More economical driving and riding

On 2011-03-09 14:56:04 +0100, steve robinson said:

YT,T,T,C.

 

In practice nobody GAF.
I see loads of people riding around on full on leccy scooters with no
helmets or number plates. Plod ignores them.

I've just noticed that these, with Panasonics excellent drive system, have
become available in the UK. Power through the gear system. That looks like a
nice bit of kit at a decent price. Pehaps Ben can comment on the cycle parts
etc.
www.onbike.co.uk/sport-electric-bikes/e-motion-sport-max-plus.html

 

You don't really understand this whole "wiki" thing, do you?

 

BTDT, can't be arsed with the bloody-minded people who inhabit it.

 

11 lines above here?

Isn't driving all about setting the best possible time between A and B?

 

Of course some of us would enjoy such a superior power to weight ratio
that a modest 250W would be in the lethal weapons range of performance.

<starts scouring the interweb>

 

1800 squids for a push bike is a bleeding rip off, pure and fucking
simple.

 

That's new technology for you. Give it a few years & you'll be able to
buy a better one for under 300 quid.

 

Swot I would do were the commute 5 miles, it would neatly also take
care of the requirement to exercise[1]. AIR when I worked 4 miles away
and cycled there was sod all difference in journey times with the car.

[1] I really need to get back with that having failed to continue last
year.

 

I'm glad you worked the actual figures out but I just went straight to:

 

"change up at 2,500 rpm in a petrol car"

****. That.

 

You haven't met Ben then....

 

I can think of better ways of spending 1800 quid.

 

See my post. That's the distance I'd do to our office in Worcester.

 

No it is not, it is all the fault of fucking greedy cunts wanting instant
riches right now without a thought to the future and the stupid cunts who
still have a credit limit wanting instant gratification and feeding the
greedy cunts who want the instant riches with their hearts desire.

I might not have a few years. Besides, us wrinklies should get that sort
of thing for free. The benefits to society would be immeasurable. Think
of the improvement it would make to the whole bus travel experience for
other people for a start.

 

I do ~35 miles per day, so about a gallon a day. Call it 6 quid / day.
The journey takes 30-40 minutes depending on traffic.

A fill-up is now £70 instead of £60 but it lasts me two weeks,
depending on how much I use the car for non-work journeys.

There are no buses but I could go by train, well two to be exact, plus
a 15 minute walk at one end and a 20 minute walk at the other.
Assuming the trains run on time (ha!) it takes over an hour and a half
door to door. And it's nearly 11 quid a day.

Petrol will have to a *lot* more expensive before I change the way I
drive and I can't ever see me using PT while I'm living and working
where I do.[2]

Big fucking *ding*


[1] I haven't looked into cost of a season ticket as going on the train
just isn't something I am going to do regularly.
[2] After-work pissups in London excepted - it just makes sense!

 

The regular longish car journey I do is to visit the SO, 75 miles.
Given a clear run at it even with the roadworks it's around 70
minutes[1] for me. She drives at 'sensible speeds and generally takes
35 minutes more - that's fairly significant.

There seems to be a superfluous not in the above. If I were concerned
about £100pa I'd get shot of one of the vehicles or give up booze or
some other radical step.

[1] Although pick rush hours and it can go >200.

 

I don't have any issue with someone spending zillions of pounds on a high
tech sprots bike but that is a utility vehicle, plain and simple but it's
price is not. It is a fucking rip off.

 

I'll have you know I don't have a single bike worth more than £1600 at
the moment.

But I do have two and plans for a third.

 

**** the pikeys on buses, what about us normal people having to dodge
senile old gimmers wobbling all over the road? It's be hellish.