Diesel vehicle scrappage scheme being announced soon...

[woody paul]

Town pollution is down to buses counted 30 in one road at school kick out time in one hour.

[Woodworks]

 

 

If you do short trips isn't it cheaper to run a petrol equivalent? I think that's what I heard someone mention.

cheers, Steve

 

Such as? Only petrol single cab pickups I could find were yank monsters that would not fit in our lanes. We have changed to a petrol car after 20 years of driving diesels.

[SteveA]

Town pollution is down to buses counted 30 in one road at school kick out time in one hour.

 

We need a roller skate scheme too....

cheers, steve

[skyhuck]

Town pollution is down to buses counted 30 in one road at school kick out time in one hour.

 

Buses full of people are a good thing, empty buses are the problem.

[SteveA]

Such as? Only petrol single cab pickups I could find were yank monsters that would not fit in our lanes. We have changed to a petrol car after 20 years of driving diesels.

 

um, errr.... well, errr, um.... not alotta choice is there!

Hopefully the manufacturers are reading this.

 

Maybe dirty diesel arb trucks don't count in this particular scrappage scheme?

 

I reckon they'll be putting up the price of diesel soon enough as well. Extra incentive to change.

cheers, Steve

[skyhuck]

If they offered me £2K to scrap my mog I would be more than a little unhappy:thumbdown:

[richy_B]

The original talk was £3.5k for your old vehicle then several £k off a new 'clean' vehicle. This would be tempting, £2k is hardly worth the bother when you look at how quickly thing depreciate.

[eggsarascal]

The government want to be sorting out vehicle manufacturers rather than scratching about with drivers that run about in their motors.

 

I can't see it happening any time soon mind.

[digaholedumper]

Diesel Pollution !!

 

Get a phone call to look at a job ( could be any job )

Visit the Job .......................................................20 mile

Drive home.........................................................20 mile

Quote the job by phone or email............................0 mile

2 teams of lads go to do the job.............................40 mile

2 teams go home.................................................40 mile

2 teams for a 2nd day...........................................40 mile

2 teams finish & go home early..............................40 mile

Total mileage for 6 lads home to yard ( 2 days ).......170 mile

Pop to the local dealer to get the 1 saw repaired.......40 mile

Take the invoice...................................................20 mile

Come home..........................................................28 mile ( collected food )

 

Total mileage for 1 job = 458 mile

 

Drive a back hoe digger to the job -

with drums of diesel, saw & tools in the front bucket..20 mile ( on red diesel )

Drive home..........................................................20 mile

 

Total mileage for 1 job = 40 mile

Plus 20 gallons of red diesel to start the fire

( Invoice was paid in cash )

 

First example took 6 men & the second took 1 man, With all this talk of diesel pollution how long until fires are band ??

[harvey b davison]

Theres not many commercials large or small with a petrol engine. I keep thinking about a small van (nemo) for bodging about in, all diesels.