Petrol Sales Slump To 23-Year Low

[Take Me Back To London!]

I've been using a scooter for the last 9 months. You can get 120 mpg plus out of 125cc . . .

The UK climate isn't wonderful for two wheels, but you'll save the cost easily just using one as shopping transport. (No congestion charges, often no parking charges, £16 a year road tax.)

In warmer climes, there's a big move to two wheels: more sold in Italy than cars last year.

Loading taxes onto motorists had to be self-defeating in the end.

These could be the answer for UK climes, the 50CC Piaggio Ape.

[Take Me Back To London!]

Diesel v petrol seems to (mostly) be a red herring. The real life mpg's are roughly 20% lower than manufacturer's claim in any event.

Those manufacturers' fuel economy figures have always been on the perfect scenario/optimistic side, however even if they are 20% out from the real world consumption, cars are still consuming less fuel than their predecessors.

I know someone who has always able to beat the official MPG figures in cars he has owned, which involves the usual smooth driving techniques, supplemented with coasting down hills.

[Saving For a Space Ship]

Did this get a mention ?

"Misleading" car mpg claims to be banned

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9978830/Misleading-car-mpg-claims-to-be-banned.html

[The Knimbies who say No]

Did this get a mention ?

"Misleading" car mpg claims to be banned

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/news/9978830/Misleading-car-mpg-claims-to-be-banned.html

http://www.housepricecrash.co.uk/forum/index.php?showtopic=189179