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    Date change forEV/HYBRID introduction

    Greenmans comment about early car ownership are valid, however society is now vastly different to then, in those days the vast majority of workers worked within walking distance of work, they had to, there was no transport. How we square This circle of getting people to work who don’t live close...
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    Date change forEV/HYBRID introduction

    Unfortunately we have seen how the government business model works with diesel, encourage everyone to swop then up the tax on them, same business model drug dealers use, once the punter is hooked then you can up the price. Several good articles in the daily mail today, and I would like to see...
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    Date change forEV/HYBRID introduction

    Interesting thread, article in today’s Daily Mail said the treasury are looking at road pricing, logically it’s the only way they can go, that cannot afford to give up the 40 billion pound they currently get from ICE cars. They cannot tax the electric as they don’t know what’s it’s being used...
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    Bristol diesel ban

    Birmingham now
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    Bristol diesel ban

    After Bristol, York will be banning all cars from within the walls and Oxford are also bring a ban on combustion engined vehicles, I feel sure many other’s, if not all cities, will jump on the bandwagon and ban or charge for roads we have paid for already, anyone for a Johnny cab.
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    Bristol diesel ban

    I am not at all worried, I’m am fully confident that our politicians will give us a substantial reduction in our road tax as we will not be able to use the roads, I’m am sure they are about to do the same because they are stealing our road space to make bus and cycle lanes, after all, it would...
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    Poor service

    I agree not the end of the world, but still disappointing. Went there first thing this morning and started it, yes they agree there is a noise for he first few minutes but they can find no faults so have deemed it a feature when first started, probably something to do with the emission...
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    Poor service

    So we noticed a funny noise from the exhaust on starting our 2019 B200, the exhaust sounded like an outboard motor for the first few minutes, once star it didn’t do it again until started fresh the next day. So we booked it in with Mercedes Cambridge, on arrival we went straight to the service...
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    Electric lorry

    I have no problem with trucks, I do have a problem if someone overtakes in an inappropriate vehicle, ie one that can only travel at One MPH faster than the vehicle being overtaken, thus holding everyone else up. It seems it’s only trucks that do this but I would be equally frustrated if a car or...
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    Electric lorry

    Just seen an article showing a Stretch of motorway in Germany that has had overhead electric lines installed so that lorries can hook up like an electric train, fantastic I thought but then I wondered as it is only on the near side lane how will they be able to pull out to overtake their mate...
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    Automatic transmission or manual in a sporty Merc?

    Probably 80% of new BMWs are auto now, look at the 0 to 60 for identical cars and the auto version is always quicker. Personally I prefer autos, especially with today’s roads and it doesn’t seem to put racing drivers off, giving up control of the clutch. So to each their own, and long may we...
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    Extinction Rebelion roadrage

    I do believe in the right to peaceful protest, but I also believe that does not give you the right to permanently disrupt the lives of other people. Their right to go about their daily business unhindered trumps their right to protest. What will happen is because of their abuse of the right of...
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    Nice car..........Poor driving.

    For some reason a lot of drivers think the nearside (lane 1)is only for HGV’s and refuse to use it, although the Ferrari driver was wrong to undertake so blatantly I can’t help feeling if he could get passed three cars there was more than sufficient space for them to get over to lane one and not...
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    Highways England Confesses that Congestion Schemes...

    I am sure they would love you to leave the car at home and use public transport. They would still get the road tax, initial vat and car tax etc. For public transport to work it needs to be cheap, reliable and regular, it’s not so bad in cities but is awful in rural areas, many people simply...
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    When I become president...

    Saw an advert recently for a MGB automatic, said it was very rare, of course what they didn’t say was the reason they are rare is because no one wanted them.
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    Driving too close on motorway

    I have always been of the opinion that Unless the person undertaking is driving dangerously and cutting You up etc then you are in the wrong lane, if there is enough space to pass you on the inside and pull out in front of you safely then you should not be in the overtaking lane. Many drivers...
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    Driving too close on motorway

    I would be surprised if the police use non standard number plates, if memory serves me correctly all number plates must conform the BS whatever it is and this must be displayed on the number plate to show that is does, I cannot think why, or under what legislation the police would be exempt.
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    Spare Petrol Can

    Not wishing to be pedantic but surely even with a can of fuel in the boot you have still run out, the only difference is you have the means to put some in when you have run out, if you are prepared to carry 5 litres in a can surely you can ensure you have an extra 5 lites in the tank. Get into...
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    What was your first ever car?

    Triumph Herald 12/50, £25.00 with a rotten chassis and no MOT, made new chassis members up and welded them up, passed its MOT. Used to drive it until it run out petrol, run to the boot pulled the fuel reserve lever and then I had exactly 20 miles until it run out for real.
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    To the dark side

    I deliver BMW’s for a living and the m140 is one of my favourites. De-badge it and most people won’t know it from a 118i (although like most makers the badge means nothing, its got a 1.5 litre with 136bhp). It really is a rocket ship, drive it gently through town and tree huggers wont throw...
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