ULEZ is killing the London car enthusiast scene

[BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho]

So many people are selling their cars especially older cars.

The scene is dead. How can the decisions of the gov completely kill a hobby for those in London. Why do those living outside of London have more freedom.

London is a prison for a car enthusiast. The UK is going down the pan, it is becoming more and more controling. The amount of control the gov now have over you would have been unthinkable 10 years ago.
This is from the country that gave us "your home is your castle"

All of this happened under a right wing govt??? This is madness

Edited by BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho on Sunday 8th January 19:47

Edited by BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho on Sunday 8th January 23:10

[Spleen]

Well that wraps that up then.

[anonymous-user]

BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho said:

So many people are selling their cars especially older cars.

New name Jamaica?

I thought the posting style seemed familiar!

[aturnick54]

BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho said:

So many people are selling their cars especially older cars.

And yet they keep voting Sadiq Khan in.

[Yellowfez]

Unfortunately London is full of lefty nimby, they are happy to give up their rights to private transport (except for the rich) the rest of us will be herded on to buses to be mugged and stabbed

[Gweeds]

Yellowfez said:

Unfortunately London is full of lefty nimby, they are happy to give up their rights to private transport (except for the rich) the rest of us will be herded on to buses to be mugged and stabbed

House!

[Spleen]

Gweeds said:

Yellowfez said:

Unfortunately London is full of lefty nimby, they are happy to give up their rights to private transport (except for the rich) the rest of us will be herded on to buses to be mugged and stabbed

House!

Nah, there's something missing I'm sure. We've got to get some discrimination in somewhere, maybe even a link to the Daily Mail.

[Darkslider]

I'd have thought living in the capital and being a performance car enthusiast weren't terribly compatible pre-ULEZ?

It won't be long before every city in the UK becomes a low emission zone I suspect, happily as I live just outside one of the smallest (Bangor) I'm expecting to be one of the very last it affects, however I do feel for the thousands having the value wiped out of their vehicles and being forced to sell up (not to mention find a substantial amount extra if they want to replace with a compliant vehicle)

[457892345]

Darkslider said:

I'd have thought living in the capital and being a performance car enthusiast weren't terribly compatible pre-ULEZ?

It won't be long before every city in the UK becomes a low emission zone I suspect, happily as I live just outside one of the smallest (Bangor) I'm expecting to be one of the very last it affects, however I do feel for the thousands having the value wiped out of their vehicles and being forced to sell up (not to mention find a substantial amount extra if they want to replace with a compliant vehicle)

A lot of the cities have it now, saw one recently in Birmingham and when I went on website to ensure my car was compliant it listed all the different places there are such zones in effect.

I just hope they don't keep moving the goalposts and upping the standard on which cars need to meet as time goes on.

[Xcore]

Cheaper prices for the rest of us woo!

[valiant]

aturnick54 said:

BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho said:

So many people are selling their cars especially older cars.

And yet they keep voting Sadiq Khan in.

Ain’t democracy a bh, eh?

[ChocolateFrog]

I thought the only London car scene was Arabs revving the tits of Lambos and Bugattis.

I doubt the ULEZ charge will be much of a barrier.

[Levin]

457892345 said:

I just hope they don't keep moving the goalposts and upping the standard on which cars need to meet as time goes on.

I hate to sound like a downer, but that's absolutely what's going to happen.

[ITP]

Darkslider said:

I'd have thought living in the capital and being a performance car enthusiast weren't terribly compatible pre-ULEZ?

It won't be long before every city in the UK becomes a low emission zone I suspect, happily as I live just outside one of the smallest (Bangor) I'm expecting to be one of the very last it affects, however I do feel for the thousands having the value wiped out of their vehicles and being forced to sell up (not to mention find a substantial amount extra if they want to replace with a compliant vehicle)

But in wales you are only allowed to drive everywhere at a maximum of 20mph now, slower than cycling.

[Koolkat969]

yellowbentines said:

BiloBobolosamoronaldoasboproposmootho said:

So many people are selling their cars especially older cars.

New name Jamaica?

I thought the posting style seemed familiar!

100% Jamaica! Not feeling this new Username

[Mr Whippy]

Just move out of London?

Doesn’t everyone WFH now any way

[Gweeds]

ITP said:

But in wales you are only allowed to drive everywhere at a maximum of 20mph now, slower than cycling.

If everyone in Wales is riding faster than 20mph everywhere they should be on the World Tour.

[Evanivitch]

Yellowfez said:

Unfortunately London is full of lefty nimby, they are happy to give up their rights to private transport (except for the rich) the rest of us will be herded on to buses to be mugged and stabbed

There's no right to private transport...

ITP said:

But in wales you are only allowed to drive everywhere at a maximum of 20mph now, slower than cycling.

The only car drivers frequently driving around 30km/h+ cyclists are the ones doing annual tours of France, Spain and Italy.

[QJumper]

ITP said:

But in wales you are only allowed to drive everywhere at a maximum of 20mph now, slower than cycling.

And sheep can run at up to 25 mph, so it's only the fat ones who are still nervous now.

[mac96]

QJumper said:

ITP said:

But in wales you are only allowed to drive everywhere at a maximum of 20mph now, slower than cycling.

And sheep can run at up to 25 mph, so it's only the fat ones who are still nervous now.

It's the stupid ones, just lying in the road you have to watch out for.