save our e30s

[jamesh1977]

hi dont know if this is a repost or not and dont take this wrong dont really care if it is ( sorry mods ) but just got sent an email from my brother regarding a petition to 10 downing street regarding the idea of trying to get cars off the road which are older than 10 years of age !!! dont know if this is serious or not but lets be hoinest i wouldnt be suprised if it were... so heres the link to the petition and please send it to as many ppl as you can as this really cant happen and lets hope they cant be serious

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Classic-Cars/


mods any chance of a sticky on this one ?

[jamesh1977]

here is a quote from the site !!!!!!



Several EU proposals across the years are dangerous to the classic car movement. One that has been under consideration is to ban the use of cars older than 10 years. Similarly, Edinburgh City Council is considering the banning of cars over 15 years old from the town centre. These, and similar, proposals directly threaten the classic car movement, and encourage the manufacture of new cars, with the attendent environmental issues of sourcing raw materials, manufacturing, distriuting and scrapping the spiralling supply of new vehicles.

[darkchild]

Yawn... Never going to happen. I've got a good idea - It would be extremely logical and environmentally friendly for us all to discard a car as soon as it reaches 10 years of age...

[appletree]

I might be wrong but dont they have a similar rule in china or japan and thats why there are so many cars being exported that are actualy sound vehicals? sure i read it in a Banzi mag or something like that.

[ShakeyC]

It is true appletree, in the far east cars over a few years old have to pay huge taxes its actually cheaper for average working joe to buy a new car every 3-5 years. The reason is purely political to boost manufacturing in own countries, keep economny going and keep people buying but they will only officially admit to environmental reasons for doing so, i suspect thats what will happen here for environmental reasons.

[Nelly]

Anything to earn a buck or 2 - wouldn't put anything past our own government, especially with fatty in the driving seat now!!

[Andyboy]

This will not happen - can you imagine the riots? The Poll tax was nothing. Imagine the job the Police would have trying to confiscate cars.

[kuSt]

i'd be up for a riot. i remember as a kid everyone used to bandy about the term 'i'll do what i like...it's a free country...', don't seem to hear it much these days.

[hubble]

Like to see them try and confiscate my sport. I'll be doing 15 - life for you know what. Don't get me started on this

[bss325i]

i'd do time for someone damaging my e30 let alone someone trying to take it away!

[Gwynleym10]

Cars without catalytic converters are banned from some Italian cities. Can't even drive an old fiat 500 in some.

[munky30]

It will never happen.

[toby]

I can't believe a political party in this country would do this. They'd lose too many votes.

[hubble]

It will never happen.

May be a repost Munky but still gets my back up

[Brianmoooore]

Cars without catalytic converters are banned from some Italian cities. Can't even drive an old fiat 500 in some.

Not a problem for E30s - Convert to LPG, or you can always fit one.

[Kos]

if this ever happens or they do force pay as you drive tax i will move to cyprus

[beemer_twins]

kos i will be following you on that plane aswell i can go stay with my yiayia (NAN) then lol stupid country, its ment to be a free country and freedom, maybe for the poli(T!T)IOns but not for us.