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What do I mean by transport well like myself who has driven almost all my life from a car, motorbike, lorry and even a tank to be without any form of transport is unbearable to say the least. A few months ago I had to sell my old Mercedes because all the wiring had to be replaced and would have cost a fortune to repair so she had to go and now for the first time in my life I haven't any means of getting from a to b, the only alternatives are to borrow my wifes car or worst of all use the bus. To have a car sitting on the driveway just in case is a must but for me there isn't one and I'm forced to use public transport which is very inconvenient. We live in a village and the bus is only every hour and it costs way too much to get to the local town or if you have to go to the nearest city for whatever reason then you have to take out a mortgage to get there. Another reason that a car is important is that if something happens to myself or to a member of my family God forbid I have no transport, my wife uses her car to go to work, my daughters car is used by her fiance to get to his place of work so I'm stuck having to use the bus or hitch hike, ok but what if an emergency occurs what do I do? At my age there's no way that I can walk great distances, don't get me wrong I'm not an invalid but walking in an emergency would be impossible so I need a car but I haven't one, I could get a loan to buy one but I promised myself I would never take out a loan again as it would take forever to pay it back and all I want now is to pay all my loans back and then my pension is mine not some banks. What happens when the children who go to school break up for the summer then the buses change their schedule to save money which makes sense for them but for other people and myself it becomes almost impossible to get anywhere. The worst thing about not having a car apart from the above is that you lose your sense of independence and have to rely on someone or something else to travel and it's a terrible feeling, like for instance my son works three and a half hours from home and although he drives he hasn't yet got a car so he can't come home when he wants to or my wife who's car had to go to the mechanic to have it ready for the m.o.t so she had to use the bus. There is no substitute for a car whichever way you look at it and not to have one is an indiscribable feeling you lose that sense of being able to do or go wherever you want or need to when you want to so to end having a car is a must and without one then that's tough but as always there's a way around it. Well that's all for todays topic as I'm making myself depressed so if you enjoyed reading it then like, follow and share. Thank you. 

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