27-01-2015, 11:33 PM
(27-01-2015, 08:41 PM)Orta Wrote: Was talking about this issue in the pub a few weeks back and whilst none of us give a damn what happens in London how would they suddenly impose a ban on diesel cars? They would all instantly become worthless, people would be trading them in willing nilly, can you imagine the chaos? The price of a used petrol car (In particular small engined ones) will rocket. It'd be pandemonium. On the plus side I'd have an excuse to run the Rallye everyday haha.
What was the program's conclusion??
They wouldn't be trading them in...dealers only take cars they can sell! You'd have no option but to break (for petrols) or scrap the car.
It'd be so easy to force diesels off the road without imposing a ban though, just base the tax on NOx or particluates instead of CO2 - if diesel tax suddenly became ~£300 people would soon buy petrols.
It's all very well worrying about the environment but everything comes down to money at the end of the day.Also, have you tried buying a small petrol car? They're the least depreciating cars you can buy new!! Low running costs and reliability (no DPF/DMF) mean people forget that a car can be comfortable, well built and refined if it means they're wallets are a little bit heavier. I did buy one of those for the reasons above and hated it...decided to spend the money on something older, diesel and much better specced....running costs so far are the same as my sisters C1 but I get refinement, space and spec as well.
They're the cars you make money on as well, if I was trading I'd be buying 107/C1/Aygo/Up! etc...that's where the money is these days because people believe the media far too much.
