Why buy new diesel cars?

[Dippo]

Read it carefully - "Phased out from 2018" - so that's the date they start phasing them out.

He wants a further 300 zero emission buses on the streets by 2020. According to TFL, there are 9300 buses in London. Not that many to change then!

https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/about-tfl/what-we-do/buses

 

[Yugguy]

So, I won't be able to drive into London??? Who in their right minds does that anyway?

 

[geraldrobins]

So, I won't be able to drive into London??? Who in their right minds does that anyway?

You will have to get a ride in a diesel taxi instead!!!

 

[TheFoX]

Well there's more bad diesel press...

End of the road for London's 'dirty' diesel buses
End of the road for London's 'dirty' diesel buses - BBC News

And guess who's going to pay for all of this. The Taxpayer.

 

[markjay]

And guess who's going to pay for all of this. The Taxpayer.

This will only affect working people. Those on benefits, children and OAPs travel for free anyway.

 

[Spice52]

3.0 v6 turbo diesel merc

I got 53.2 mpg on a trip a couple of weeks ago, averaged 42 mph over a 40 mile trip

My friends 2ltr turbo petrol gets 24mpg

Can any of the great leaders please confirm that a car doing double the mileage per gallon is a negative thing and going to kill us??

In the same breath they agree to another runway in London

Go figure

 

[Delayed Steve]

3.0 v6 turbo diesel merc

I got 53.2 mpg on a trip a couple of weeks ago, averaged 42 mph over a 40 mile trip

My friends 2ltr turbo petrol gets 24mpg

Can any of the great leaders please confirm that a car doing double the mileage per gallon is a negative thing and going to kill us??

In the same breath they agree to another runway in London ������

Go figure

It's not the fuel economy that's the issue, it's the emissions. I can't help to think we've got VW to thank for this knee jerk response. It's given the green loons all the leverage they need.

 

[Deleted member 65149]

3.0 v6 turbo diesel merc I got 53.2 mpg on a trip a couple of weeks ago, averaged 42 mph over a 40 mile trip My friends 2ltr turbo petrol gets 24mpg Can any of the great leaders please confirm that a car doing double the mileage per gallon is a negative thing and going to kill us?? In the same breath they agree to another runway in London Go figure

Two sets of figures don't make for evidence of anything. I did a 195 mile trip yesterday on a mix of motorways, A & B roads, unclassified roads and Heathrow's multi-storey car park averaging 62mph and returning 38mpg in my 3.5ltr V6 petrol. So what? I'll tell you: my car chucked out less NOx than your diesel did during a journey of just a fifth of the distance. Using fuel doesn't kill, it's the pollutants chucked out of the back that do the killing.

 

[Dryce]

Using fuel doesn't kill, it's the pollutants chucked out of the back that do the killing.

I think one of the 'selling points' of the CO2 debate is that climate change does ultimately kill on the grand scale.

 

[Fady]

Is air pollution really a public health crisis? - BBC News

 

[gr1nch]

Petrolheads and dieselheads debating which is worse or better for the environment? Neither is good. If you really care, walk or ride a bicycle!

PS I'm loving my first diesel (1.9 TiD) and ordered a (3.0L) new replacement.

 

[Lennox]

Hey watch this video, 600+ miles from a New DB11??

https://youtu.be/hhxEOJEiA_w