I hate having all this enviromental rubbish rammed down my throat by smug idiots with nice sensible cars that have better emissions. So blinded are these so called eco-friendly people by the utter chuff that they've been told by such trustworthy people as "The Government" and the "Daily Mail" that they seem to be unable to understand 2 things, one is simple maths and the other is simple logic...
Simple Maths:- (this relates to people selling their cars due to new tax laws)
Why are people selling a car worth £10k, depreciating at <£2k a year to buy a new eco car at £25k that depreciates at £4k a year to save £100 a year
thus the depreciation on a new car easily outweighs the £100-£200 more a year in road tax. Thus saving you a whopping -£2k, plus interest. Pathetic & short sighted... simple maths really.
Simple Logic:- (this relates to people giving me jip about my car being a 'gas guzzler')
I think that all the focus on buying new more efficient cars is disgusting. Building a new car from mud and oil must be more damaging than the puny emissions of a secondhand car that has been correctly maintained and passes the MOT with flying colours. I think that the goverment should be focussing on encouraging the purchasing of secondhand cars and making the MOT more stringent to ensure that all cars are correctly maintained but they never will because they don't make money from it. Environmental concerns my big ginger hairy ***!
My S2 has had 7 owners so that's 7 cars that have not been built from scratch... with that in mind it doesn't really matter what comes out the exhaust and let's face it, it'll never be flowers and bunny rabbits...
I enjoyed that
Simple Maths:- (this relates to people selling their cars due to new tax laws)
Why are people selling a car worth £10k, depreciating at <£2k a year to buy a new eco car at £25k that depreciates at £4k a year to save £100 a year
thus the depreciation on a new car easily outweighs the £100-£200 more a year in road tax. Thus saving you a whopping -£2k, plus interest. Pathetic & short sighted... simple maths really.Simple Logic:- (this relates to people giving me jip about my car being a 'gas guzzler')
I think that all the focus on buying new more efficient cars is disgusting. Building a new car from mud and oil must be more damaging than the puny emissions of a secondhand car that has been correctly maintained and passes the MOT with flying colours. I think that the goverment should be focussing on encouraging the purchasing of secondhand cars and making the MOT more stringent to ensure that all cars are correctly maintained but they never will because they don't make money from it. Environmental concerns my big ginger hairy ***!
My S2 has had 7 owners so that's 7 cars that have not been built from scratch... with that in mind it doesn't really matter what comes out the exhaust and let's face it, it'll never be flowers and bunny rabbits...
I enjoyed that
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