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[djoptix]

13 minutes ago, grogee said:

Without raising my fists in a 'Brad Pitt in Snatch' style, what's the answer? Brizzle pretty bad for vehicle clag. Agree one size doesn't fit all, but what's a better way to still achieve the results?

I don't know, I just know that THE GUBBERMINT SHOULD DO SOMETHING.

In fairness yes, I dare say it will largely work and we do have a decent bus service into the centre. I think my resentment comes from the fact that running an older car is seen as an environmental crime, whereas buying something new which has required huge quantities of lithium and cobalt and whatever to be dug out of the ground, and which will then go to landfill as soon as someone scrapes it in a car park because of insurance, is seen as green.

I can't really blame BCC for banning my Berlingo because it presumably emits lots of particulates as well as co2 (150ish g/km). But it does seem a bit silly that the Saab was OK for the ULEZ (244 g/km) whereas the new car (127g/km) will not be (it has a DPF). And surely all of the above are better than chopping them in for a new car...?

tl:dr my problem isn't actually with the CAZ itself, I'm just grumpy and miserable.

[grogee]

7 minutes ago, djoptix said:

I don't know, I just know that THE GUBBERMINT SHOULD DO SOMETHING.

In fairness yes, I dare say it will largely work and we do have a decent bus service into the centre. I think my resentment comes from the fact that running an older car is seen as an environmental crime, whereas buying something new which has required huge quantities of lithium and cobalt and whatever to be dug out of the ground, and which will then go to landfill as soon as someone scrapes it in a car park because of insurance, is seen as green.

I can't really blame BCC for banning my Berlingo because it presumably emits lots of particulates as well as co2 (150ish g/km). But it does seem a bit silly that the Saab was OK for the ULEZ (244 g/km) whereas the new car (127g/km) will not be (it has a DPF). And surely all of the above are better than chopping them in for a new car...?

tl:dr my problem isn't actually with the CAZ itself, I'm just grumpy and miserable.

Nice to have a reasoned debate without anyone foaming at the gills. This is probably one for the Politics section but hey, you've got time to kill on your journey. 

I guess the particulates is the 'problem du jour' and they are pretty nasty. But we're only driving those things because the previous regime forced us into low-CO2 vehicles, and diesels ticked that box. 

It is a bit mental that the Saab would be allowed to enter and do endless wheelspins inside the CAV zone. 

Saw something on Twatter earlier calling out Hyundai as hypocrites for building both electric vehicles but also coal power stations. I don't know what to think about that. 

EVs also generate their own particulates from brakes and tyres so that will be 2050's topic of debate. Who knows what the answer is?

Safe travels. 

[djoptix]

Norwich achieved. 

Transport #5 beckons. 

[djoptix]

Actually this is #5 and IT DOESN'T EVEN HAVE FIRST CLASS. What absolute horse shit. 

 

These are odd trains. They seem to have an engine car in the middle which you can walk through, only about a third of the length of a normal car. Then presumably they can add as many coaches as are required on either side, with a cab at each end. 

[djoptix]

It's a bit flat and bleak out here. 

[djoptix]

Final station achieved. 

I'm a long way from home. 

[High Jetter]

I do hope you're in the right place after all that...

[Pieman]

Shame it's not summer, the Bure Valley line is lovely.

[yes oui si]

5 hours ago, djoptix said:

 

[millenial stands up and starts putting on backpack]

"THAT MEANS YOU TOO, MATE. SIDDOWN."

Be honest, was it you? 

 

[Sham]

Spitting distance from me. Please don't.

 

Chodspeed!

[lisbon_road]

Wroxham has 'Roys of Wroxham' which is a set of independent shops, only to be found in Wroxham.  Frightening now how that is such a special thing.  Good luck with your trip.

[Sham]

20 minutes ago, lisbon_road said:

Wroxham has 'Roys of Wroxham' which is a set of independent shops, only to be found in Wroxham.  Frightening now how that is such a special thing.  Good luck with your trip.

Not quite true - there is a Roys in North Walsham - and a couple of other local towns too. But Wroxham is Roys and the river.

[leafsprung]

One more stop and I could have spat at you as well!

We know how to welcome strangers round these parts.

 

[leafsprung]

57 minutes ago, djoptix said:

Final station achieved. 

I'm a long way from home. 

I used to drift (yo) a Defender 110 and twin axle trailer around that car park in my younger days as they'd spread the gravel about 1 foot thick in places. No end of coaches getting stuck too.

[Mally]

3 hours ago, UltraWomble said:

YET being the operative word I expect. Give it a year.

I thought we had a 12 month extension with the Van till 2022,  and I didn't think any actual motorways were included? I may well be wrong though.

We are about a mile and a half inside the zone. We may  have a possibility of parking  just outside the zone, but it's a pain to hit the M62 on that side.

[djoptix]

Quick update - very little signal round here.

Thank you @wuvvum.

Woolard:

Pez:

 

4 hours to home. Review coming later. This is where it all went wrong for me on the last collection caper, got my fingers crossed... 

[vaughant]

Chodspeed in your fine chariot,that will get you home fine I'm sure.

Gutted that Brizzle ulez bollox might have been a reason you sold your berlingo as I was going to offer a swap for my pez one and cash for it but I think you've done a lot better with the Renaldus. 

 

[hairnet]

you put folding in daves hand?

oh fuck what will he buy now

itll do brizzle on a sniff of the devils fuel

 

[djoptix]

[Jim Bell]

31 minutes ago, djoptix said:

Is that red light indicating that everything is fine and normal?

[big_al_granvia]

2 hours ago, hairnet said:

you put folding in daves hand?

oh fuck what will he buy now

itll do brizzle on a sniff of the devils fuel

 

he still wants my 4wd volvo v70 lol... he is hopin i like his old merc more its 50/50 wuv, the v70 has working dash lights and central locking

[dome]

Modern Renault, it'll be fine*

 

 

 

*may not actually be fine

[wuvvum]

10 minutes ago, big_al_granvia said:

he still wants my 4wd volvo v70 lol... he is hopin i like his old merc more its 50/50 wuv, the v70 has working dash lights and central locking

True, but the Merc has a working gearbox.

[wuvvum]

56.9mpg is pretty impressive - I never got it over the low 50s.

[dome]

29 minutes ago, Jim Bell said:

Is that red light indicating that everything is fine and normal?

The spanner is simply to remind the driver what one looks like.

Owners of modern Renaults forget as they never need to use one, because Renault

[grogee]

3 hours ago, djoptix said:

Quick update - very little signal round here.

Thank you @wuvvum.

Woolard:

Pez:

 

4 hours to home. Review coming later. This is where it all went wrong for me on the last collection caper, got my fingers crossed... 

Winner's MPV. It even looks clean! Worth about six trains and a Megabus I'd say. 

May your MAF sensor be dependable for the return journey and forevermore after that. 

[stuboy]

1 hour ago, djoptix said:

test light says all nuts are tight and secure

[hairnet]

27 minutes ago, dome said:

The spanner is simply to remind the driver what one looks like.

Owners of modern Renaults forget as they never need to use one, because Renault

because a spanner is fuck all use the problem will be far bigger than that

 

[yes oui si]

29 minutes ago, dome said:

The spanner is simply to remind the driver what one looks like.

Owners of modern Renaults forget as they never need to use one, because everything is so tightly packed you can't fit one in... 

 

[Noel Tidybeard]

it's a light to remind one that one is a spanner for purchasing an renner🤪🥴