On Fri, 02 Aug 2013 10:29:34 +0000, neil wrote:

I've also got a large and very thirsty petrol 4x4, as well as a nice
sensible economical hatchback and three or four classic cars. And a
couple of old mopeds. And several bicycles.

Wow, someone must've left you a nice trust fund.

Yes, because that's the only possible solution you can come up for your
jealousy that not everybody's a wage slave in a grim suburb, isn't it?

The camper's worth the same as we paid for it, 40k miles and 2yrs ago.
The 205 cost £100 four years ago - and regularly returns mid-40s mpg.
The 4x4 cost £800 with a year's MOT.
One moped was free, the other cost £100. They're each worth about £300
now.
One 2cv cost £100, one cost less than a grand, and she's owned the third
for 30 years next year. That one'd easily fetch £5k+ tomorrow, not that
it's for sale.
My bike cost me £50 20yrs ago. Her bike was bought off a national park's
cycle-hire scheme. Her dad's classic racing bike'll be on eBay soon. Her
mother's gorgeous old Swedish bike's going to get restored soon.

I think you've just blown any eco credentials you had out the water
however.

What "eco credentials" are those, then? I've certainly never laid claim
to any.

Have you owned up to what you drive lately? Or is it still a state
secret?

Its far more fun not telling.

Jesus. It's that embarrassing, eh?