This is entirely incorrect. The small village I live in, in Scotland? The really crappy and unreliable public transport? Yep. I need a car if I want to get to the Reasonably Priced Supermarkets and transport the weekly shopping back home conveniently, for example.

Or if I need to travel to Place of Work/customer sites.

And then there's the long trips around the country when I want to embark on them.

So please. Don't tell me I don't need a car. Reality, practicality, beats ideology any day.