Diesels

[golfhappy]

Just got this feeling that i'm loving my GTD the now! 

[Jackie Treehorn]

Just got this feeling that i'm loving my GTD for now! 

You def win the best looking golf mk7 award inside and out, always like the GTD when I see them on the road...

Anyway it's good to see our American VW friends aren't taking it lying down

[dubber36]

All ok but like all diesel engines not really memorable, work colleague has a 435 which does 0-60 in silly 5sec and its still a dull forgettable engine, covers ground quickly but it just doesn't excite for the speed compared to an M4 for example.

I would say that the vast majority of drivers don't feel it necessary to get excited on mundane journeys from A to B, which is why they/we drive diesels. They just get the job done efficiently with little fuss. I'm perfectly satisfied with the way my diesel engined cars get me around, but if I do fancy driving for pleasure now and again, I'll take the Mk2. It's nowhere near as fast as it's modern equivalent, but the way you feel completely connected to it means it doesn't have to be to deliver fun.

[Organisys]

All cars are transport is dirty -

FTFY

For urban centers, lets hope ITER https://www.iter.org/proj/inafewlines and autonomous, modular transport http://www.next-future-mobility.com/ gives us cleaner, more efficient transport.

https://www.ted.com/talks/wanis_kabbaj_what_a_driverless_world_could_look_like

[fredgroves]

Yes, lets ban oil burners from cities... but the taxis, the lorries, the buses that the city can't do without and are too expensive to replace those Euro4 engines? Well, we'll leave those.

The "ban" is a PR exercise. The "banned" vehicles won't make any difference.

They showed a reporter in London't Oxford Street on the news the other day, talking about how it was the most polluted street anywhere in the UK. That's the same street that normal cars can't drive down, its just buses, taxis and delivery lorries...

If they truly wanted to do something about pollution from road vehicles, they could, but they won't because everyone would complain.

[phope]

Yes, lets ban oil burners from cities... but the taxis, the lorries, the buses that the city can't do without and are too expensive to replace those Euro4 engines? Well, we'll leave those.

The "ban" is a PR exercise. The "banned" vehicles won't make any difference.

They showed a reporter in London't Oxford Street on the news the other day, talking about how it was the most polluted street anywhere in the UK. That's the same street that normal cars can't drive down, its just buses, taxis and delivery lorries...

If they truly wanted to do something about pollution from road vehicles, they could, but they won't because everyone would complain.

Exactly

[boydeee]

Yes, lets ban oil burners from cities... but the taxis, the lorries, the buses that the city can't do without and are too expensive to replace those Euro4 engines? Well, we'll leave those.

The "ban" is a PR exercise. The "banned" vehicles won't make any difference.

They showed a reporter in London't Oxford Street on the news the other day, talking about how it was the most polluted street anywhere in the UK. That's the same street that normal cars can't drive down, its just buses, taxis and delivery lorries...

If they truly wanted to do something about pollution from road vehicles, they could, but they won't because everyone would complain.

Exactly

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