There was a time when running costs didn’t stop us doing things, these days you have to think twice and ask yourself do I need to make that trip? I miss racing, took time out and never went back. Couldn’t afford it now. My ZS will be with me into retirement, have plans to go hill climbing and carry on with track days. 7 years left on my mortgage and then the fun begins :shifty:

One of the down sides of refinement is a detachment from the experience imo.

modern cars are a lot better in that area even the tiny little things - with the forced moved to electric car companies just aren't spending the money on the outliers any more.
There are some exceptions like the gazoo racing yaris, but they are a dying breed.

I'm trying to get the zs back on the road, as while the fuel price is the same as the mustang it goes twice as far per L... my fear is with it being sat for so long (it moves but very short distances currently) that the MOT is going to be un-economical to sort. As sadly just occurred to my mum's MK1 TT that went to the scrapheap in the sky.

The costs of getting about puts a major dent on my movement - it costs me nearly £8 to to go do my weekly shopping & that's only 22 mile round trip (that's the nearest "big" supermarket to me).

But even with the costs for cars atm - trains are even worse unless you book a specific seat waaaaay in advance, and not every-one can be that inflexible :(