Super-saving parents save £3,500 ditching their car and travelling by bus or bike
A frugal couple with four children have saved thousands of pounds by ditching their car and travelling everywhere on foot or bus - and even go on holiday by train.
Ruth and Tom Cumming, both 38, got fed up of rocketing garage bills to keep their car running which they used to ferry their children around.
When they were told their ten-year-old VW Touran would cost hundreds to repair when it broke down again last January, they sold it for £2,000.
The family now walk or cycle to school and work and for longer journeys take the bus and go on holiday by train.
Ruth and Tom live with their children Andrew, ten, Joel, nine, and four-year-old twins Samuel and Naomi, in Bournville, Birmingham.
The city is currently ranked one of the highest in the UK for car ownership.
Ruth, who runs her own sewing business, reckons the family have saved at least £3,500 on fuel and running costs since ditching the car.
She said: “We haven’t looked back from the day we got rid of the car.“It’s really liberating, I feel a real sense of freedom that we don’t have to worry about the admin of the car.
“We don’t have to worry about repairs.
"The money saving is great, I mean ultimately, that’s why we didn’t want to be dependent on a car.
“It’s nice to say we do it for environmental reasons and that, of course, is part of it but we just have never had the budget to have a really reliable car.
“With the cost of living crisis and higher fuel bills, I think a lot of people are taking a look at their car and thinking whether they really need it.”
相關影片推薦
- 1:4131歲接家業! 殷琪婚姻兩度觸礁又未婚生子民視影音362,624 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:45華航空姐「酒醉鬧機」遭拒載 小港機場咆哮找立委|#鏡新聞鏡新聞13,021 次觀看・20 小時前
- 2:41胡瓜被傳拿4千萬元離婚丁柔安 現身喊空穴來風「永遠不會發生」娛樂星聞5,948 次觀看・19 小時前
- 2:18乖乖存穩穩賺 鎖定「含金湯匙」ETF進擊的荷包52,750 次觀看・2 天前
- 0:28殷琪遭爆涉運毒 誤買含大麻產品獲不起訴華視影音39,219 次觀看・1 天前
- 1:18具荷拉鉅額遺產媽媽拿不到! 判決出爐網友狂讚:遲來的正義娛樂星聞417,537 次觀看・3 天前
- 1:41罹癌寮國移民中威力球423億元頭獎 美國史上獎金第八高 將一次領137億「專心對抗病魔」Yahoo奇摩(國際通)57,869 次觀看・1 天前
- 2:01智利男金屬探測器找路邊硬幣 一周換到新電視 還挖出金飾Yahoo奇摩(國際通)3,402 次觀看・22 小時前
- 1:40消費者蝦皮智取店取貨 包裹竟被拆封、商品不見東森新聞影音7,314 次觀看・2 天前
- 2:00吃到飽"可利亞"最後分店熄燈 老闆娘喊話兒:把店開回來民視影音8,504 次觀看・16 小時前