Girls!! Would you go out with a guy who didn't have a car?

[Old Tom 10]

Don't be silly, you can get a train to Grindleford. Why would he want to take 3 buses?

 

 

How do you get to the station. By car? And going to Grindleford by train has just stuck another mile on that hike to the pub.

 

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Not owning a car doesn't mean you can't drive though...

 

But not being able to drive does.

Edited December 12, 2013 by Old Tom

[altus 540]

Wow that's a tough one.

I think it goes something like this. You get invited out for a meal at the Barrel at Bretton. Your wife has a car and thinks I'll go along in that on my own and my husband who doesn't drive can take 3 buses until he reaches Grindleford and then hike the last 5 miles across the moors.

Driving someone somewhere occasionally is hardly the impression given by "get stuck with ferrying him around for the rest of your life".

 

I do believe the idea of owning a car is so you can go places in it not leave it parked outside to prevent bird muck from landing on the drive.

Not everyone makes the choice to use their car for every journey they possibly can.

 

The fact that only one partner can drive certainly sorts out those debates about whose turn it is to drive.

 

See here.

[Old Tom 10]

but if the wife is driving there anyway, why wouldn't she take the husband with her

 

alternatively the husband might think - stuff that palaver, there's plenty of places i can go for a meal and a drink that i can get to much more easily

 

So as the only driver the wife gets stuck with the driving every time. I suppose you don't have to go to all the trouble of going out to Bretton providing you can persuade your mate not to have his birthday meal there.

 

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See here.

 

Would you insure each boyfriend/girlfriend to drive your car?

[altus 540]

So as the only driver the wife gets stuck with the driving every time.

 

I have a friend who drives but doesn't drink, her partner drives but does drink so she ends up driving every time they go out on such occasions. By your reasoning she should leave him.

[Cyclone 10]

 

But not being able to drive does.

 

Well yes, but that's not the title of the thread is it.

[Agent Orange 11]

How do you get to the station. By car? And going to Grindleford by train has just stuck another mile on that hike to the pub.

 

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How would you get to the station? You are not exactly stuck for choice

 

Here's a novel idea, why not get a taxi from either Sheffield to said place, or taxi from Grindleford station to said place. Or alternatively, your wife picks you up. Not rocket science, hey?!

[Old Tom 10]

How would you get to the station? You are not exactly stuck for choice

 

Here's a novel idea, why not get a taxi from either Sheffield to said place, or taxi from Grindleford station to said place. Or alternatively, your wife picks you up. Not rocket science, hey?!

 

Well as the chances of getting a taxi to Bretton and back for less than about £80 is pretty remote and getting a taxi out there any evening is zero I'd take the car. Not exactly rocket science, hey?

 

It all boils down to whether you want to spend your days roaming the country on public transport or being a taxi driver for someone else. I'm not sure that I would but it seems you are.

 

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Well yes, but that's not the title of the thread is it.

 

Would you insure each boyfriend/girlfriend to drive your car?

[bazza80 10]

Old Tom

 

But what about having an ethical partner who can tell you all about green issues?

[Manlinose 10]

So as the only driver the wife gets stuck with the driving every time.

 

but in your hypothetical situation the wife was driving anyway so where's the hardship - if he's anything like a halfway decent husband he might even offer to contribute to the petrol cost

 

if you are already going somewhere and you know someone else is going but is struggling to get there wouldn't you offer to take them?

 

he could also hire a car for the evening if he was that desperate to get there and all his family and friends were too selfish to help him - cost of approx £25 plus petrol

[altus 540]

Would you insure each boyfriend/girlfriend to drive your car?

 

How long term are you hoping they'll be? Wouldn't it be worth driving someone occasionally whilst you are deciding whether you want them as a long term partner? It seems a shame to miss out on a potential soul mate just because they don't happen to have a car at the moment you meet them.