Having lived quite successfully without a car for more than 40 years in a variety of cities well supplied with public transport, a short but particularly transport–unfriendly commute is starting to make us think of getting one. But there are so many decisions to consider. Can someone point us to some resources which can help? Better still– if a friend reads this who can advise us could you get in touch?
The rough parameters are these:
Vehicle:
Purchase method:
Ideally, we would like a method that did not commit us too much as we are not sure we will actually want to keep a car and/or might not like the one we get. Hence we might consider leasing instead of buying or getting a cheapo used car we can dispose of easily (though choosing a used car is such a minefield again we aren’t sure where to begin).
Any suggestions? Now I know how technophobes feel when purchasing their first computer…
New or used? I know a lot about what you would want to do if you were in the US, somewhat less about what the ecosystem looks like in the UK, but could chat about this sometime.
Comment by Bruce Macintosh — 26 February 2011 @ 7:04 pm