RPC Motoring Topic

[Adsolution]

That's why electric car.

[Hunchman801]

The main issue with these is the battery life, I don't really want a car I have to “refuel” every 200 km.

[Adsolution]

I can see it being more problematic if someone were a road-trip kind of person, though if you had a recharging outlet at your home, I'd imagine it being even less troublesome than having to fill up on gas.

[Hunchman801]

That's why it's perfect to go to work, but then you'll need a second one for holidays. I'd rather have one I can do everything with.

[Master]

Hm, I can see the benefits of using electric, especially in the financial sense, though I'm not so sure about the long distance issue, if they can bypass that, I'm sold.

[raymancool_bis]

I have a license but no car. Quite useless eh, potatoes?

[OCG]

Better than having car but no licence like it is the case with me

[Haruka]

I have my driving license since beginnings of September, but my final card didn't arrive yet. I need to go to the institute to create pressure on them to hurry up.

[Hunchman801]

Do you already have a car, Haruka?

[Haruka]

Not yet, but I sometimes drive my mother's or my father's car from the work since I have permission from the company to use it.

[El Dango]

Looking forward to the glorious day when I actually get a car to call my own, at which point I fully intend to kiss public transportation goodbye forever.

[Master]

Meh, depends on the circumstances for me, having been to London and seen some of its crazy traffic, I can't say I'd feel confident in such an environment.

[El Dango]

Yeah, I can see why driving would be less than desirable if you live in (or anywhere near) a big city like that.

[Xenon]

Looking forward to the glorious day when I actually get a car to call my own, at which point I fully intend to kiss public transportation goodbye forever.

I often use public transport as a preferred method of transport. Sometimes, when I've driven a lot, it's nice just to be driven by someone else!

[Master]

Meh, the trains are a bit awkward at times though, trains to Manchester are packed.

[Xenon]

I tend to avoid trains to be honest, mainly because they are so hideously expensive in this country.

[Master]

Yeah, makes me wonder about my future finances, what with the need to commute to Uni.

[Xenon]

I for one would definitely consider other options. How far will you have to travel each day?

[Master]

Hm, depends on where I end up, though iirc, Manchester was about 1 hr 30 by train.

[Adsolution]

I've of course not been driving for more than a year and three months so far, but I haven't come across a case yet where I'd rather be the passenger. Public transportation is often just so slow and boring in comparison, especially when you're in a country where things are so spread out that it takes you nearly two or three hours to cross the city on a bus. It used to take me an hour and forty-five minutes to get home from school, and once I started driving, only about 45.