Now this is madness.... - Bobbin Threadbare

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-20532873

Over £50k for a parking space!

Now this is madness.... - RT

I bet that's cheap by London prices !

Now this is madness.... - dacouch

There are at least two hyper luxury blocks of flats in central London that charge £150k per year for secure parking under the blocks

Now this is madness.... - jamie745

An 'open air' parking space?

And I thought NCP were pricey.

Now this is madness.... - madf

Whta's £50k when you are worth £millions?

Petty change...

Now this is madness.... - jamie745

Yes us poor peasants have to make do with just normal parking.

Now this is madness.... - Engineer Andy

Wouldn't it be cheaper to have a car + chauffeur for hire? The chauffeur could keep the car at his home and drive to pick you up wherever and wehenever you wanted, or you could just use posh taxis! Then at least if you wanted to have a few on a Friday night (at a posh wine bar, after dining at Stein's Restaurant, of course), you could get home ok.

Edited by Engineer Andy on 29/11/2012 at 13:14

Now this is madness.... - oldroverboy.

Wouldn't it be cheaper to have a car + chauffeur for hire?

Its called a taxi! we were in london last week and as there were 4 of us we shared taxis and all in all it was a good experience for mostly less than zone 1 and 2 tickets, without the sardine packed tubes and the lines out of order, route diversions and replacement buses... and the bus drivers trained in how to lurch away...and non emergency emergency braking tests. but parking at westfield in shepherds bush for £7.50 a day. what a bargain.

Now this is madness.... - Bobbin Threadbare

Parking to shop near where I live is pretty cheap (couple of quid all day) but I have been forced to pay £15 in Manchester - another good reason not to use the car there....!

Now this is madness.... - jamie745

It's amazing how so many towns and cities practice vindictive hate against the motorcar and then wonder why all their shops are closing.

Now this is madness.... - madf

It's amazing how so many towns and cities practice vindictive hate against the motorcar and then wonder why all their shops are closing.

+1

I have to say I agree 100% with jamie..:-)

Most of the administrations prove they are both vindictive and dumb...

Now this is madness.... - unthrottled

Their 'solution' is to lobby government to force out of town shopping centres to charge for parking.

Now this is madness.... - madf

I make it a policy to only shop with free parking - or money back if you shop with us - unless absolutely forced to do otherwise. This means I only frequent supermarkets with cost free parking (I am happy to pay a refundable deposit)..

The centre of Stoke on Trent is slowly dying as a result of many other shoppers following the same policy... Needless to say Stoke on Trent council is a model of incompetence and financial mismanagement but hey the same dumb voyers vote the same dumb political party in power year after year.

Edited by madf on 30/11/2012 at 15:25

Now this is madness.... - Collos25

I agree totally with Jamie I recently visited my Mother in the UK she lives close to Bradford I had to go into the centre I was so surprised as to how much it had deterioted since the last visit to cap it all there seemed to be an army of Traffic control officers very expensive and very little parking .There was a multitude of empty shops plenty of drug dealers, filthy streets with plenty of drunkards and beggars and no effective police and no workable public transport.

Now this is madness.... - RT

My local council removes all the town centre short term parking changes in December to boost trade in the run up to Xmas but are too blinkered to see any benefit of keeping it permanent

Now this is madness.... - madf

My local council removes all the town centre short term parking changes in December to boost trade in the run up to Xmas but are too blinkered to see any benefit of keeping it permanent

+1

Now this is madness.... - jamie745

Their 'solution' is to lobby government to force out of town shopping centres to charge for parking.

Which will result in every out of town retailer - who doesn't sell food - going the way of Comet as the Government facilitate the 100% takeover of the internet and the complete destruction of shopping.

she lives close to Bradford I had to go into the centre

Say no more. Bradford these days has been so overwhelmed by uncontrolled immigration that it is literally like downtown Islamabad. Every section of Bradford now has a ghetto where nobody speaks English. Everything is shut down and it's just drugs and betting shops left.

Now this is madness.... - Collos25

You forgot the 1pound shops and the pawnbrokers and the hole in the ground where the shopping centre used to be.Your bang on correct Jamie.

Now this is madness.... - jamie745

Someone has stolen Collos' login details.

Now this is madness.... - Collos25

Don´t you belive it.