DanB wrote:

Still a hugely stupid scheme. Dodge chargers it is. Doesn't apply to
imports either does it? They get banded based on the pre-2001 thing?
If that is the case, Mustang GT500s it is :-p

LWB Lincoln Town Car - 235bhp from a 4.6 V8 and 5.62m long, 1.99m wide.

"Krustov" wrote in message
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Mark W
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:42:01 +0100


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7519011.stm

Good idea - and it should be rolled out nationwide .

to be followed by all parking spaces in the city to be made one uniform
size
that's too small for big cars, or something like that.


Thats just silly .

What would be a good idea is to have most streets allocated to cars that
have a 1300cc (or less) engine .

OK. but think how the authorities are going to implement such a plan and the
additional record keeping, checking needed.
How about banning Gaz Gusslers from Edinburgh (to be rolled out nationally,
you hope) altogether? The Council could patrol the streets looking for such
things and tow them away for crushing. To the applause of most right
thinking people. You could say that someone who can afford to buy a Gas
Guzzler (tm) can well afford to replace it at a whim.

"Conor" wrote in message
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In article , DanB says...
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In article , Chris Whelan says...

Yebbut it will pollute more on its way to and from its parking space
surely?

Not as much as it will end up doing wandering round and round trying to
find a space under this scheme.


No that wouldn't happen, if you read the article, it's the cost of
permits.

The thing is that like in Bridlington and Scarboro for example, there
are permit free areas to park and it's these they'd be looking for.

Unless I've completely missed the point of the permit.

I was just assuming residents permits or something, as realistically, you'd
have to buy one unless you wanna park miles away from your house heh.


Still a hugely stupid scheme. Dodge chargers it is. Doesn't apply to
imports either does it? They get banded based on the pre-2001 thing? If
that is the case, Mustang GT500s it is :-p

Certainly is the case. I'd do it just to stick two fingers up to them.


Naturally. Of course I have a disabled badge so I'd have no costing permit
anyway :-)

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Dan
Clio R27 F1 #65

Mark W wrote:
"Krustov" wrote in message
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uk.rec.cars.misc
Mark W
Tue, 22 Jul 2008 17:42:01 +0100


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/...st/7519011.stm

Good idea - and it should be rolled out nationwide .

to be followed by all parking spaces in the city to be made one uniform
size
that's too small for big cars, or something like that.


Thats just silly .

What would be a good idea is to have most streets allocated to cars that
have a 1300cc (or less) engine .


OK. but think how the authorities are going to implement such a plan and the
additional record keeping, checking needed.
How about banning Gaz Gusslers from Edinburgh (to be rolled out nationally,
you hope) altogether? The Council could patrol the streets looking for such
things and tow them away for crushing. To the applause of most right
thinking people. You could say that someone who can afford to buy a Gas
Guzzler (tm) can well afford to replace it at a whim.

Except somewhat laughably a "gas guzzler" appears to be now defined (by
whose definition exactly?) as anything with an engine larger than
1300cc.
Whereas mere days ago such a definition applied only to 4x4s and
anything with an engine larger than c. 2.5 - 3 litres (and even then I'd
be struggling to cite a reference).

"To the applause of most right thinking people"? Really? "Most"? (why
not ALL). Still, it's gonna be dead easy to get a family of 4 and 2
dogs from one end of the country to the other in a SMART, which surely
with its 700cc engine would be what "most right thinking people" would
have us all drive (I jest - of course "most right thinking people"
presumably assume that the Prius is the only sensible choice.....)

In my recently deceased 3litre V8 BMW 5 I got more mpg than my wife gets
in her 1300cc Corolla for pretty much the same journey - the reason
being that for my work I travel outside of the "rush hour", whereas
she has to travel during the "rush hour" (for various reasons too
tedious to go into).

But then again, you have to remember this thread was started by
"Krustov". 'nuff said.

Marlon

In article ,
says...

Why does it matter for PARKING? The ****ing car isn't moving, so it
produces the same pollution as an electric car or bicycle when parked.
This to me looks like the council taking the **** in a big way.

Yebbut it will pollute more on its way to and from its parking space surely?


Depends, a classic American V8 land yacht driven 3-5 weeks a year to
shows, and parked on a permit probably pollutes far less than a new
petrol supermini driven every day in the city and never getting properly
warmed up.
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In article ,
says...
Gas guzzlers should only be allowed to park on the outskirts .

Gas guzzlers are some of the cleanest cars. It is petrol and diesel that
makes a mess.
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Elder gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

Yebbut it will pollute more on its way to and from its parking space
surely?

Depends, a classic American V8 land yacht driven 3-5 weeks a year to
shows, and parked on a permit probably pollutes far less than a new
petrol supermini driven every day in the city and never getting properly
warmed up.

No "probably" about it.

Gas guzzlers are some of the cleanest cars. It is petrol and diesel that
makes a mess.

Hahahaha!!!!