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From owning a car to no car

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  • 11-11-2008 3:38pm
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    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone here sold there car and gone back to having, well, none? How'd you find it, was it a good decision or a bad decision? I'm asking because I'm considering selling my own car to save a bit of cash.


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    SV
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭SV


    It's not bad.

    depends where abouts ya live.


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    ~Marky~
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,056 ✭✭✭~Marky~


    I sold my car few months ago and I am regretting it now its not nice walking in the cold :(


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    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Ah I llive near the train. I bet you don't miss paying Road tax though Marky. I'd only be concerned that It'd be hard to get back driving again in a year or two ie I'd have to car to trade in and would have to get a big loan.


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    silvine wrote: »
    would have to get a big loan.

    ... or a cheap car :D


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    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    So is now a good time for selling a second hand car?


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    peasant
    Registered Users Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    nope ...could hardly be any worse


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    silvine
    Registered Users Posts: 3,132 ✭✭✭silvine


    Doesn't sound like there's much chance in things improving and getting better value for my car down the road ;)


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    kuro_man
    Registered Users Posts: 1,037 ✭✭✭kuro_man


    How much are you saving? If you have a no-claims-bonus, you should be able to run a small car for less than €1000 per year. And you have to cost in the alternatives (bus fares, taxis etc.).

    There are probably easier ways to save money: use a bicycle when possible (cancel the gym) and stop drinking, for example!


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    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    kuro_man wrote: »
    If you have a no-claims-bonus, you should be able to run a small car for less than €1000 per year

    If you remove the word small from that sentence you can get some really incredible value. Every day, there are beautiful cars going to the scrapyard because they're engines are bigger than 1.6. Even more so now.

    A friend of mine has been trying to kill his €400 626 but he can't.


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    Run_to_da_hills
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,009 ✭✭✭✭Run_to_da_hills


    From owning a car to none, simply just ask anyone who got bottled. :D


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    BeansMeansHynes
    Registered Users Posts: 296 ✭✭BeansMeansHynes


    I went without a car for 7 weeks and I dont know if I could do it again especially in Ireland with the bad weather.

    Going to work in the rain and coming home in the rain.
    I love going for drives and not been able to hop into your car and go where you like isnt nice.


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    Sold my own car, during my search for a new one. When it was gone i was driven demented, i had to rob the sisters for two weeks. Bloody Punto lol! I couldn't last with a car, although i love my car and i'm a lazy ****er:p


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    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Four years ago when I moved to Cambridge, I sold my car in Ireland and didn't buy another car for 18 months. The only reason I eventually bought a car was because I changed jobs and there was no direct commuting link from where I lived to my new workplace.

    Honestly, I found the lack of a car didn't impede on my life at all. I lived a 10 minute walk from the centre of Cambridge and 10 minutes from the train station with direct trains to London so I didn't need a car at all.

    In fact I'd forgotten how much a car costs to run every month (fuel, tax, insurance, wear-and-tear, parts, services and of course depreciation ;) etc.).

    EDIT: Having returned to owning a car however, I've also re-appreciated the freedom that owning a car gives you. :)


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    L-M
    Registered Users Posts: 23,694 ✭✭✭✭L-M


    r3nu4l wrote: »
    Four years ago when I moved to Cambridge, I sold my car in Ireland and didn't buy another car for 18 months. The only reason I eventually bought a car was because I changed jobs and there was no direct commuting link from where I lived to my new workplace.

    Isn't that because your not allowed have a car in Cambridge? Lol


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    ShadowHearth
    Registered Users Posts: 22,929 ✭✭✭✭ShadowHearth


    Mine car was at mechanic for 1 month, and it was biggest pain in a hole! Specially when you live in a small town. No transport, no nothing.

    It costs alot, but freedom costs alot. I even think of buying second car, so i wount need to share it with misses. And we could rent a house outside town.


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    r3nu4l
    Registered Users Posts: 17,399 ✭✭✭✭r3nu4l


    Limerick-man wrote: »
    Isn't that because your not allowed have a car in Cambridge? Lol

    Ha ha, true in Cambridge the bicycle is king and the city council deliberately don't make driving easy but you can drive directly into the city centre and once you get used to it, it's very handy for driving. In fact, I quite like the extra challenge of developing a heightened sense of awareness due to all the bicycles. :)


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