Oops, London mayoral car no mot

Oops, London mayoral car no mot

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anonymous-user

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54 months

giantdefy

684 posts

113 months

Saturday 12th January 2019
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What an amazing amount of fkwittery in the comments

anonymous-user

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54 months

Saturday 12th January 2019
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That’s ok. He’s a socialist so no need to practise what he preaches.

Monkeylegend

26,335 posts

231 months

Saturday 12th January 2019
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And it's a 4.4 litre.

ashleyman

6,977 posts

99 months

Saturday 12th January 2019
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It's obviously not his car neither is it his responsibility to keep the car roadworthy but I am surprised he's ok to be driven around in a car powered by a 4.4L V8. Not good considering his war on the motorist and trying to cut pollution etc...

I wonder if these government 750Li's are modified for staff protection meaning he can't ask for it to be replaced with an electric or hybrid.

Also interesting that the emissions figures on PJ12 HNO are 0 g/km whereas it should be 199 g/km.

Edited by ashleyman on Saturday 12th January 22:32

Tobias-Funke

3 posts

63 months

Saturday 19th January 2019
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And its a 2016 model first registered in 2018.

With a 2012 reg plate on it.

And as stated zero emissions, so no tax and no congestion charge.

Countdown

39,824 posts

196 months

Saturday 19th January 2019
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giantdefy said:
What an amazing amount of fkwittery in the comments
That's a normal amount of fkwittery for that website.....

AlexS_LDN

3,766 posts

64 months

Saturday 19th January 2019
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Tobias-Funke said:
And its a 2016 model first registered in 2018.

With a 2012 reg plate on it.

And as stated zero emissions, so no tax and no congestion charge.
Something's off...

The 7er changed face in 2016



Yet Sadiq's (or TfL's) car is the previous model which ran from 2012-15

that somehow has two different registration ages (vehicle first registered SHOULD match manufacture year)

I guess I'm picky having just put a private plate on my car and know the long process of doing so...

How a 4.4 litre can emit no CO2 is great for his 'clean' credentials (I guess thats true with the engine off biggrin )

I think it is a 2012 (2015 at most, and I doubt it's an old model the dealer had knocking about and never registered, like what he does with his buses tongue out )
but I guess the DVLA data's been altered (surely an offence?) unless it's 'human error' down at Swansea which I very much doubt... It would be embarrassing for him, living near the ULEZ zone, and having to travel in it from April to have to pay for an older car (this being Euro 5 at best) ideasilly

Toaster

2,938 posts

193 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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There shouldn't be a Mayoral car, the Mayor should use their own and claim .45p per mile.

ClaphamGT3

11,292 posts

243 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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No fan of the Mayor but no one can reasonably expect him to be on top of this

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39,824 posts

196 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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If date of 1st registration was Jan 2018 why would it need an MOT this year? I thought the 1st MOT was only due after 3 years...?

ClaphamGT3

11,292 posts

243 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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Toaster said:
There shouldn't be a Mayoral car, the Mayor should use their own and claim .45p per mile.
He's the Mayor of one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities - the dignity of his office demands an appropriate car

p1stonhead

25,529 posts

167 months

Monday 21st January 2019
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ClaphamGT3 said:
No fan of the Mayor but no one can reasonably expect him to be on top of this
Exactly. Like its literally anything to do with him specifically and he doesnt just get in when they pull up for him.

AlexS_LDN

3,766 posts

64 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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ClaphamGT3 said:
He's the Mayor of one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities - the dignity of his office demands an appropriate car
I don't expect to see him in a Punto but at least the car could be legit... what pees off most Londoners is shelling out for a newer lower emission car to avoid paying close to £35 a week for a Euro5 diesel and below just to have it parked outside the house mad There's conversion kits for buses and black cabs but none for cars. This is the icing on the cake after he destroyed the roads with cycle lanes, and knife crime is out of control. If you or I were pulled by police after a PNC check, we'd be nicked... doesn't matter if it's a driver, family friend, TfL fleet car... it should be legit. 4.4 V8 with zero emissions? biglaugh

ClaphamGT3

11,292 posts

243 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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AlexS_LDN said:
ClaphamGT3 said:
He's the Mayor of one of the world's largest and wealthiest cities - the dignity of his office demands an appropriate car
I don't expect to see him in a Punto but at least the car could be legit... what pees off most Londoners is shelling out for a newer lower emission car to avoid paying close to £35 a week for a Euro5 diesel and below just to have it parked outside the house mad There's conversion kits for buses and black cabs but none for cars. This is the icing on the cake after he destroyed the roads with cycle lanes, and knife crime is out of control. If you or I were pulled by police after a PNC check, we'd be nicked... doesn't matter if it's a driver, family friend, TfL fleet car... it should be legit. 4.4 V8 with zero emissions? biglaugh
That is eminently sensible and I quite agree; its all the spanners who trump up with 'he should use his own car/take the bus/have a Prius' that I take exception to.

marshallbrown

23 posts

63 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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It's OK, just as long as the chauffeur is aged 14, you can drive anything in London. look in the comment tongue out

StevenB

777 posts

197 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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As has been mentioned why does a 2018 car need an MOT ?

ClaphamGT3

11,292 posts

243 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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StevenB said:
As has been mentioned why does a 2018 car need an MOT ?
If it's classed as a taxi/private hire vehicle, wouldn't it need an MOT from year 1?

StevenB

777 posts

197 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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Ah it's on the DVLA screen shot , year of manufacture 2016, registered 2018 so that would explain that bit

irocfan

40,389 posts

190 months

Tuesday 22nd January 2019
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ClaphamGT3 said:
No fan of the Mayor but no one can reasonably expect him to be on top of this
this ^^^ His department should be on it but as much as I detest that twunt it's not down to him. Whether it should be a German one is another matter