I save a huge amount of money compared to somebody with a car. HUGE.

I don’t have to pay off the car, I don’t need to buy a driver’s licence, I don’t need to pay road tax, I don’t need to pay for an annual MOT, I don’t need to pay for service checkups, I don’t need to pay for fuel/oil/fluids/parts that wear out or break, I don’t need to pay for insurance, I don’t need to pay for parking spaces, etc etc.

All I need to pay for is a bus, tram, or train ticket, and I can easily get anywhere in the city with minimal walking time.

And heck, that’s cheap. All the buses are capped at £2.00 regardless of the journey length, for example! Two quid!

There are a lot of other benefits too. For example, I don’t have to worry that someone will nick my car, and I don’t have to make sure I live somewhere with parking available.

Owning a car just seems like such a ball and chain, especially considering how fragile that relationship can be. One day everything’s great, the next day boom, you need to fork out 2 grand for repairs, or maybe the car’s just… gone.