My new car doesn’t run as well in the small hours for some reason, but seems to get me most places in London during the daylight hours (it’s not really for the motorway).
The finance package I got was appealing, given my lack of funds, so it was quite hard to resist. For £11 a week (apparently it’s cheaper if I pay monthly), I don’t have to pay for insurance, repairs, gas, MOT or servicing costs. It’s not quite as quick as my last car, but if I plan well, I’m usually ok with the slightly longer journey times. And anyhow, if I want speed through London, I should get on a bicycle. And I will. As soon as my ex lets me have it back.
I don’t have to worry about parking costs, or the congestion charge, or other traffic law violation fines. Indeed, my £11 buys me immunity from any points ever going onto my flawless driving licence. I’ve not had any road rage incidents and I don’t even have to wear a seat-belt.
My new car is of course, a bus. And it’s not so bad. Honest. I even get chauffered and I never have to wash it or fix a puncture. If my bus breaks, no problem I just get on another one.
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Anonymous 04.29.05 at 3:48 pm
Lol! I am in the same boat, or should I say the bus, as you. For years I couldn’t afford to get a car, so I took the bus. And now finally, when I can afford a car of my own, I can’t be bothered driving. I prefer being taxied around the city (hah!). As Izzard said “I am very driven..”
Cheers,
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de 04.29.05 at 8:39 pm
Thought you were describing my old Lancia. But noticed you wrote “doesn’t run as well” not “doesn’t run at all”.
And the AA were good chauffers by the way.
Shahid 04.30.05 at 2:45 am
The Lancia was cool. It had character. And kickdown was such a rush. It was like a 414 down Park Lane. The engine revs harder, the noise gets fruitier, but the world still goes by at exactly the same speed as before.
Today I brought back four bags of shopping on the bus. I quickly and achingly realised why I had become a fat bastard so quickly.