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This is a normal post I find that
driving there and back in my car works out cheaper and quicker than taking the train one way.

If I need to carry more than my phone it is always more convenient.

Public transport needs to have just one thing that makes it better than taking your car, especially if there is only one person travelling. It either needs to be more convenient, cheaper, or quicker.

It is none of the above.

If I wanted to go from Bristol to London right now on the train, it would cost me £34.80 one way (Super off peak single, Selected off-peak trains) and it would take two hours and involve a change. If I drove there and back it would cost £20 and take an hour and a half each way. If I filled my car with other people we could get there and back for just over a fiver each.

The most expensive ticket (first class, any train, any time) would cost £154.50.

I could get a return flight to Spain, with luggage, for less than that...
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 17:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post There are so many other reasons why train travel is shite too.
If you want the cheapest train tickets you have to go on a specific train which gives you little flexibility if plans change/meetings run over.

I don't have to stand for the entire journey in my car whilst busting for a piss.

I've never had to sit in my car with the stench of sewage seeping from an overflowing toilet.

I don't have to get out of my car to change into another car, or take a fucking bus for part of the journey.

My car doesn't go on strike, and there is no argument over who is allowed to close the doors.

I don't have to hold my farts in.

I don't have to try and avoid making eye contact with a pissed up, cross-eyed Glaswegian opposite me on the phone to his missus telling her not to let the social take their kids away...
 (I helped save b3ta! Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 20:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post My car doesn't leave me and my better half stranded at Haywards Heath at midnight
because it has decided to go to Eastbourne instead.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 20:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post My car has never been steamed by a group of feral yout'

(I helped save b3ta! The_cold_stare Coming here only when very, very bored, Thu 4 Jan 2018, 21:02, , Reply)
This is a normal post Steamed?
It appears I am unfamiliar with this practice and the googles come up with too many results when the words steam and train are mixed in a search.

What happens when `de yout` steam a train?
 (I helped save b3ta! My Name was saying these words inside your head on, Fri 5 Jan 2018, 13:22, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think the local children are taking steaming shits on cold stares car

(I helped save b3ta! Fadgebadger (1 like), Fri 5 Jan 2018, 14:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post When `de yout` steam a train
`de yout` get on at one station, rob the whole carriage while the train is moving, then get off at the next station.
 (I helped save b3ta! wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Fri 5 Jan 2018, 16:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post My car has never txt me to say I have no reliable way of getting home.

(I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Fri 5 Jan 2018, 9:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post My car has never hit a fox so hard and got so fucked that it was unable to move for 3 hours.
My car can drive over leaves.
My car can drive through a moderate amount of water.
My car is capable of navigating faulty signals.
My car doesn't have a shit sitting in the back seat constantly trying to flog me mars bars.
My car's wifi doesn't need all my passengers to provide their email only to grind to halt at select times and then have me email them stuff about how great I am.
Fuck trains, fuck trains..fucking, fuck trains!
 (I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Fri 5 Jan 2018, 9:32, , Reply)
This is a normal post
Trains can drive over leaves.
Trains can drive through a moderate amount of water.
Trains can be navigated through faulty signals.

Just saying.
 (eViLegion Chief Commissioner of the Scottish Lunacy Board, Fri 5 Jan 2018, 12:13, , Reply)
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Fucking pedant. With all three it takes some early or late afternoon safety committee comprised of fluorescent orange rail goblins to decide on it though...in the car you just close your eyes hit the accelerator and 9 times out of 10 it works out ok.
 (I helped save b3ta! transparenttown Dead to worse..., Fri 5 Jan 2018, 13:55, , Reply)