Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
They've got a huge backlog at the dealerships. I was given a May appointment for mine when I enquired in January.
Vehicle Emissions
- Thread starter Drago
- Start date
Page may contain affiliate links. Please see terms for details.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
That's hardly fair. Yesterday the government was encouraging citizens to buy diesel, now they're penalising them for doing so. I think it should be phased out, rather than banned.
KneesUp
Guru
Are you talking about diesels or governments?
mustang1
Legendary Member
- Location
- London, UK
Drivers should pay based on:
1. How heavy the car is.
2. How powerful it is.
3. Distance driven annually.
4. How much footprint the car takes up on the road.
5. If the car will normally be parked off the road.
6. Some form of pollution control but idk how to enforce that last bit.
You have electric and hybrid, petrol and diesel, hydrogen and probably some other powerplant, some are very powerful, some not so much. An electric car could produce as much power as a petrol one but they should be taxed differently as they produce different amounts of pollution for the same amount of power.
Right now it seems to be based on your ability to pay. For example if a car costs over £40k, you have to pay more tax.
1. How heavy the car is.
2. How powerful it is.
3. Distance driven annually.
4. How much footprint the car takes up on the road.
5. If the car will normally be parked off the road.
6. Some form of pollution control but idk how to enforce that last bit.
You have electric and hybrid, petrol and diesel, hydrogen and probably some other powerplant, some are very powerful, some not so much. An electric car could produce as much power as a petrol one but they should be taxed differently as they produce different amounts of pollution for the same amount of power.
Right now it seems to be based on your ability to pay. For example if a car costs over £40k, you have to pay more tax.
swee'pea99
Squire
A genuinely good idea. Fortunately like most good ideas it'll never happen (said the guy with the 20 year old indifferently-maintained Golf).
7. How many bikes they own - 10% reduction for each one.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
From the letters I've had, it's a software update only. I've been waiting over a year for mine now.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
No idea. I'm changing my car next week to a new Touran. VW say it only emits bunny farts and lavender so it should be fine.
Jody
Stubborn git
Sounds like its being de-tuned then so will loose some power and drivability. Not fair for the people who bought based on what they had driven.
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
No, they won't lose power but they will use a bit more fuel. These cars have a catalyst that converts NOx into its harmless components. However, this converter requires that bit more fuel is used to activate it. What VW did was to rig the car so that it knows when it is being tested and that it only burns the extra fuel when tested for NOx. The inputs for this cheat was static steering (on a dyno you don't use the steering wheel, relative wheel speeds (again, corners), bonnet open/closed and some other stuff I've now forgotten. In order to make customers smile, VW basically rigged the car so that it didn't consume the extra fuel to burn off the NOx and gave the customer a smile in terms of better fuel consumption. I believe the figure is about 0.8l/100km saving if you don't burn off the NOx. The new software will now activate the NOx burner so that the car catalyses the bad NOx as it drives, not just when it is tested.
It really was a crime of enormous proportions. It is very serious indeed.
Yellow Saddle
Guru
- Location
- Loch side.
Governments. Turbo diesels are too nice to drive to just go and get rid of them.
raleighnut
Legendary Member
- Location
- One of the 'Elite'