Economical travel

[D. T. Green]

With the ever increasing costs of motoring, i'm thinking this will soon
catch on here in the U.K.

http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=347tkb7&s=6

[damduck-egg]

On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 12:57:33 +0100, "D. T. Green"
<greendt@mail.invalid> wrote:

>With the ever increasing costs of motoring, i'm thinking this will soon
>catch on here in the U.K.
>
>http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=347tkb7&s=6
>

It's not safe,there arn't any seat belts.
wonder if the shape of the canopy takes some load off the suspension
at speed.

G.Harman

[Andy Cap]

On 01/07/12 12:57, D. T. Green wrote:
> With the ever increasing costs of motoring, i'm thinking this will soon
> catch on here in the U.K.
>
> http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=347tkb7&s=6
>
>

Life must be so much more fun... Bit like when I were a lad !

[Adrian C]

On 01/07/2012 12:57, D. T. Green wrote:
> With the ever increasing costs of motoring, i'm thinking this will soon
> catch on here in the U.K.
>

lol. It can't be well balanced when stationary, so do they stick feet
out when the speed drops and hope they don't disappear?

OT: I had a couple of IT jobs to do in Edinburgh & Inverness. I live in
London, and for flexibility of working needed to be mobile in a car with
tools etc. Company pays 40p/mile. That's a 1,100 mile round trip with me
buying lots of fuel and driving for 9 hours plus. i.e. Not on...

I found a cheaper way for the company, flying myself comfortably and kit
to Edingburgh, then me with a hire car driving the rest. Much cheaper
would be a bus or train, but I'd have to haul the kit about and get
knackered. Not good.

But here is the thing. If fuel prices rocket, then folks will stand a
public transport trip in the middle, and then rent a car near the
destination for the final hop. Fly Drive but this ain't the US.

So shall I invest in rental companies shares. Are these guys going to be
more busy? Are the motorways going to be less?

--
Adrian C

[Duncan Wood]

On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 23:24:00 +0100, Adrian C <email@here.invalid> wrote:

> On 01/07/2012 12:57, D. T. Green wrote:
>> With the ever increasing costs of motoring, i'm thinking this will soon
>> catch on here in the U.K.
>>
>
> lol. It can't be well balanced when stationary, so do they stick feet
> out when the speed drops and hope they don't disappear?
>
>
> OT: I had a couple of IT jobs to do in Edinburgh & Inverness. I live in
> London, and for flexibility of working needed to be mobile in a car with
> tools etc. Company pays 40p/mile. That's a 1,100 mile round trip with me
> buying lots of fuel and driving for 9 hours plus. i.e. Not on...
>
> I found a cheaper way for the company, flying myself comfortably and kit
> to Edingburgh, then me with a hire car driving the rest. Much cheaper
> would be a bus or train, but I'd have to haul the kit about and get
> knackered. Not good.
>
> But here is the thing. If fuel prices rocket, then folks will stand a
> public transport trip in the middle, and then rent a car near the
> destination for the final hop. Fly Drive but this ain't the US.
>
> So shall I invest in rental companies shares. Are these guys going to be
> more busy? Are the motorways going to be less?
>

I end up doing that quite often, train & drive works quite well from
London to Aberdeen , and way cheaper than driving the 4x4 up there.

[Doctor D]

>I end up doing that quite often, train & drive works quite well from
>London to Aberdeen , and way cheaper than driving the 4x4 up there.

A mate owns a company based in Southampton and currently has 2 field
engineers working on projects in Scotland.

They have perfected a system where on a Friday afternoon the vans are left
at an airport convenient to where the engineers are working, which has
flights to Southampton airport and they fly back early on Monday morning to
collect the vans.

Engineers are happy as they aren't spending hours driving home, he's saving
money on diesel and as all parts are delivered to the relevant site ready
for the engineers there has been no inconvenience.
Even with the cost of airport parking and flights, he's still saving a
significant amount.

[SteveH]

Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:

> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Indian roads are the most terrifying I've ever been driven on (on holiday,
> > we travelled by car, bus, tuk-tuk and bicycle rickshaw. The latter was
> > worst.)
>
> Yup, I know Italians who are terrified of Indian roads. Even Neopolitans
> are scared of them and the driving in Napoli is well down to third world
> standards.
>
> Personally, Rome and Milan are about the limit for me. I want to get
> places and if possible enjoy the drive. I don't like recreating Ben Hur
> using machines with 500 more horses than he had.

Have to say that Liege is a pretty awful place to drive - I don't know
what you have to do to get a licence in Belgium, but I can only assume
it's done on a fairground in the dodgems.
--
SteveH

[Steve Firth]

SteveH <italiancar@..........> wrote:
> Steve Firth <%steve%@malloc.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>> Indian roads are the most terrifying I've ever been driven on (on holiday,
>>> we travelled by car, bus, tuk-tuk and bicycle rickshaw. The latter was
>>> worst.)
>>
>> Yup, I know Italians who are terrified of Indian roads. Even Neopolitans
>> are scared of them and the driving in Napoli is well down to third world
>> standards.
>>
>> Personally, Rome and Milan are about the limit for me. I want to get
>> places and if possible enjoy the drive. I don't like recreating Ben Hur
>> using machines with 500 more horses than he had.
>
> Have to say that Liege is a pretty awful place to drive - I don't know
> what you have to do to get a licence in Belgium, but I can only assume
> it's done on a fairground in the dodgems.

Until quite recently (1970s) the Belgian driving rest consisted of "drive
500 metres forward, stop, drive five meters in reverse". That means all of
the older drivers can't.

When I worked in Germany taxi drivers would flinch and mutter each time
they saw a red license plate with the "B" on it.