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Author:  dogbert10 [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:01 am ]
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It is the DM, but it sounds right for this country:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ngine.html
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:08 am ]
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She's a muppet.
Author:  tombolt [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:25 am ]
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I want to comment, but I'd be typing for hours.
Author:  AlunD [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:35 am ]
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not sure whether to laugh or cry........... :roll:
Author:  ProfessorF [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:43 am ]
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tombolt wrote:
I want to comment, but I'd be typing for hours.


Same here. So I boiled down my thoughts to my previous statement.

The Daily Mail: Trolling the nation since 1896.
Author:  Linux_User [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 1:43 pm ]
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Buy a new car then. Simples.

Also, in crowded city streets I'd be amazed if you could manage 30mph anyway.
Author:  Spreadie [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 2:35 pm ]
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If all she does is drive around the proposed 20mph zone, she clearly has the wrong car.

She'd be better off with a milk float.. erm, I mean Toyota Prius.
Author:  finlay666 [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 3:26 pm ]
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ProfessorF wrote:
She's a muppet.

+1

Quote:
Mrs Greenwood, whose husband Ken runs a construction company, mainly uses her diesel engine BMW 320d on short journeys around her home town


She has a diesel for short journeys.... it's probably an automatic too
Author:  belchingmatt [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:24 pm ]
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finlay666 wrote:
She has a diesel for short journeys....


She should get back in the kitchen. :P
Author:  davrosG5 [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 6:51 pm ]
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:roll:
Author:  finlay666 [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 8:03 pm ]
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belchingmatt wrote:
finlay666 wrote:
She has a diesel for short journeys....


She should get back in the kitchen. :P


Yeah the photo did throw me, doesnt look like a normal kitchen ;)...

Still, a diesel for short journeys is a waste of time and fuel
Author:  paulzolo [ Mon Jan 02, 2012 11:53 pm ]
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finlay666 wrote:
belchingmatt wrote:
finlay666 wrote:
She has a diesel for short journeys....


She should get back in the kitchen. :P


Yeah the photo did throw me, doesnt look like a normal kitchen ;)...

Still, a diesel for short journeys is a waste of time and fuel


The rule here is - walk or bus for local journeys, the car for longer distances or parts of the county where public transport would be impractical.

She could do herself a favour and buy a bicycle.
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jan 03, 2012 7:26 am ]
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Reducing speed to 20mph will only Increase emissions, surely? I thought the most efficient speed was around. 56mph and above this, the drag on the car requires much more fuel to punch through.

Anyways, the only places where 20mph is acceptable are small estates, small side roads and schools IMO. They just need to be strictly enforced. I'd also raise more speed limits to counter the lowered areas. I think it's above 50mph that no pedestrian would survive. The only areas I'd advocate should be lowered are accident blackspots and am happy for this to be enforced. Don't see the logic in making everyone do 40mph in an area where 60-70mph is easily fine (eg dead straight road, excellent visibility etc).

Also, that woman is a prat for having a diesel. If she's just using it to get around, she should have a small economical car instead. A big diseasel is great for long motorway journeys but crap around town.
Author:  finlay666 [ Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:00 am ]
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cloaked_wolf wrote:
Also, that woman is a prat for having a diesel. If she's just using it to get around, she should have a small economical car instead. A big diseasel is great for long motorway journeys but crap around town.


A 2 litre diesel is the smallest diesel engine BMW do IIRC :) (even the 116d has a 2 litre engine, smaller turbo to the 118d/120d)
Author:  cloaked_wolf [ Tue Jan 03, 2012 9:35 am ]
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What I meant was a 1.2 litre or similar petrol car.
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