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| discomog Member Since: 09 May 2015 Location: Notts/Lincs Border Posts: 2496   
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An interesting article about Diesel versus EV care of Toyota Australia.
https://mr4x4.com.au/toyota-expected-to-ro...8Weekly%29 Defender 90XS SW Mini Countryman Cooper S Morgan Plus 8 |
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5th Jul 2019 11:24am |
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| DonH2000 Member Since: 12 Jan 2015 Location: North Kent Posts: 551
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The trouble over here Politically there is a hate storm against diesels (even if we all used AdBlue) which will drive us eventually off the road with the sandal wearing veggie eaters wanting us to use donkeys instead.
In fact I am fed up with people living in places like this....  Click image to enlarge telling me how to live in a place like this!!!! AAAAAGHHH. Cheers Don. |
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9th Jul 2019 9:54am |
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| andydef90 Member Since: 09 Feb 2015 Location: yorkshire Posts: 617 
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I could not agree with you more don
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9th Jul 2019 12:20pm |
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| dorsetsmith Member Since: 30 Oct 2011 Location: South West Posts: 4554 |
make that two of us
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9th Jul 2019 12:23pm |
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| shropshiredefender Member Since: 05 Jun 2017 Location: Shropshire Posts: 832  
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Three
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9th Jul 2019 12:31pm |
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| JOW240725 Member Since: 04 May 2015 Location: Suffolk Posts: 7873 
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Four
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MY2012 110 2.2TDCi XS SW Orkney Grey - http://www.defender2.net/forum/topic43410.html MY1990 110 200TDi SW beautifully faded Portofino Red - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post743641.html#743641 MY1984 90 V8 Slate Grey - https://www.defender2.net/forum/post744557.html#744557 Instagram @suffolk_rovers |
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9th Jul 2019 3:06pm |
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| williamthedog Member Since: 29 Dec 2012 Location: south wales Posts: 3441 
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Oh well go on then five
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9th Jul 2019 3:16pm |
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| gtmotorsport Member Since: 29 Jun 2016 Location: Cornwall Posts: 97 
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Also agree.
Just to add as well, in respect of rural areas like Cornwall that without a car, employment can be very difficult and attending a hospital appointment from some areas of the county impossible to get both ways in a day. |
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9th Jul 2019 3:27pm |
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| OsloBlue Member Since: 14 Jul 2018 Location: Essex Posts: 822 
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Agree with you mate, agree we all have to share this country/planet, but I like my land rover because Half the week I take public transport everywhere. But the other half it’s impossible for me to take public transport. I never fly or cruise.
I use mine for work too. I'm on IG: https://www.instagram.com/osloblue42/ Current: TD5 '110 "Lucinda" Thread here: https://www.defender2.net/forum/topic62562.html |
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9th Jul 2019 4:16pm |
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| custom90 Member Since: 21 Jan 2010 Location: South West, England. Posts: 19572
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Make it 8. I only do 8 - 10k miles a year.
Nothing like what they do. Funding distribution from the tax payer isn’t equally spent either.. Diesel$ Live$ Matter. ⛽️🛢️👨🔧🧰⚙️ RED, WHITE & BOOST! 🇬🇧 |
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9th Jul 2019 5:31pm |
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| Zed Member Since: 07 Oct 2017 Location: In the woods Posts: 3018 
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London/South East subsidises the rest of the country.
https://www.ft.com/content/6ebd5350-3f8f-11e7-9d56-25f963e998b2 Pay the bills, make the rules. That's life. |
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9th Jul 2019 5:37pm |
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| bpman Member Since: 21 May 2008 Location: Oslo Posts: 8069 
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Adding petrol to the mix, interestingly newer BMW petrols are slower than petrols from a couple of years ago because they have added particulate filters and they throttle performance .. this whole thing is getting silly
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10th Jul 2019 12:20am |
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| LR90XS2011 Member Since: 05 Apr 2011 Location: bickenhill Posts: 3613 
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one of the guys in the office was criticising my LR recently re emissions, interestingly he has a 03 Mondeo and does 20000 miles per year and his Mrs has a 10 reg VW Golf diesel doing 9000 per year. My Landy is an 11 reg and does 3-4000, I cycle or use the train when I can and do 8000 miles per year in a 66 reg petrol BM (my Mrs dosnt drive) . I told him to do the Maths!! DEFENDER 90 TDCI XS,
I hope everyone is well and your land rovers make you happy |
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10th Jul 2019 6:32am |
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| Mike c Member Since: 11 Aug 2017 Location: Maldon, Essex Posts: 905 
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If that Mondeo is like most of the 10+ year old diesel cars/vans I see, they are smokey stinking pieces of crap too, which never seem to be serviced!
I agree though, there's so much more to it than just emissions of a particular vehicle, like you, my Defender only does about 3-4k a year and it's not smokey at all despite being a 2004 year. |
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10th Jul 2019 8:08am |
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