n boost Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Got this of the m3 forum and was taken from auto express. Would affect most old cars and supra's. What a pi$$ take. City ban for old cars? Classic car movement fears that older motors will be banished from Britain's roads. Auto Express Car ReviewsBy Ross Pinnock22nd February 2008Outraged motorists are petitioning the Government to prevent old cars from being consigned to the scrapheap. Enthusiasts are worried that UK councils could decide to ban vehicles over 10 years old from our town and city centres. That equals a quarter of all the cars in Britain – around 6.5 million. A petition on the 10 Downing Street website has now been started to raise support for keeping these machines on the road. “The proposals directly threaten the classic car movement,” it states. The worry is that a system about to be trialled in Stuttgart, Germany, will provide a model that councils in this country could follow. From the beginning of March, motorists wishing to enter the designated city-wide green zone will have to buy a sticker to display in their vehicle. But the system operates a four-tier classification based on emissions and only cars in the three lowest groups are eligible for a sticker. The worst-polluting cars are simply banned. Those for which emissions data is unavailable – such as classic and vintage models – face a decision based on age. In Stuttgart, petrol examples registered before the start of 1993 are excluded from the zone. If a similar scheme was implemented in UK towns, it could force many cars that are currently regarded as classics off our roads. The deadline for joining the petition is 18 March, and at the time of going to press more than 20,000 protesters had already signed up. Log on to the site at http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Classic-Cars if you want to add your name to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Masenko Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Not again with this kind of rubbish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n boost Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 Gov't will find one way or another to scre..w people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil tt Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Wonderful:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Bull The wont do this they will simply wait for them to wear out and die now. Most of our cars are what 15 years old? how many will see out another 5? or 10? Then when we get somthing else it will be on the co2 regester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 The government are a set of jerks. They'll ban 10 year old cars but what about buses? Thery cough out all kinds of black sh!te... They probably won't do anything about them as the costs would be enormous!! Tw@ts!! H. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supra steveo Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i intend for mine to live for another 15 years Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Raven Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 i intend for mine to live for another 15 years :D:D:D Dont we all, but by then we will dusted off the line by super minis:(:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 sod that I am getting a viper (old school one) in 4 years time. Now I am going to get one just to make a point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colsoop Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 All in the name of "climate change" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 the concept of this would be fine, if the government was trying to make so much money on the taxation of new cars!!! Dodgy b*ggers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian R Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It will never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Bye bye Britain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainchaos Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 heard all that crap a while ago and nothing came from it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 I dont care, i never go in city centres anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuohy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 All in the name of "climate change" Have you seen the beginning of the Jeremy Clarkson Supercar Showdown DVD? Classic "Climate Change" stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazzi Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Climate change is just change, change happens, £$%^ happens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 right load of boll*cks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DamanC Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It will never happen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lockys96 Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 everyone buy new cars, so there is more pollution Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamc Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 Have you seen the beginning of the Jeremy Clarkson Supercar Showdown DVD? Classic "Climate Change" stuff Yes, "6 degrees warmer in the UK" that would be great, so have to agree with him... Clarkson for PM!!! /vbb/images/smilies/bbcode_grin.gif Climate change is just change, change happens, £$%^ happens Nice, I like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazboy Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It's bullsh*t. Although if Comrade Livingscum gets voted in for a third term I'd bet he would put cars onto the LEZ register. He said in the 80's when he was on the GLC he'd ban cars as he hates them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marc_p Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 It's bullsh*t. Although if Comrade Livingscum gets voted in for a third term I'd bet he would put cars onto the LEZ register. He said in the 80's when he was on the GLC he'd ban cars as he hates them. I'm sure that if we all chip in we could afford to hire an assasin to take him out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n boost Posted February 27, 2008 Author Share Posted February 27, 2008 I'm sure that if we all chip in we could afford to hire an assasin to take him out. And a few others......will work out cheaper than all these bull$hit taxes. I have a huge carbon footprint and Fcuk the gov't i am proud of it and would love to leave a mark on there butts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny g Posted February 27, 2008 Share Posted February 27, 2008 They're not intending to have a General Election any time soon with policies like that. They're unbelievable. As said above "Bye bye, Britain!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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