General Warning about posts

Gentlemen (and women if any).

Can we just keep the posts and replies down to an agreeable & friendly basis, without any personal digs.
We all have our own view points on certain issues, but the aim of this forum is to have a bit of a laugh, and gain knowledge and help others while we are at it.
If we're not careful in what is posted, and how it is posted/replied to, we run the chance of getting posts removed/edited by the moderators, or at worst getting banned. And this you have to agree, we all don't need.

Just thought I'd say this as many post of late have had to have a moderator step in in one form or another.

We can all be friends, I'm sure???

AG

AG - can you set up a sensible pro classic car political party. we'll all vote for you. imagine yourself in # 10 telling the chancellor to lay off classic cars, or face the sack

I can't lie like a Politician..................

M3AG wrote: I can't lie like a Politician..................

Don't worry, we can teach you.....

grand idea Horsey, make it 20 years while you're at it. 1985 cars exempt from road tax. yippee

 

M3AG wrote: should be a rolling date, say 25yrs?

The original idea which John Major put into effect was based on 25 years. He'd got as far as cars registered or made before 1st Jan. 1973 before he rather carelessly, but inevitably, lost the '97 election to Tony B.Liar.

One of the first things Gordon Brown did as Chancellor was to put a freeze on the 25-year rolling exemption. The position has stayed fixed ever since, i.e. only cars made or registered before 1st Jan 1973 get to be road tax exempt, as long as they have their current MoT and insurance in place.

I'm surprised that the Tories have been silent about whether or not they will unfreeze the current position if they win power. Perhaps the classic car lobby have forgotten about this vote-winner?

Edited by Horsetan

Rhys wrote: what about the euro law that nearly got though banning cars off the road that were over 21 years old? someone saw it at last minute and chucked it out (think it was a froggy that wanted to introduce it.. nuff said)

I think you can look a little closer to home on this one too, but much worse.

Comrade Ken has been trying to get non catalytic cars banned from the charge zone, add to that his desire to increase the zone to anywhere within the M25 ...................

Rhys wrote: ... road tax and insurence on push-bikes? (now there's a good idea.. )

Actually, Red Ken could completely turn around his reputation as a power-corrupted despot if he imposed swingeing taxes and insurance requirements on those awful (p)rickshaws trundling round certain parts of the West End of London.....

Why would they extend to the M25?It's a congestion zone in it's own right, well known as the biggest circular car park in southern England!

In Hamburg, old cars (and I mean OLD) are
encouraged - as long as they have a cataylst. That's
the Green Party lobby for you.
But 'old cars' mean stuff like 2002's, Fintail
Mercedes, W107 and Pagoda SL's and you do see
plenty of pre 1980 S Class cruising about as well as
the odd E3 (2500 BMW) saloon. No E23's though


Running a nice old car there is more of an informed
choice and a statement as opposed to HAVING to
drive an old car.

Oldest car I see as a regular in an immdetiately post
War Beetle, about a 1947 "Ivan Hirst' model in Black.
It does look superb I must say.

Aaaah, Ze good olt days, Ja?