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Re: What car do you drive?

October 23rd, 2017, 12:29 pm

Yes, convertible.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 23rd, 2017, 1:20 pm

Very nice indeed - other than the fuel economy, obviously!
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 23rd, 2017, 1:56 pm

I totally lack the "sensible" gene! At least I'm helping keep the ice age away!
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 24th, 2017, 8:12 am

Nearly 9,500 Londoners die prematurely every year as a result of long-term exposure to air pollution, according to a 2015 study by researchers at King’s College London.
indeed, and I wonder how many of those deaths were caused by the EU favoring diesel over gasoline.
And we see from Paul's vignette that (at least in his case) the new tax only applies to small modern gasoline cars which are less harmful to the environment with older, larger, dirtier cars exempt, so the tax will encourage him to do the exact opposite of the presumed intent and drive  the older, larger, dirtier cars to avoid paying the tax.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 24th, 2017, 9:02 am

It applies to all vehicles that don't meet the Euro 4 emission standard. From my observation, the roads are visibly emptier.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 24th, 2017, 11:57 am

Nearly 9,500 Londoners die prematurely every year as a result of long-term exposure to air pollution, according to a 2015 study by researchers at King’s College London.
indeed, and I wonder how many of those deaths were caused by the EU favoring diesel over gasoline.
And we see from Paul's vignette that (at least in his case) the new tax only applies to small modern gasoline cars which are less harmful to the environment with older, larger, dirtier cars exempt, so the tax will encourage him to do the exact opposite of the presumed intent and drive  the older, larger, dirtier cars to avoid paying the tax.
It's actually a Series 2 Alfa Romeo Spider, circa 1977. But it uses almost no fuel at all.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 24th, 2017, 1:48 pm

 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 27th, 2017, 10:35 am

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Re: What car do you drive?

October 27th, 2017, 10:37 am

You don't need a car in Singapore. Most city folk don't.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 27th, 2017, 2:23 pm

You don't need a car in Singapore. Most city folk don't.
It may be true that most people don't "need" a car and yet most people would benefit from a car in terms of both personal productivity (less time wasted getting from A to B) and greater opportunity (access to more distant jobs, retail, entertainment, friends/family, etc.) In turn, society benefits when individuals have higher mobility.

Congestion is a sign there too few roads & parking spots, not that there's too many cars.

Health-damaging pollution is the fault of the car's fuel choice, engine, and exhaust systems, not the car itself. Note that buses are often much worse than cars. (And, yes, the EU/UK regulators are idiots in this regard.)
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 27th, 2017, 2:48 pm

Health-damaging pollution is the fault of the car's fuel choice, engine, and exhaust systems, not the car itself. 
Not their fault? That's a common mistake: to think that cars make decisions themselves and that you can blame them.
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 27th, 2017, 2:48 pm

You don't need a car in Singapore. Most city folk don't.
Congestion is a sign there too few roads & parking spots, not that there's too many cars.
Partly true, but congestion can also be a sign of a lack of a good public transportation service (clean, safe, cheap) and network, and hence too many cars.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

October 27th, 2017, 3:25 pm

You don't need a car in Singapore. Most city folk don't.
Congestion is a sign there too few roads & parking spots, not that there's too many cars.
Partly true, but congestion can also be a sign of a lack of a good public transportation service (clean, safe, cheap) and network, and hence too many cars.
Unless the public transportation service operates on a network with a much much higher speed limit than the road network, it is ALWAYS inferior on overall A-to-B travel times because each passenger is forced to: 1) wait for the vehicle to arrive, 2) wait as the vehicle stops to pick-up or drop-off other passengers, and 3) to take a longer path often involving multiple connections involving more walking and waiting.

My personal experience is that public transportation typically doubles the travel time which implies that if one has a travel time tolerance (e.g., for a commute to to a job), then one is willing to travel only half the distance which means access to 1/4 as many destinations (e.g., 1/4 as many job opportunities).

Now if "public transportation" offered fleets of roving driverless cars that could pick you up anywhere anytime and go directly to the destination, then that would be great! ;) (It would also eliminate the parking problem).
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 9th, 2017, 7:41 pm

One of our cars is a 1996 V70 Volvo (350K km) that we use for transporting alpacas, drum kits and trees.

NOT DIESEL.
 
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Re: What car do you drive?

November 9th, 2017, 7:54 pm

One of our cars is a 1996 V70 Volvo (350K km) that we use for transporting alpacas, drum kits and trees.

NOT DIESEL.
We test drove one of those. It made me feel ill. So we got the ubiquitous (around these parts) Discovery instead. Used for children, domestic pets, xmas trees and clothing and toys for charity shops.