Car insurance rises again – did driving just get prohibitively pricey?

I’m not a car-hater. Somehow, I’ve got two of them. I love driving. It’s fun, it’s powerful, it’s one of the best things about being born in the 20^th century. But it’s getting seriously expensive.

Cars are moneypits, that we all know. Buying one is often an exercise in trying to guess which will cost you the least over the next five to ten years.

Petrol prices are rising again and likely to go up further as a result of higher oil prices and, of course, Brexit. A desire to avoid the slings and arrows of yo-yo petrol prices is one reason I seriously looked into getting an electric vehicle this year, instead of my diesel guzzling Ford Zetec (solid family car, ok). I dream of solar panels charging my house and my car so that in ten years, smuggo here is paying next to nothing for electricity and motoring while everyone else is rationing jumpers and car sharing.