no, exactly. I've been the "friend with a car" to a lot of people over the last few years, it does get a bit tiresome, but useful.
Renting a van is great for shifting lots of stuff at once, but (e.g.) being able to go back easily over the next week and collect random bits and tidy up makes the process a lot less stressful; generally a car saves one time, but given Cambridge's traffic, this isn't always the case ;)
as for the £n00/month, I pay.. hmm.. £100 every 6 months for tax, £180 a year for insurance, and probably about £20 a month on petrol (but that's obviously proportional to use). Given that I already own the car, I'm spending about £50 a month on it, which is just about ok.
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Date: 2006-06-28 10:44 am (UTC)Renting a van is great for shifting lots of stuff at once, but (e.g.) being able to go back easily over the next week and collect random bits and tidy up makes the process a lot less stressful; generally a car saves one time, but given Cambridge's traffic, this isn't always the case ;)
as for the £n00/month, I pay.. hmm.. £100 every 6 months for tax, £180 a year for insurance, and probably about £20 a month on petrol (but that's obviously proportional to use). Given that I already own the car, I'm spending about £50 a month on it, which is just about ok.