Cambon Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 38 minutes ago, forestboy said: Sod off Or, did you mean sod of? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Amadeus said: EV users currently subsidise the infrastructure and take up of these vehicles over here. We pay more than our fair share. How do you calculate that when I’m paying 400 road tax & EVs are paying £65 ,do you’re saying a few hundred EVs pay for all the roads? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad_manx Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, Banker said: How do you calculate that when I’m paying 400 road tax & EVs are paying £65 ,do you’re saying a few hundred EVs pay for all the roads? I am a Ev owner along with an ICE car and agree that the £65 is too low for any car . As long as the hybrids ( afaik most hybrids are currently on the same band of £65 as the EV ) are also kept on the same band then its fair. I think the baseline VED should be double of what it is now .£130 + for all cars .. Edited October 19, 2023 by mad_manx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 including my little 22 year old Smart? Boo Hoo.😁 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Cumofit, you know you can't fit your rickety old body into a Smart car!!! 😀. They're just for the thirty somethings!!! Whatr you need is an MX5, light weight, low emissions / I just happen to have one for sale!!! You can be in Douglas in 8 mins!!! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cueey Lewis And The News Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, Cambon said: Fossil fuels are not running out any time soon. They have nothing to do with dinosaurs. The vast majority of the reserves have not been tapped into…yet! Exactly that’s enough talking about gay EV’s and let’s have a great advert for what the IOM is famous for. Some great three legs logos on the helmets to remind us all of where he came from. A run through the Transfăgărășan highway in the mountains of Romania. The bumper cam footage of just the road is mental. https://www.facebook.com/STAVTECH/videos/1709790046201519/ Edited October 19, 2023 by Cueey Lewis And The News 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Kopek said: Cumofit, you know you can't fit your rickety old body into a Smart car!!! 😀. They're just for the thirty somethings!!! Whatr you need is an MX5, light weight, low emissions / I just happen to have one for sale!!! You can be in Douglas in 8 mins!!! I also have a 3litre 220 hp Maverick but I don't talk about that.......But that exhaust note 😁😎 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Look, I get it that you're all very attached to your quaint internal combustion engines, just bear in mind that at some point they will be thought of in the same way as those steam powered traction engines of yesteryear... Toot toot! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 So that's what went wrong in the Aires nesting grounds???? 😀 When I sold my 200+ Cosworth in the 90's I thought, well I've done my bit..... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doc.fixit Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) 29 minutes ago, loaf said: Look, I get it that you're all very attached to your quaint internal combustion engines, just bear in mind that at some point they will be thought of in the same way as those steam powered traction engines of yesteryear... Toot toot! You won't be saying that when we have Armageddon and are satisfied with any form of traction we can get. Steam can be built and maintained without re-course to eastern states.😁 Edited October 19, 2023 by doc.fixit 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loaf Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 I think that's absolutely fair comment. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kopek Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Doc is Mad Max 2o29!!!😀 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 Perhaps we’ll all be driving Chinese EVs soon so they can track our movements! https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-66737524 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bastard Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 5 hours ago, Banker said: EVs don’t pay a fair share & use the roads just as much so should go up , user pays ! Nonsense, not this old trope again. Anyone who pays tax of any kind subsidises the roads. VED isn't ring-fenced just for the roads. ICE users don't pay enough on tax alone to fund maintenance and infrastructure projects. Even someone who lives in a home and has never driven a car in their life pays for the roads and infrastructure projects through their taxes on everything they buy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Banker Posted October 19, 2023 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) 8 minutes ago, The Bastard said: Nonsense, not this old trope again. Anyone who pays tax of any kind subsidises the roads. VED isn't ring-fenced just for the roads. ICE users don't pay enough on tax alone to fund maintenance and infrastructure projects. Even someone who lives in a home and has never driven a car in their life pays for the roads and infrastructure projects through their taxes on everything they buy. Well according to Amadeus EV car owners subsidize all infrastructure which is bollocks! And all car owners should pay same car tax depending on weight Edited October 19, 2023 by Banker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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