Greetings all,
We are considering moving to London (from Seattle) for a couple of years. I am trying to sort out costs and one big cost factor is of course a vehicle. I did a very quick online search, which showed that Seattle annual TCO is $2500-$4000 whereas in England it is about 4400 Pounds, roughly twice as much. So I understand the cost difference, I am trying to understand the need difference, so to speak.
I have always lived where a vehicle is required (at least if you explore and get outdoors a lot), but one can clearly get around much better London/UK/Europe without a vehicle than you can in the vast majority of the US. But how true is this if you spend most of your free time exploring, getting out, trying to poke around into less traveled corners? I am trying to gauge how long we (2 adults and a 4 year old) can make do without a vehicle. We would be living in East London and would use Flexcar for daily trips, so this vehicle would be strictly for weekends of biking, hiking, kayaking, etc and for vacation.
Advice and comments much appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris.
We are considering moving to London (from Seattle) for a couple of years. I am trying to sort out costs and one big cost factor is of course a vehicle. I did a very quick online search, which showed that Seattle annual TCO is $2500-$4000 whereas in England it is about 4400 Pounds, roughly twice as much. So I understand the cost difference, I am trying to understand the need difference, so to speak.
I have always lived where a vehicle is required (at least if you explore and get outdoors a lot), but one can clearly get around much better London/UK/Europe without a vehicle than you can in the vast majority of the US. But how true is this if you spend most of your free time exploring, getting out, trying to poke around into less traveled corners? I am trying to gauge how long we (2 adults and a 4 year old) can make do without a vehicle. We would be living in East London and would use Flexcar for daily trips, so this vehicle would be strictly for weekends of biking, hiking, kayaking, etc and for vacation.
Advice and comments much appreciated.
Cheers,
Chris.