Sell the BMW 540i and get a smart car?

James_N · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:08

Forget the Smart, why not get a Toyota Prius? or whatever they are called?

cymap · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:10

wohoo said:
Lol at all the safety points of view, yeah right.

Sorry mate a bit harsh but here goes, you cant have your cake and eat it.

Personally i drive a high C02 motor, and i dont care,no matter what we do in the UK, china and india will gazump us.

I say so the environment, we will all be dead by the time it all goes **** up (that is a joke btw, i actually do care)

but you obviously dont care...

cymap · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:12

[TW]Fox said:
Whats the point? On an individual basis, none of us are in a position to do anything about it.

Or rather we are all in a position to do something.

The level of cognitive dissonance in this thread is truly beyond belief.

James_N · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:13

This thread is unreal. who the **** cares. Just drive what you like. At the end of the day, its you thats going to have to suffer, driving a smart. No-one else cares!

cymap · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:16

[TW]Fox said:
We can't even get everyone to think that stealing car stereos is a bad idea, let alone that reducing carbon emissions is good. It'll never happen, we do not live in a utopia.

It will when people like you are charged five big ones a year to drive the barge that you have absolutely no need for.

Money talks.

Pinter75 · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:26

cymap said:
It will when people like you are charged five big ones a year to drive the barge that you have absolutely no need for.

Money talks.

I can see this happening soon, I don't want to be left with a white elephant that no one wants - and I don't actually need.

Siliconslave · 30 Nov 2006 at 22:57

It is a worry that large engined cars will suddenly drop in value as they get supremely taxed through the rear pipe....

Was interesting to hear the other day that Lotus held of putting a V8 in the Esprit from 1980 to 1996 due to high taxes on high capacity engines in several european contries. You would have thought when (re) designing a supercar they would pretty much ignore stuff like that....

silversurfer · 30 Nov 2006 at 23:10

Sounds like an excuse to me

wassap · 1 Dec 2006 at 07:48

cymap said:
It will when people like you are charged five big ones a year to drive the barge that you have absolutely no need for.

Money talks.

I dont have a problem with this, or road tolls, As long as i still have the choice of driving a gas guzzler im happy, it when you just blanket ban the use of 'nice' cars, that its not fair.

siztenboots · 1 Dec 2006 at 09:43

Pinter75 said:
Howdy.

Now the BMW 540i is an awesome car in every respect, fast, good looking, luxurious - BUT, I only really drive about town.

I am also concerened about it's horrendous C02 emmisions. I am not a tree hugger or anything, but me and the GF are in the stages of self building a 100% sustainable energy efficient house. The 540i sorta goes against what I am trying to acheive with my carbon footprint.

Decisions...

Just plant a tree each year to offset the CO2 . Good luck with the house, sounds like an interesting project worthy of a forum post.

teaboy5 · 1 Dec 2006 at 22:09

This is the reason why all this mad laws will be coming into place soon. Charge you to drive your car etc and many many more. Its all to stop oil use and cut down on CC.

Only some people cant see the big picture and dont want to listen or believe.