What Will You Do?

[FletchCossie]

I'm just curious what people's plans are for when petrol/insurance gets to such a price you cannot afford to run a 2nd car anymore? Store it for occasional use or sell/break it?

I've got a few plans for my Esc Cos this year, yet I keep thinking about reducing to one car as petrol, insurance, etc has all gone up and will continue to increase. Is it worth the financial stress in the long run when your car may become worthless or keep upgrading the one car to newer, cheaper to run models?

[warrenpenalver]

depends how fucked up this country gets. Even if fuel prices doubles/triples in the next few years it will still be affordable for enthusiasts, will just mean you cant go out as much as you used to.

For a significant proportion of cossie owners it wont make any difference as they dont drive thier cars now let alone when the prices go up.

its only fuel that is going out of control spiralling unchecked upwards. insurance and maintenance etc will not go up anywhere near the same as the costs are differently made.

The much bigger problem is they can tax the motorist to the hilt if they want but it will eventually reach the point where further taxation wont achieve an increase in revenue to the UK as people wont be able to afford to get to work/better off on benefits etc that the economy will suffer as a result.

unless of course the government dont give a shit and go for ruining the country totally

in terms of oil prices, i hope most the OPEC states collapse and end up with pro-western governments with the oil prices interfered with by the US. Bad for world politics, yes, good for oil prices if the price speculation/rip off excuses to hike the costs are removed.

Either that or we need a massive new oil reserve found somewhere and the company/country running the oil field refuses to go into the price fixing oil price market system we have now and chooses to compete with other oil producing countries thus forcing global prices down.

future doesnt look rosy for us really

Im thinking with family in US i might be better off emigrating selfish yes, but what can i do to change things in the UK? nothing, so i might as well look after no 1 for once.

[Ben Purnell]

I don't want to think about it, I couldn't see me getting rid of it I would just use it less I suppose

[fordrallycar]

I will not sell the cosworth just use it less

[blacky]

My second car is my only car with me using the quad for work I actuay have a little spare cash to work through the small list of jobs it needed

[bumblebeebok]

Think of all the big block v8 boys,makes the escort look quite economical when running off boost

[AJC]

Petrol going up won't change anything.

Whilst using your second car, your not using your first car.

[aaroncast]

EVERYTHING IS GOING UP-UP-UP-UP-UP AND WILL CONTINUE FOR YEARS TO COME,MAKE NO MISTAKE-THINGS =-PRICES NEVER RETURN TO NORMALITY THE PLANET WILL GOES TITS UP AND IT WILL ! ITS JUST A MATTER OF TIME ENJOY YOURSELF NOW YOU WONT BE ABLE TO SOON.
THE WORLD IS UNSTABLE-MASS FOOD SHORTAGES ETC ETC ETC-SOMETHINGS GOT TO GIVE DONT YOU THINK??-------------

[richyx]

use the bike

[blacky]

It's been on the news with the trouble in the middle east file prices will be going up

What happens to all the fuel from the north sea??

[spiritof'76]

Petrol going up won't change anything.

Whilst using your second car, your not using your first car.

No........ but the wife is .......... unless i take the keys out with me, accidently on purpose

[bullett]

i will still want a car to enjoy rather than just an every day car.fuck em i say

[warrenpenalver]

destruction of OPEC is the way forward. Then they will be forced to compete with each other rather than artificially keeping the prices high by limiting production.

Shame that would involve invading most member states to get them to leave OPEC as being in OPEC keeps them greedily rich.

[Cochyn]

You conform with negative people who just give up, or you make do and maybe have to reduce the use your 2nd car or toy to weekends only. Simples!

If its sitting in the garage, then its not exactly wasting your money is it

[Cossie col]

This oil thing is bullshit, plenty out there just everyone is saving there's and limiting production as said to make prices high. Government don't give a shit as the higher oil prices go the more them fookers make to waste will still use mine as weekend toy like it's always been but maybe a bit less