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Old 19 October 2010, 07:27 PM
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Own my MK5 Golf GTi outright, but sometimes go weeks without driving it (live in London).

Tax, Insurance and depreciation + £10k in my pocket are strong arguments for selling it and using streetcar. Anyone have any thoughts / experience?

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Old 19 October 2010, 08:03 PM
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Makes perfect sense to me.
Although I have no experience of Street Car, whatever that is.

Just googled it.... seems ok if you're happy driving around in a bland eurobox.
No doubt you could hire a better car from somewhere else for high days and holidays

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Old 19 October 2010, 08:52 PM
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if you only drive locally then would a taxi be cheaper? and door to door so save on parking
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yep no brainer in London, where car ownership is more a state of mind
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Depends if you like being the 'enthusiast' owner of a car - looking after it, washing, polishing it, driving it!

If it is merely a way of getting around and you are not using it, get shot!

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