4 X 4,moan moan moan.
My daughters neighbours here have latest Nissan 3000Z another has a Porsche Boxter, + others around the villages have 911,Caterham 7. Brabus M class, Alpina 5 series, two new Ferraris and two other close neighbours have two MG's and a MZ5
and a 500 something Mercedes Sports car. All seem to have families and kids so there are at least 3 or 4 cars at most of the homes.
So driving a 4 X 4 is anti social!
We have our cars bacause they suit us and we like them, so they are 4 x 4, so bl**dy what.
I saw a privately owned Hummer on the M4. Somebodys choice but who am I to question him when the government is pleased to take his or hers cash % of that purchase.
Germany makes some of the fastest performing cars on the road.
So Lutz where do 6.1L Brabus and the likes of Alpina, AMG and Schnitzer sit into the equation, I understand Porshe R & D facility and test track outside Stutgart have a customer Q car dept where customers pay huge sums to get higher performance Porsches than standard.
May be you can explain the deeper emotional afinity for turning 150 mph cars into 200 mph cars compared to even the most humble 4 x 4 purchase.
We have cars that we like and suit our needs, where we drive them and the fact that we use them to tow is our choice. The numptys screaming Chelsea Tractor in mine and others direction need to look carefuly at their own ways and that of others before they preach save the planet.
If the cancer doctor says that smoking habit is killing you, and then lights one up himself and says - But if you pay another pound a packet to the Government it'll be fine you would think he was mad.
UK fuel is about the most highly taxed in Europe with garages on the least profit. Yet the numpties say that 4 x 4 owners should pay more when they already do. Ordering a new car I get no health warning, no incentive not to buy it. All the governments are interested in is that they will get the tax.