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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I drive around 30,000 miles a year currently. I do not do that for fun, I do it because there is no reliable public transport infrastructure.
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Well, I am definitely older than 8 years myself, and I have been living in *my* little, backward corner of Europe for my entire life.
My car is 10 years old and I have 30,000 miles on the odometer by now. Most of that was accumulated during holidays, when we go to mountains, kayaking or camping. On most of those occasions I could have used alternative transport, but car is more convenient with a couple of small kids. Your mileage obviously does vary ;-), there are people here that do more than 30,000 miles per year, but that does not mean that the public transport system here is not extensive, reliable and affordable.