another what car thread - epiphany reached. Bicycles instead

[xerxes]

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Does it have to be diesel?

With concerns about inner city air quality, there may be a backlash against diesel cars sometime in the near future. I can't find it now, but there was something on the radio which suggest that the government may increase the cost of diesel to make cleaner alternatives, including good ol' petrol, more appealing. Diesel cars may also be banned from some areas. If this happens, the used value of diesel cars may well plummet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30349398

Good news for me, I hate riding behind the stinky things.

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: another what car thread - car for 40,000 a year+

Don't get me started on egr! Blanked mine off within a week of purchase!

The egr left the missus stranded in the A14. Bloody AA claimed dpf failure. It was just a dead egr. Seen loads of vauxhall with the dreaded black crap.

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: another what car thread - car for 40,000 a year+

Yes. I'm considering petrol next. Fed up with derv

 

[drcarlos]

Re: Re:

Does it have to be diesel?

With concerns about inner city air quality, there may be a backlash against diesel cars sometime in the near future. I can't find it now, but there was something on the radio which suggest that the government may increase the cost of diesel to make cleaner alternatives, including good ol' petrol, more appealing. Diesel cars may also be banned from some areas. If this happens, the used value of diesel cars may well plummet.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-30349398

Good news for me, I hate riding behind the stinky things.

Quite right there is lots if you google for nitrogen dioxide and motorway speed restrictions, also they are talking about banning them from Paris and I don't think Brussels and Berlin will be too far behind if they do.

Carl

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: another what car thread - car for 40,000 a year+

Yes, diesel cars from around 2012/13 actually put out more NO2 when the engines are cold or at idle due to the then emission controls on the engines to get CO2 down to a mininum

during the recent london bus driver strike, the NO2 pollution dropped somewhat...

And Oxford St has 'used' its annual pollution amount already

I wouldnt have a job if people stopped buying cars ... kind of stuck with that one for now.

 

[legrandefromage]

Re: another what car thread - car for 40,000 a year+

Unfortunately I work in the second hand car industry - I should now be called Arfer, smoke cigarillos and wear cheap suits.

This gives me access to hundreds of service centres and all the anecdotal stories I could possibly want about real world driving and cars.

Being of sound mind, I can then take the mean of all these stories and get a pretty good idea of what is what. So why the thread? I just wanted some imagination to see what I'd missed. Saab had never crossed my mind, dismissed as rehashed GM. Petrol, the recent u-turn on diesel and the NO2 issue has put me back onto LPG or at least a frugal petrol.

So, as my current car actually works, I am going to invest the money in bicycles again and other stuff that makes me smile rather than bloody cars.

Thank you for your time.

Phoooaaarrrr!

 

[legrandefromage]

*and the missus has just agreed with me and 'allowed' me to get spending on bicycle bits again.

 

[The History Man]

Schils?

 

[legrandefromage]

Schils?

Working on it

 

[66 triumph daytona]

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Wow you are lucky with such an understanding missus.I salute your priorities and fully agree with you.Now,the big question,with all that cash what are you going to get?New thread-what should LGF get with his wad of cash....