Annual bus fare versus getting the wheels

OnTheCounter

I was reading some of the threads on here slagging off dublin bus and having to listen to junkies upstairs shout their tales of woe down the phone. Then I was thinking of the alternative, the car.

If you were looking for a runaround to replace the bus and had E1,000 to spend on a motor after tax and insurance what would you get (must be legal and roadworthy "nct")?

carzone links would be useful.

are there cheap alternatives to public transport besides becoming a competitive walker?

Hardonraging

Let me tell you something son ... Hot chicks dont **** guys on any bus !!

oppenheimer1

OnTheCounter wrote: »

I was reading some of the threads on here slagging off dublin bus and having to listen to junkies upstairs shout their tales of woe down the phone. Then I was thinking of the alternative, the car.

If you were looking for a runaround to replace the bus and had E1,000 to spend on a motor after tax and insurance what would you get (must be legal and roadworthy "nct")?

carzone links would be useful.

are there cheap alternatives to public transport besides becoming a competitive walker?

Bicycle?

Ghandee

Be much better asking that here OP http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/forumdisplay.php?f=546

You'll get much more informative answers.

keith16

You would get something decent OP. DO IT!

Hal1

Electric bike if you're commute is a few miles.

againstthetide

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3895156

That is all

veryangryman

Hardonraging wrote: »

Let me tell you something son ... Hot chicks dont **** guys on any bus !!

True. Very true

phasers

get a micra, they're chick magnets

Hal1

There's a thead on motors called bangernomics or something:pac:. Oh here it is: cheap affordable motoring for peanuts :cool:.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056506575&page=238

Hal1

againstthetide wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3895156

That is all

That is all he would have, a lump of a jaaaaag on his drive way. A 2.5l auto ain't exactly cheap to run...A luxobarge weekend crusier at best.

jester77

Car pooling & Rent as you go cars are 2 decent options.

Lorgach

Just get a Bus Pass.... before the Government takes them away

againstthetide

Hal1 wrote: »

That is all he would have, a lump of a jaaaaag on his drive way. A 2.5l auto ain't exactly cheap to run...A luxobarge weekend crusier at best.

And no NCT on it it would be not a happy experience I fear
It was the least sensible option for a grand I could come up with in a hurry.

hmmm

You'd be off your head driving a banger to work and going through all the hassle of sitting in traffic & finding parking. Get the bus and find something enjoyable to do on it - reading, listening to music, chilling out whatever.

the groutch

cars can be a bit of a false economy imo.
if a car is cheap enough to be comparible cost-wise to public transport, chances are it's old enough to develop problems, even in the short term, and turn into a potential money pit.

bobin fudge

done deals

most cars at 1k will more than likely cost you more than double after a few months to fix, run, pass nct etc

I have a bmw but cant be arsed driving into work due to traffic and parking so I bus it everyday -today I had blonde junkie woman sitting beside me

it was nice

OnTheCounter

oppenheimer1 wrote: »

Bicycle?

showing up to whereever you're going cold, wet, sweaty and tired is not really an ideal solution during an Irish winter and a 2.5 litre jag would cost way too much to run with the price of petrol plus something like that would cost more in repairs than to buy which wouldnt work either.

Mickey H

againstthetide wrote: »

http://cars.donedeal.ie/for-sale/cars/3895156

That is all

I assume that for that price, the engine is sold separately...

mickdw

Hal1 wrote: »

That is all he would have, a lump of a jaaaaag on his drive way. A 2.5l auto ain't exactly cheap to run...A luxobarge weekend crusier at best.

An x type jag is not a luxobarge by any stretch of the imagination.

Cienciano

Hal1 wrote: »

That is all he would have, a lump of a jaaaaag on his drive way. A 2.5l auto ain't exactly cheap to run...A luxobarge weekend crusier at best.

It's a mondeo with a picture of a jaguar on the front.

Skrynesaver

OnTheCounter wrote: »

showing up to whereever you're going cold, wet, sweaty and tired is not really an ideal solution during an Irish winter and a 2.5 litre jag would cost way too much to run with the price of petrol plus something like that would cost more in repairs than to buy which wouldnt work either.

Dress appropriately for the weather, and you won't get cold, most offices have a shower room somewhere and once you get used to it you can cycle anywhere in Dublin Bus range once you HTFU without getting tired.

Then rather than spending money to get fatter you save money and get fitter

B.A._Baracus

Hardonraging wrote: »

Let me tell you something son ... Hot chicks dont **** guys on any bus !!

.... But slutty girls do :pac:

Lawrence1895

Am cycling to work every day, I never have to wait as bus stops, being asked for a fag or change, and I'm never caught in traffic with others, who believe, 'a car gives independence'. Handy enough, I must say