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What vehicle(s) do you drive on a regular basis?

ReganAndCarter said:
Not much use for that in congested city streets.
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But think how much asthma/lung cancer/etc it's not giving to the kids on the pavement as it makes its way slowly, efficiently round those streets

What's that you say? A motor that is start/stop by design and only consumes fuel as it's providing motive power? That's a crazy idea
 
Unless you walk over the edge and across the underside back to the start point

How thick do flat-earthers think the earth is btw?
 
I spent time on flat earth in Manitoba. Even there you could see it curving away from you if you stood on a rock
 
norseman said:
Daily > 27 year old BMW saloon, probably the best car I've ever owned.
Occasional > 38 year old Range Rover classic V8.

As you can see I'm not a fan of modern junk & I'll not be drawn into endless discussions about saving the f..... planet.
I've answered the original post .. I'm done (y)
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You ARE saving the planet!
By keeping the same cars on the road for 60+ years combined, you've avoided all pollution caused by production.
In the same time most people (who think they're green) have changed 10 cars if not more.
So, well done!

Don't let any of the eco-terrorists tell you otherwise, they're all thickos.
 
norseman said:
As you can see I'm not a fan of modern junk & I'll not be drawn into endless discussions about saving the f..... planet.
I've answered the original post .. I'm done (y)
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Good for you!

I can quite easily, go out and buy myself a brand-new EV, pay cash, and be on my way, but why? I run a big, very comfortable, and very economic top of the range, Rover 75 diesel. I've had it 16/17 years, it has never let me down, and tows my tourer caravan effortlessly. I wouldn't get far towing with an EV, even if it were legal to do so. On the sites I visit, there are simply no facilities to recharge EV's. My running costs are inexpensive, my insurance cheap, only the tax makes it expensive.

I don't make a lot of use of it, rather locally, I try to maximise use of buses, and my EV mobility scooter. When tested for smoke, come MOT time, it registers none, clean as a whistle. The way I use it, it rarely sees any congestion, mostly, it cruises effortlessly in 5th, barely ticking over, even towing.

Scraping perfectly good cars, means lots of energy in recycling. Building a replacement EV, involves a great deal more energy, and material used in the making - how is that helping save the planet?
 
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