Scrappage scheme 'to be extended'

roddydogs

subarusty wrote: »

They do give discounts without scrappage. Almost all car dealers will give you something off the RRP. The only time they don't is if the car is a top seller and then they won't give discount as there is no need.

Look around at parkers, what car etc. Target prices are rarely RRP.

Try getting, say £1000 of Huyundai i10 without scrappage!

JasonLVC

Sapphire wrote: »

A large number of people who live in cities do not 'NEED' a car – in particular, families do not need more than one car. Many people buy cars as status symbols to impress others, not because they 'NEED' a car.

The car pollution in London is terrible. Having just returned from a place where there is very little car traffic, I can really feel the bad air clogging up my breathing. Apart from the pollution, it is obvious that the streets are far too crowded with car traffic, mostly with just one person to a large vehicle.

But the greater population don't live in London - or major cities, they represent a very small part of the British isles overall.

We talk about 'rural' areas not having good public transport links and city dwellers picture this image of an old woman in the countryside trying to get to market.....but the public transport system in ANY medium sized town or city is just as dire.

I cannot get from Leicester to Derby or Nottingham in under 2 hours or without changing trains at least 1, maybe twice. it's a 40 minute drive in the car.

There is one train an hour from my local station to Birmingham and it costs £15 return AND they only lay on one train carriage and so you stand for a full 50 minutes....and it costs me £5 a day to park at the station (so £20 per day to Brum).

I can drive into Brum quicker, have free parking at work, I drive a diesel that does 50mpg and the only farts I have to endure are those generated by myself:D.

Besides, I thought the whole idea of the congestion tax was to stop people from driving and to use public transport in London.....oh yes, that's right, it was actually just another tax raising scam.