> On Aug 4, 7:38 pm, "Mike P" privacy.net> wrote:
>

>> We used to manage quite happily when I was a kid with a 2CV for a family
>> car. 2 kids, 2 adults and my dad had a liking for long camping trips to
>> Cornwall from Lancs, often with my gran in the car too - so 5 up. If we
>> took lots of luggage, we just took the trailer with us.

>
> Managing isn't quite the same as having a relaxing drive.
>
> What many seem to forget is that a car is more than just a method of
> getting from A to B just as a home is more than just somewhere to keep
> the rain off your head. If everyone simply required the minimum basic
> functionality out of everything we'd all be living a a 1 room bedsit
> with a black and white TV, calor gas cooker, no carpet and a sleeping
> bag to kip in (students need not reply to this post) and driving to
> work in a Rover Citycar (or whatever that indian built pile of crap
> was called).
>
> Anyone who says no one needs a posh car should take a look around
> their house and ask themselves just how many of their ornaments ,
> furniture and gadgets do they *really* need.
>