As I have a severely disabled daughter my car usage remains the same. However I have altered the way I drive, less of banging my foot down on the accelerator and less use of brakes which according to the onboard computer as increased my Mpg from 37 to 43 Mpg.

I live on the East Coast and have never seen so much traffic as over the holiday period. Probably things will quieten down now the holidays are over

No

No. It costs more to go the same distance but it's a cost that has to be absorbed. This raises the cost of living and everyone ends up with less cash in their pocket. Same with booze, smokes and anything else that might be considered slightly pleasurable.

The Government know we will absorb this cost so keep putting the tax up.

One of my personal goals is to move somewhere warm when I retire. I will probably build in the taxation policies of the retirement destination and hopefully end up somewhere in the UAE where you can probably still fill a car for less than a tenner (whilst getting your windscreen cleaned, water checked etc)

It's beginning to.

£70 to fill up is not now the sort of expense you want twice a week.

yes, do not go away in the campervan so often now, diesel round here £1.41-£1.42, service last week £200, insurance £266, its going back to the early 70's era where any car was a luxury