The " war on the motorist"

[Mr Gear]

What are people talking about exactly?

It's never been so cheap and easy to own and operate a motor vehicle. I haven't seen a policeman hiding in a bush with a radar gun for about 10 years. I see cars parked with gay abandon on double-yellow lines. Insurance is cheap, fuel is cheap, tax is hilariously cheap or even free!

And yet a colleague of mine was droning on about how the motorist pays for everything in this country and how he can barely afford to drive his car to work because he's got 9 points on his licence and pays £300 a year road tax or something. Idiot.

/rant

[Mr Gear]

corozin said:

Seriously what planet are you on? Do you really think that petrol at even the current £5 a gallon is cheap?

You should get your medication renewed.

It's a fking bargain! I can drive from London to Brighton and back for about a tenner. Compare that to what the train costs and then tell me it's expensive.

[Mr Gear]

Brigand said:

I assume then that the OP has only been driving a year or so, and drives a 1.0ltr Micra that is uber-economical, because driving is certainly not cheap these days!

Sorry, what is stopping you from driving a micra if you find it expensive? This is exactly my point: if you want or need to make it cheap, you easily can.