(19 Jun 2021, 6:03 pm)Andreos1 wrote If you're anything like eldest Constantopolous or his mates, then you get a car.
Like most, they fall in to the categories mentioned previously (journey times, flexibility, comfort etc).
The only time I really feel like I need a car is if I need to get somewhere on a Sunday (but due to the archaic Sunday trading laws, that's rarely the case!)
For me, journey times aren't an issue, I'm lucky in that I can do my work from anywhere, so if I have a 2 hour bus journey I'm working for those two hours. The same journey may only take 40 minutes in the car, but those 40 minutes are 'wasted'. But I suppose if you work a 'normal' job, then that won't be the case.
As for the convenience, I suppose I'm also lucky in that I can literally see the bus stop from my window (I bought this house specifically based on public transport availability), and basically all of my family and friends live within a 2 minute walk of a bus stop.
That's not to say I won't get a car, I probably will (and it'll most certainly be electric because they're cheap to run), but I haven't reached the point yet where the inconvenience of a bus outweighs the increased cost of running a car.