... <g7ehtu$2cv$7@anubis.demon.co.uk>): The place I get my BFO 4x4 serviced also hires them out. You can use them for whatever you like. You have to arrange your own insurance. I once tried to get insurance to cover a borrowed car - I could borrow it but had to insure it myself (ie no risk to owner). To say the brokers in town were "not helpful" would be an understatement !

...net> wrote in message news:UXHlk.141784$x66.47620@newsfe25.ams2... If you need a big car you need a big car. What's the alternative? Buy a second car car or make two trip. Either way no drop in polution. probably a huge increase. But you don't always need a big car with a big engine. tim I don't always need water on...

...+0100, Bazzer Smith <me@invalid.net> wrote: If you need a big car you need a big car. What's the alternative? Buy a second car car or make two trip. Either way no drop in polution. probably a huge increase. What a load of f*cking shtye. It's as stupid as me having two insurance policies for two cars, both of which only I am allowed to drive. Unless I drive...

...point is, if you're making a lifestyle choice then you have no complaint about having pay extra tax on that choice, Yes I do. If I buy a bigger car I'm already paying more tax through fuel. Why should I pay more road tax too? There should be no road tax at all. We're already paying more than that amount in fuel duty. -- http://www....

...> Its not only feasible , its done on a regular basis all over the world including Britain. Multiple units of 3 or 4 cars joined together to provide trains of 8 or 12 cars happens a lot and during off-peak times single units can run. Why the class 222s on the MML weren't really ...

...] Yes, they are pretty uneconomical. However they also carry quite a few more passengers than cars. And are cheaper than trains. All that matters is fuel consumption per passenger-mile. And it...and Chesterfield, it's very rarely more than half full. The trains are sized for peak time loads - the 07:20 Bedford to St.Pancras is heaving, for example, but that same train then...

...> Yes, they are pretty uneconomical. However they also carry quite a few more passengers than cars. And are cheaper than trains. All that matters is fuel consumption per passenger-mile. And... and Chesterfield, it's very rarely more than half full. The trains are sized for peak time loads - the 07:20 Bedford to St.Pancras is heaving, for example, but that same train then ...

...Its not only feasible , its done on a regular basis all over the world including Britain. Multiple units of 3 or 4 cars joined together to provide trains of 8 or 12 cars happens a lot and during off-peak times single units can run. Why the class 222s on the MML weren't really designed for ...

...com> wrote in message news:cea90a25-455d-41ee-a867-68ef62df7926@x41g2000hsb.googlegroups.com... [buses] Yes, they are pretty uneconomical. However they also carry quite a few more passengers than cars. And are cheaper than trains. All that matters is fuel consumption per passenger-mile. And it's nothing like as clear-cut as people like to think. What does it cost ...

... a lifestyle choice then you have no complaint about having pay extra tax on that choice, Yes I do. If I buy a bigger car I'm already paying more tax through fuel. Why should I pay more road tax too? The argument put forward by the OP is that some people have NO choice about buying a bigger car Depends. If you have a family you're not going to get ...