RedRobin Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Does anyone know the emissions rating please for the Mk5 GTI please? It's not a critical or especially important question but prompted by my reading 'Autocar' in WHSmith Library where I read something about government plans to tax cars additionally according to emissions. They don't want us to drive anything above 173 apparently. Mother Earth has had temperature and climatic variations throughout her long life and I don't believe it's ALL down to the motor car or indeed man-made. Human activity might contribute but not that much imo. Just an excuse for government to try and steal more of our money. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB6Vantage Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 192 g/km for the manual 190 g/km for the DSG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DB6Vantage Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 I recall having seen a TG episode and they said that apparently using a UK InterCity train polutes more or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentandy Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 judging by the state of our trains that is more than likely to be true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted November 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Thanks DB6Vantage Apparently diesel engines emit stuff which combines with natural plant pollens and creates a whole spectrum of pollution problems. Strange that we don't hear much about that! I can imagine Jeremy C very wittily describing that UK InterCity train info! Pity I missed it. They are a great threesome, those TG presenters....I always enjoy their humour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark_90 Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 That is true.. more pollution per person on a train than if each person got in their own car and drove it. Crazy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy Posted November 4, 2005 Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 What all these so called environmental people forget as well as the government is how many more aeroplanes there is now and how more people use them even for short distances and what about taxing there fuel? or how about sorting industrial plants out and power stations. Oh i know why thats right the bosses of this lot are too powerful better not upset them. Lets pick on the easy targets that never really complain or ever do anything about it. Sorry but the government is just simply anti-car full stop. RANT OVER!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedRobin Posted November 4, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2005 Better to have the occasional rant than bottle it up though my friend I happen to care very deeply about the environment, as do many others here I'm sure, it's the effing governments and their self-interested propagandas I object to. I would have been hung, drawn, and quartered for saying this not that long ago but Guy Fawkes had the right idea in some respects! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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