I like driving. The last car I owned was an MG B Roadster, but the times I got to actually enjoy it were so few and far between that the hassles massively outweighed the pleasures. Utility driving - which is probably 99% of car use for most people - is just a huge pain in the arse.
And as for the countryside, it is of course mass car use that is destroying it - the pleasure of driving in it has a high cost. I get far more enjoyment from cycling and walking in the countryside than I ever did from driving in it B > On 31 Aug 2015, at 01:00, Ken Waller <kwal...@peoplepc.com> wrote: > > I find driving a car, especially a well handling, responsive car, to be > almost therapeutic and a great way to relax and enjoy the countryside - can't > put a dollar value on that. > > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W-PDML" <p...@web-options.com> > Subject: Re: OT: Woo Hoo! > > >>> On 30 Aug 2015, at 10:52, Malcolm Smith <rrve...@virginmedia.com> wrote: >>> >>> Bob W wrote: >>> >>>> And then there are all the other costs that car ownership entails. >>>> >>>> Owning a car is a modern form of slavery. Getting rid of mine was on a >>>> par with giving up smoking as far as feeling liberated is concerned. >>> >>> [...]t the >>> practical truth is it is quicker to go from A to B on most local trips by >>> cycling rather than car (although I need very little persuasion to take the >>> cycle!). You can spend as long finding a parking place as it did to drive >>> there - pointless. [...] >> >> People can get a very warped perception of the so-called benefits of using a >> car. I've often been with people who've chosen to drive somewhere when I've >> decided to walk or ride, starting from the same place, and I've arrived >> there long before they have. This can sometimes be over distances of several >> miles, but because the other people have lost the very idea of leaving the >> car behind they have also lost the idea of how much it has crippled them. >> >> My normal commute to work, for example, is 8 miles each way, and cycling it >> is quicker than all other forms of transport. >> >> B > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
