Buying (shhh!) a used car

[Grahamm]

pitfalls like all vehicles, they need to be used occasionally to make sure brakes/bearings etc dont seize etc.
need to find somewhere to park it that wont be in the way
will get depreciation even if you dont use it
will still need to be serviced/insured/taxed/MOT etc even if you dont use it
pay a high price, depreciation is higher. pay peanuts and ignore servicing etc - when it dies, replace it.

Ok, that's some good points.

I can park it on the street outside my house, not a problem and I suppose I'd need to take it around the block occasionally just to make sure everything stays working.  I was thinking of getting a simple solar panel charger to keep the battery topped up.

Depreciation isn't an issue, nor big servicing, if I can't fix it myself and I've done more than about 30 trips in it (assuming it costs around £2k), that would pretty much cover the costs, so I'd dump it and get another one.

Insurance would be through a 6 wheel policy, I'd be looking for something in a low insurance group and I wouldn't be doing many miles in it. I may have an issue in that I've never actually passed a car test, but I have 15 years of bike experience and plenty of NCB (apparently bike NCB counts towards cars, but car NCBs don't count towards bikes!)

Benefits - when the weather is really sh!te you will keep drier
If you need to pick up something big or heavy you dont have to worry about it fitting in the top box
You can sleep in it if you need to
you can do a tip run in the car/van but cant on the bike

All good points again :thumbup

you can take old relatives to appointments

Don't have any of those (old relatives, not appointments, that is ) but still useful.

you can turn up at a wedding/funeral without having to get changed again

Done both of those not really an issue :lol