Monday, April 16, 2012
Family find a unique way of beating fuel duty
The British public have come up with a variety of ways of keeping fuel expenses to a minimum. Some have chosen to drive less. Others have filled their tanks up with whisky (not advisable). However, few would have been prepared to trade their trusty vehicles in for a horse and cart.
A family from Essex have bucked the trend by calling their white and grey Lipizzaner horses into action. They claim that the chosen method of transport for people in the nineteenth and even early twentieth centuries still has a place in today's technologically focused society.Apparently they are far more reliable than both the Kia Sportage and the Nissan Micra to name a couple. They are also reported to offer a more pleasurable off-road experience than the typical 4X4.
One of the horse owners said, “The price of fuel these days is extortionate – it wasn’t that long ago I could put £20 in the Land Rover and it would fill it up to a quarter of a tank, but now it won’t even stop my fuel warning light.
“The horses need feeding and exercising anyway so it just makes sense. In the current economic climate it’s also very expensive keeping horses – but now they are definitely earning their keep.”
Of course the one major downside to travelling by horse and cart is the time that longer journeys can take. With an average speed of around 4mph, a trip between the UK's major cities could take days. However, for leisurely countryside trips there's nothing to beat good old fashioned horse power.
Photo © foilman via Flickr under Creative Commons Licence
Labels: drive, Essex, fuel, horse and cart, Kia Sportage, Land Rover, Lipizzaner, Nissan Micra, off-road, transport, vehicles
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