Recent content by Avocet

It's absolutely entirely down to CO2 emissions. Nothing else matters to the manufacturers now. An extra fraction of an MPG off the official fuel consumption figure is neither here nor there, but an extra couple of grammes per km off the official combined CO2 figure would have most emissions...

No, I haven't. It generally costs as least as much as an oil change. It's routinely done in ships though. Interestingly, Delco did develop an integrated oil level and quality sensor, some years ago, but that went very quiet... Almost like neither the oil companies nor the manufacturers, nor the...

You should be able to. DVLA certainly can, but maybe you can't do it on the freebie ones? The manufacturer will record everything (warranty work, service history, etc) by VIN. The VIN is the only part of the vehicle's identity that can never change.

An EV would work very well for that indeed. The next question, is how much do you want to spend? We convert the e-Rifter (the Peugeot-badged Berlingo replacement) for wheelchair access at work. The e-Partner is the van version of the same vehicle. It won't do 150 miles at motorway speeds...

What sort of payload do you need, and could you charge at home if it was an EV? Does it ever do long runs?

Yes, it's absolutely filthy. But not trying to do anything about traffic pollution because the air quality in the underground is poor, is a bit like not trying to do anything about knife crime because some people have guns.

...okay... :rolleyes: I guess we need some "patriots" to storm the capital and stop them "stealing our democracy"...?

Really? About 15% of the population of greater London? Are Muslims the only ones who vote in mayoral elections?!

Strangely, the pollution move around too... And it's simply not true to say there's no escaping it. That's what some folk said about the infamous London smogs before the Clean Air Act was passed. Plenty of cities over the years, have improved their air quality and there's absolutely no reason...

Sounds terrible! You'd have thought the electorate would have hung him out to dry for that one!;)

:ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: One might be forgiven for thinking he'd run out of arguments... ;)

2023... That was before Khan got re-elected, for the second time, wasn't it...?

Well, I'm not so stupid as to be unable to spot that you've chosen a poor example! :) To make your example more like the situation we're talking about, it would have to be something like: "You can have coal and town gas, but you must pay me £20/day + your regular bill". Alternatively, you can...

No, I'll bet it wasn't!:ROFLMAO: Except it didn't. It looked at air quality across a variety of locations. It analysed the pollutants. It tracked the sources. It went for the lowest hanging fruit first. Now we're in the happy position where we can start looking at other sources of poor air...

How does it go? Ah! I remember! "You lost, get over it"... Well, living in a remote rural area and driving an EV, I do admit to being "quietly confident" when it comes to new ULEZs, yes...;) You weren't ""forced" to do anything. You could have chosen to keep your car and pay the ULEZ...