reasons to not drive a 4x4

arcascomp · 30-04-2012, 09:59

Pedestrian safety - that's in the new laws for new cars anyway - hell I think it's Mercedes that have introduced airbags in the bonnet area to 'land' a pedestrian on to safely! All new cars have to have stuff like bendy plastic bumpers so that they don't break people's legs. However, while our trucks don't have any of this nice goodness to them, we are helping save the planet by keeping old vehicles going rather than buying new ones each year.

Emissions/Dino fuel consumption - yeah the Terrano is a tad thirsty but as has already been said, a lot of them run veg oil, and recycled waste veg at that and anyway, my 9 year old Skoda Octavia gets as good a MPG as a Prius and is a REAL car without loads of nasty batteries on board - the new Bluemotions and B class Mercs are getting 60-70mpg figures that a Prius can never achieve.

I often have all seven seats in use and I also use it to collect free wood for my 'eco friendly woodstove' that the average family car would break trying to carry.

So can the bean munching, sandal wearing, long haired beardy whingers shut up and get a bloody life! (No offence meant to members that eat beans/wear sandals/have long hair and or beards!)

And relax, rant over!

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30-04-2012, 09:59	#20
arcascomp Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Edinburgh, Scotland Vehicle: 96 Mitsubishi Challenger! Posts: 775	Pedestrian safety - that's in the new laws for new cars anyway - hell I think it's Mercedes that have introduced airbags in the bonnet area to 'land' a pedestrian on to safely! All new cars have to have stuff like bendy plastic bumpers so that they don't break people's legs. However, while our trucks don't have any of this nice goodness to them, we are helping save the planet by keeping old vehicles going rather than buying new ones each year. Emissions/Dino fuel consumption - yeah the Terrano is a tad thirsty but as has already been said, a lot of them run veg oil, and recycled waste veg at that and anyway, my 9 year old Skoda Octavia gets as good a MPG as a Prius and is a REAL car without loads of nasty batteries on board - the new Bluemotions and B class Mercs are getting 60-70mpg figures that a Prius can never achieve. I often have all seven seats in use and I also use it to collect free wood for my 'eco friendly woodstove' that the average family car would break trying to carry. So can the bean munching, sandal wearing, long haired beardy whingers shut up and get a bloody life! (No offence meant to members that eat beans/wear sandals/have long hair and or beards!) And relax, rant over!