I ceased owning a car about a year and a half ago. Can’t say I’ve found myself missing it a great deal – I’m lucky enough to have friends who drive me most of the places I want to go riding, and I’m a named driver on both my housemate and my better half’s car, so I can get around when I need to. I also get lifts to work pretty much whenever I need, though I really ought to start riding in.
In a few months (February, I think) it’ll have been two years since I had a car, and I essentially lose my no claims bonus. So – should I buy myself a wee motor, making myself superskint but retaining the no claims, or should I just sack off having a car indefinitely since I clearly don’t actually need it and be able to buy nice shiny things that I actually want like a new full sus frame that I can actually pedal up hills?
For reference – I checked on confused.com, and with my current no claims insurance would be just under £500, after the two years is up it’d be £750. That’s on a 205 GTi.