PeterE wrote:

Robin May wrote:
Paul Weaver wrote the following in:
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You can always hire a car too

Are you really trying to say car hire is cheaper than travelling by
train? Are you sane?

If you're talking about standard fares (not discounted ones booked way
advance) then it certainly is for many longer journeys, especially if you're
taking more than one person.

So you don't phone up and book a hire car in advance?

A standard class return from Manchester to London is £175 now, you know.

So what.

Are you really trying to say car hire, for two people, is dearer than that?
Are you sane?

Can you get from Manchester to London return same day in a hire car for less
than £20?

Thought not.

John B