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Siwynne



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Euro 5 taxi ban
I have recently learned that our local authority have written to all operators giving them just over a year to move away from euro 5 engines. Many 2.2 transit minibuses used for school runs and airport transfers will be massively devalued. Presumably this will mean a glut of high milage 2.2 transits on the market as they are deemed financially unsound to run. I have spoken to two owners who are looking to offload van now and this is just the start
I’m going to keep my eyes peeled and try to pick one up cheap with a view to extracting the engine and reconditioning it myself
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Bluest



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They’ll just register in Wolverhampton and carry on.

Third of Greater Manchester taxi drivers registered in Wolverhampton - FOI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67055065 2007 110 TDCi Station Wagon XS
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Ianh



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Good on Wolverhampton Very Happy

Ironic that these mayors go on about their right to make rules for their jurisdiction, even though it affects others outside of their areas, but bleat on about it if others make decisions that they are entitled to make that impact them.
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Oldyellar



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Oldyellar



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lightning



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lt's hitting values of older Defenders round here. People are offloading them, worried that new legislation will either ban them or impose punitive taxes.

Already if you drive any Defender classed as "Commercial" you'll pay £10 to drive into Sheffield.

l think it's grossly unfair, to impose these taxes retrospectively.
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Moo



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There's no private car ULEZ in Bath, but if you park in a council car park then you will pay for parking based on your Euro classification. Confused

The council will only take payment by App so they know exactly what you drive. Luckily, there are some very good private car parks Thumbs Up Laughing Eiger Grey MY23 D250 SE with bits. Known as Noddy.
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blackwolf



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Bluest wrote:
They’ll just register in Wolverhampton and carry on.

Third of Greater Manchester taxi drivers registered in Wolverhampton - FOI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-67055065


Hmm, I wonder why this is happening. Could it be because....

The BBC wrote:
Manchester City Council charges £255 to register as a new private hire driver and between £222 and £342 to register a vehicle depending on its age.

The application fee under Wolverhampton Council is £49 for a one-year licence and £95 to register a vehicle under 10 years old.


£145 versus £597 and probably the need for a new vehicle. Who in their right mind would register in Manchester?

I was amused by the fact that the figures suggest that 13% of the population of Wolverhampton are taxi drivers. I wonder what percentage of those are actually part of Wolverhampton's population.
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custom90



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Moo wrote:

The council will only take payment by App so they know exactly what you drive. Luckily, there are some very good private car parks Thumbs Up Laughing

That’s because they are discriminative little sods, since when does higher emissions apply to parking either?? As bonkers as they’re local and National leaders. Then they do self proclaim to be “wacky”… Whistle Rolling with laughter No Guts, No Glory.
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diesel_jim



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I read a thing a while back, it said that "clean air zones" are like a " Censored ing area in a swimming pool"

think about the logistics of it.... does the clean air put up a hand and stop the dirty air? Laughing

edit: censor alert... meant to spell "pee-ing" area...
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geobloke



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Moo wrote:
There's no private car ULEZ in Bath, but if you park in a council car park then you will pay for parking based on your Euro classification. Confused

The council will only take payment by App so they know exactly what you drive. Luckily, there are some very good private car parks Thumbs Up Laughing


lightning wrote:
lt's hitting values of older Defenders round here. People are offloading them, worried that new legislation will either ban them or impose punitive taxes.

Already if you drive any Defender classed as "Commercial" you'll pay £10 to drive into Sheffield.

l think it's grossly unfair, to impose these taxes retrospectively.


It is almost like these cities are trying to drive people into buying online Rolling with laughter Cannot think why the city centres are struggling for visitor numbers. Coming to think of it I cannot remember the last time I went into a city centre, has to be years Rolling Eyes
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custom90



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Same here, I’m not a fan of the city anyway.
Amazon has excellent delivery services, to be honest with a faster delivery than would be practical to go out to get myself.

Main places I go are fuel stations, food shops and agricultural stores. Laughing

Even Halfords have a really, really, good delivery service, and in using that saves fuel for better purposes anyway elsewhere. Mr. Green No Guts, No Glory.
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tonyp



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The same councils make parking almost impossible and then complain they need help to revive the high streets
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Rashers



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diesel_jim wrote:
I read a thing a while back, it said that "clean air zones" are like a " Censored ing area in a swimming pool"

think about the logistics of it.... does the clean air put up a hand and stop the dirty air? Laughing

edit: censor alert... meant to spell "pee-ing" area...


Bit like Norwich I'm 1970's was a nuclear free zone. Not sure if the Russians ever got the memo.

All I would say about taxi's, I have two friends who bought Ford Galaxy's. They were high mileage and apparently 'only used on long airport runs'. I have seen Addison Lee's garage of Galaxies a few years back. Both cars had hell and all trouble with the DPF's and both vehicles were written off by them after spending shed loads trying to get them working.
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Jabberwocky



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custom90steve wrote:
Moo wrote:

The council will only take payment by App so they know exactly what you drive. Luckily, there are some very good private car parks Thumbs Up Laughing

That’s because they are discriminative little sods, since when does higher emissions apply to parking either?? As bonkers as they’re local and National leaders. Then they do self proclaim to be “wacky”… Whistle Rolling with laughter


It’s to discourage more polluting cars from driving into the city🤷‍♂️
Post #1021594 17th Jan 2024 9:40pm
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