20 mph but why not 1.3cc ?

[hard2miss]

As touched on here what if all the caravaners had to have a 1300cc engine which was not up to the job of pulling their caravan? Caravan sold & on jet to go abroad everyear instead with the family. That must be more of an environmental disaster than pulling a caravan?

 

Theory flawed.....back to the drawing board

You buy a licence for the caravan giving you rights to own a car upto it then, but still a capped CC.

 

Nothings flawed, it would just need working out.

[convert]

What about people who already own large capacity cars?

 

Would they be forced to sell them?

 

 

Would the governement compensate them for the loss in value to their vehicles caused by such legislation?

 

How much would this cost the taxpayer?

[Cyclone]

You buy a licence for the caravan giving you rights to own a car upto it then, but still a capped CC.

 

Nothings flawed, it would just need working out.

 

Which really doesn't help the situation at all, if someone wanted a larger engined car they'd purchase an old caravan (or claim that they were going to tow the caravan of a friend), purchase a large engined car and then drive it all the time.

 

Why penalise someone who owns a sports car to use for a thousand miles a year, they still produce less pollution than the diesel gold that covers 100k for a sales rep.

 

Ultimately vehicular pollution is tiny, industrial pollution is massive, this is where we need to target our efforts.

[Tony]

Just wait until everyone has their own carbon account. There will be a few surprises and quite a bit of schadenfreude from some people with big thirsty cars (like me ) who already have a small carbon footprint.

[Number Six]

1.3 engiens now are fast enough for anything and it would help in the quest to cut speeding on motorways and car theft with the only cars fast enough to be on the road being the police.

 

So are 1.3 engines 'fast enough' or will they cut speeding? And where are the police going to get their bigger engines from? Are you going to get them hand built?

 

Besides, it isn't about speed, it's about power. Don't fancy towing a caravan with a 1.3 engine, nor do I fancy giving more than one person at a time a lift.

 

What about people with diesel cars who are running on bio-fuel which has a tiny carbon footprint?

 

EDIT - just seen the point about caravans has already been made.

[Cyclone]

The police would get their engines from all the foreign companies that will continue to produce cars for every other market than the UK.

[foxy lady]

The police would get their engines from all the foreign companies that will continue to produce cars for every other market than the UK.

 

bye bye to what is left of UK car production.

[Cyclone]

Volvo's and Subaru's are pursuit cars, I don't think they're made in the UK anyway.

[hard2miss]

What about people who already own large capacity cars?

 

Would they be forced to sell them?

 

 

Would the governement compensate them for the loss in value to their vehicles caused by such legislation?

 

How much would this cost the taxpayer?

No Im talking about new sales above 1.3

 

If people hold onto older cars then they would be taxed under the currant system. Im not saying it would over night make us all have to have them, Im saying faze them in now so in 10 - 15 years it will be the norm. that would give manufacturers enough time to come up with new 1.3 ltr cars that could be upto all thats mentioned. Change the rules of the market, the market will adapt to where the money is.

[Bedders]

Suzuki Hyabusa engined kit car for me should such legislation come in.