I never used to get anywhere without a car it as an essential part of myself but when the pays for petrol doubled in one year, I resolved not use the car except when absolutely necessary For exaple, I always used to take the car when I went to fetch the papers on Sunday mornings is only ten minutes walk away Now I go on foot. I tell myself that I'm not only economizing on petrol but keeping fit at the same time. It's all the question of habit, really. I'm sure you can get used to anything if you try and I already feel that I rely on the car less than I used to. Besides, now when we live on the surburbs I can walk down on the road and catch the bus to the office or any other part of the town. We used to live in the country about 50 miles from town and then I would frequently drive to and fro twice in one day. That ment I would use 15 gouls of petrol and more in a week. Now I need half of that. But the trouble is that I'm also getting used to the petrol prices. They don't seem so very high to me anymore. But perhaps it's easier to get accustomed to expensive petrol than to doing without the car.