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Driving only for the rich?
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/// CARS could soon become a preserve of the rich with petrol prices set to rocket to £8 a gallon, motoring organisations warned last night. ///
£8 a gallon, how much will petrol have to cost before you give up your car?
Will we see 4X4s reach rock bottom in price, on the second hand market?
Will there be an increase in petrol theft, with people storing large amounts of petrol in garages and out-houses?
Apart from switching to electric vehicles, what other implications can you foresee?
/// CARS could soon become a preserve of the rich with petrol prices set to rocket to £8 a gallon, motoring organisations warned last night. ///
£8 a gallon, how much will petrol have to cost before you give up your car?
Will we see 4X4s reach rock bottom in price, on the second hand market?
Will there be an increase in petrol theft, with people storing large amounts of petrol in garages and out-houses?
Apart from switching to electric vehicles, what other implications can you foresee?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.I hope the petrol price increases bring the demise of the urban Chelsea Tractor. Many people could do without cars if they really had to. If I was to lose my licence tomorrow, I would have to. I was brought up in a rural area with a bus stop that was a mile away down a dark, unlit lane but survived before I got my driving licence.
Set yourself up as a smallholder, categorise yourself as a farmer and use red diesel. If that is impossible use car sharing or maybe even car pooling which significantly reduces the cost of motoring.
You would think the high price of fuel would deter many drivers but it seems there are just as many clogging up the roads and cities as before.
I believe there are even riots in Saudi because of the high cost of petrol.
You would think the high price of fuel would deter many drivers but it seems there are just as many clogging up the roads and cities as before.
I believe there are even riots in Saudi because of the high cost of petrol.
I signed up on a car sharing website for my journey to uni rov; no-one was ever interested :o(
Have had to beg lifts and use public transport for the last 2 weeks because my car's been off the road; it's been a nightmare! What would usually take me ten minutes in the car takes 30-40 on the bus and bus seems to turn up anywhere between 3 minutes before and 10 minutes after when it's supposed to meaning I once very nearly missed it and the next time was waiting getting on for 15 minutes at the bus stop. The cost of petrol; although ridiculous, I doubt will be enough to make me give up driving!
Have had to beg lifts and use public transport for the last 2 weeks because my car's been off the road; it's been a nightmare! What would usually take me ten minutes in the car takes 30-40 on the bus and bus seems to turn up anywhere between 3 minutes before and 10 minutes after when it's supposed to meaning I once very nearly missed it and the next time was waiting getting on for 15 minutes at the bus stop. The cost of petrol; although ridiculous, I doubt will be enough to make me give up driving!
I am amazed at the number of people who bleat about the price of fuel, yet tear down the motorway at 80 mph plus, drive so close to the car in front that the have to brake every two minutes. These eat fuel, and generally don't you to your destination any quicker.
Yes, fuel is expensive. It isn't going to get any cheaper, so perhaps we need to change our driving habits.
Yes, fuel is expensive. It isn't going to get any cheaper, so perhaps we need to change our driving habits.