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Are diesel cars the spawn of satan?
Supposedly new labour had it wrong- diesel might mean less co2 per mile but it may emit more nasties, and the new EU regs mean we can look forward to them getting taxed out of existence. Unless they are being used for commercial purposes in which case carry on as you were.
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diesels ripped my flesh!!
Are Bikes still OK ?
It may happen one day, but by then electric cars will be cheap and the charging infrastructure will be ready. At that point petrol cars will be outdated too,
Anyway the Mrs noted it and suggested we upgrade the x5. I'm a bit wary of spiffing s load of money on a new car only for the councils to change their mind again and decide everything which isn't electric is to be taxed to death too. Islington council can stick it up their mum's arse
A bloke who lives in Islington complaining about the cost of running his 4x4
Mind you, they should ban meat first. That is the biggest contributor to pollution, water wastage and food energy wastage. If only it wasn't so tasty!
well not complaining as such - its not like Im going to sell it just because some muppet at the council just invented a new way to tax me.
I might think twice before buying a second one, mind
Stuff diesel, I'll settle for the 15 mpg I get around town in the petrol job.
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Erm, where do you think they'll get the hydrogen from in the first place?
With bigger and heavier vehicles, like Islington tractors, diesel is a must.
Didn't Chiswick do this 4x4 parking charge increase thing some time ago? Basically adding ??300 to he charge of you drove a big diesel?
.. She doesn't get the irony at all
Those anti Fracking campaigners do more harm than good Dave, most people can't wait for Cuadrilla to get in there and improve the site.
And as for fracking down Oil Sites Rd in the Port, can only be an improvement
No supercharging for me. 5.5ltr V8.
And a road tax levy of £500 to bring me down a peg or two.
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There was I thinking that the Islington X5 contribution was a fantastic wind up that caught at least 2 pundits. Great trolling!
So my 30,000 miles a year diesel, which does 50+ mpg around town and 60+ mpg on that sodding M6 is a thing from Hades? The CO2 emissions figure allows a £30 road tax. I'd like to see someone cycle 100 miles each way to get to work on a daily basis. Why do I do it? Because, Mr Exchequer, this is what they call the Service Sector Economy. You travel to where you are needed, and for me that is in a different place every day.
I laugh like a drain when the Local Authority look at the local transport network to make it "safer". All they do is create more bottle necks. Never done a day's work in their life, half of these local politicians.
Islington council tends to go early on things like this. Speed humps, overly zealous blocking of roads. 20 miles per hour speed limit ... Now the diesel tax.
This is only the start of it of course. I suspect that by 2020 we'll be looking at taxes on more than just diesel cars.
Tell you what though. I would buy a Prius before I start cycling around London though. That really is for the nutters.
And I bloody hate priuses
Troll.
Let's place a Nuclear Power Station in Islington. After all, they are safe.
Your average nuclear station is a square concrete building..... Oh see what you mean about Islington
I will buy a fully electric car as soon as they are a viable proposition. Our weekly car mileage is probably about 80miles so one charge a Week would do us. Seems like a no brainier for us Londoners.