Volkswagen

qwert_yuiop

According to the Daily Telegraph (well known as the brexiteers’ favourite), German car makers have blood on their hands, and are responsible for the deaths of thousands of British people, with their falsified results on gassed monkeys.

Who’s going to be first to use the term “gorilla warfare”? Gibbon the chance, of course.

motorguy

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

I’m only at 250,000, but as far as fuel consumption goes, yes. As for the embedded energy wastage involved in trading in for a gleaming new one every few years, zero. I’m sure I could work it out, but on balance, running the same car for many years I’d say is a lot less polluting than buying any new car. As well as a lot cheaper, which is the point of this website.

Oh it is yes. Absolutely. Cradle to grave much better for the environment to buy once and run it as long as poss. In terms of whats puffing out the exhaust though on a worn leggy Euro V engine compared to a new Euro VI one though....

I'm not in any way saying that my choices in cars are in any way particularly "green" by the way. Or cheap, for that matter. But neither has been my driving reasons for buying cars (pun intended)

As of next a couple of weeks time both of our cars will be 2.0 litre turbo petrol performance variants which is better for the environment. Apparently.

motorguy

qwert_yuiop wrote: »

According to the Daily Telegraph (well known as the brexiteers’ favourite), German car makers have blood on their hands, and are responsible for the deaths of thousands of British people, with their falsified results on gassed monkeys.

Who’s going to be first to use the term “gorilla warfare”? Gibbon the chance, of course.

Cant say that i read the newspapers but they do seem to have it in for diesel cars at the minute and are obsessed with looking for proof that diesel car values are bombing. Particularly the Daily Mail.