[Clint]

Crikey where I work it's almost mandatory that all non shopfloor workers hardly ever turn up for work. I've not seen some for 3 years. Yet they get "attendance" bonus and mysteriously are never,ever