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[email protected] · December 1st 15, 03:53 PM posted to uk.transport.london

On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 16:34:36 -0000 (UTC)
Recliner wrote:
wrote:
On Tue, 01 Dec 2015 07:52:39 -0600
wrote:
As my mother found when age required her to give up driving at age 89, she
could rely on online shopping and hire cars (arthritis made the step up to
London-type cabs too difficult).

Thats fine so long as you don't have much of a life and are happy to stay at
home most of the time. Also minicabs cost a fortune. If she'd used more than
a few of those a week that would be her state pension gone.

Probably cheaper than running your own car for the same purposes, however.

A BMW or merc more than likely. But some little runabout in the lowest tax band
with good mpg and one-careful-owner insurance probably not.

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Spud