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I have never had a parking ticket or a speeding fine, been clamped or fined for going in a bus lane in my car. But then I only got my licence a year ago.
I did get a parking fine for parking my motorcycle in a Westminster motorcycle bay, after they had introduced charges and I didn't know about it. I responded by almost never going to Westminster to shop, see films or go out ever again.
Nobody from outside London should try and drive in london. They will get beeped at for their curious provincial customs, like waiting for traffic lights to actually turn green. To drive in London you have to be "assertive".
I don't care about the cost of fuel, even though the best my car has ever got is 29mpg, and more typically it's struggling to make 20mpg. I do less than 4000 miles a year, and the extra cost of buying a diesel version and of the fuel itself will not be recovered over that distance. Even super unleaded is economy motoring for me. I do wish it would go a little further between fillups though, but I feel the same about my Vespa.