I'm running a 2008 diesel passat at the moment. Not as a classic or cherished or anything like that, but as cheap motoring. Cost me £500 to buy plus £300 to get it through an MOT (broken springs). It… (View Post)

The problem isn't people running 20 year old petrol cars - the problem is those running relatively recent (5 -12 year old) diesels. Leaving aside affordability for a moment, it's not fair or reasonab… (View Post)

Except - judge them by their deeds. More taxing, more spending, more borrowing. With a massive side-helping of nannying. Sunak may claim to be about Thatcherite values and fiscal rectitude, but his a… (View Post)

The problem is that the cap is more complex than that, partly because the cap actually varies slightly region to region (it depends on things like the density of housing in a region, and therefore th… (View Post)

ULEZ compliance hits diesel consumption quite hard. Mine is only a Euro 5 engine, but it takes quite a long way (~20miles) for the mpg to recover from the hit it takes on a cold start as it stuffs di… (View Post)