Love or hate cars they are a big part of UK society. We have been living with one car for over a year. During the week it is taken to work by my husband, no public transport and he needs it during his working day and for emergencies at work. So I have been officially carless. This however was so complex that I am now on my parents car insurance to allow the kids to be taken to their various after school activities, we are in a village with some activities for young children but as they get older they need to go into the local towns. What has become apparent is that people assume households have two cars and two drivers and so transport is not a problem.
This weekend we had an interesting crisis. Our car was in the garage getting it's timing belt changed when it became apparent it needed a further part which would not be delivered till after the weekend and the car not available until Tuesday. This presented several transport problems not least how my husband would get to work Monday and Tuesday. After a bit of running around we hired what we thought would be a Corsa but turned out to be a white van! We really didn't care and it has been great at taking the none reuseable parts of our bathroom to the recycling centre!
This weekend we had an interesting crisis. Our car was in the garage getting it's timing belt changed when it became apparent it needed a further part which would not be delivered till after the weekend and the car not available until Tuesday. This presented several transport problems not least how my husband would get to work Monday and Tuesday. After a bit of running around we hired what we thought would be a Corsa but turned out to be a white van! We really didn't care and it has been great at taking the none reuseable parts of our bathroom to the recycling centre!
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