Dullness on the horizon

Not worried, the men in my family rarely make it beyond 65, I'm 57 just now so 2040 is a joke to me! ;) ;) ;)
 
There's an awful lot of government changes and water to pass under bridges yet before that becomes a reality.

Look at Labour, they just binned a core manifesto pledge within days of losing an election by less than they dared on the back of it.
 
They may ban them but knowing the French public they will just ignore it and drive their old Renaults etc.
 
It'll never happen - what will the farmers blockade the tunnel with then? :frusty6:

On a slightly more serious note, how will that work out with the surrounding EU countries if they decide not to follow suit at the same time? That'll be a nightmare to sort out.
 
The ban is on the sale of them in France. Which will be interesting because it won't stop people buying them in neighbouring countries and importing. EU single market and all that.
 
If I'm alive, I'll be 78 by then so I won't give a dead ratsass anyway.
 
Thats gonna really help the holiday market for France! Everyone will add a Mad Max style fuel tank to the length of the Car + Caravan! :)
 
dannywooly said:
Thats gonna really help the holiday market for France! Everyone will add a Mad Max style fuel tank to the length of the Car + Caravan! :)
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Its only about selling them. There's nothing about what happens to the ones that are already there. They'd still need to be able to provide fuel for the existing vehicles.

m1980k said:
I'd be surprised if anyone was still making petrol cars in 23 years time anyway...
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I'd imagine that this will be pretty much true apart from some specialists. The question will be if petrol is no longer needed what happens to old cars.
 
Le Mans would be interesting, not.
Imagine plugging in the car and waiting for the battery to charge in the middle of a race.
 
I wonder how this will effect the second hand car market over the next few years for those like me that keep their daily drives for a long time. It might be worth considering a hybrid.
 
redsonnylee said:
I wonder how this will effect the second hand car market over the next few years for those like me that keep their daily drives for a long time. It might be worth considering a hybrid.
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At some point in my lifetime, I expect the majority of petrol engined cars will become worthless as only electric, self-driving vehicles will be permitted on public roads. Maybe a 250GTO will retain value as a museum piece, but for a lot of people, a sportscar or GT or barge that they can't actually use on the road will make no sense. Perhaps there will be the opportunity to drive these cars on track, maybe LPG will be an option if we don't go down the fully autonomous route, maybe there will be a period where petrol cars are just taxed very heavily so you can take the hit if you choose.

This is why I have a GS and I'm currently looking to replace my leased diesel Mazda with a BMW 550 touring if I can find one.

And I wonder whether you'd be able to pick up a Lambo for £10k if they announced that they'd be banned from the road in 12 months' time. I'd get one, take a sabbatical from work and rack up 100k miles in it!
 
m1980k said:
At some point in my lifetime, I expect the majority of petrol engined cars will become worthless as only electric, self-driving vehicles will be permitted on public roads. Maybe a 250GTO will retain value as a museum piece, but for a lot of people, a sportscar or GT or barge that they can't actually use on the road will make no sense. Perhaps there will be the opportunity to drive these cars on track, maybe LPG will be an option if we don't go down the fully autonomous route, maybe there will be a period where petrol cars are just taxed very heavily so you can take the hit if you choose.

This is why I have a GS and I'm currently looking to replace my leased diesel Mazda with a BMW 550 touring if I can find one.

And I wonder whether you'd be able to pick up a Lambo for £10k if they announced that they'd be banned from the road in 12 months' time. I'd get one, take a sabbatical from work and rack up 100k miles in it!
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Agree here, you only live once so if the supercars did drop in price & petrol was hiked up I'd still get one for the thrill of it even for a short time.
 
Have to say I'm with Benny on this one.
Getting to that age where I won't care.
As none of us really know what will happen use them while you can.
One life live it with no regrets glad I have owned what I have.
 
m1980k said:
At some point in my lifetime, I expect the majority of petrol engined cars will become worthless as only electric, self-driving vehicles will be permitted on public roads. Maybe a 250GTO will retain value as a museum piece, but for a lot of people, a sportscar or GT or barge that they can't actually use on the road will make no sense. Perhaps there will be the opportunity to drive these cars on track, maybe LPG will be an option if we don't go down the fully autonomous route, maybe there will be a period where petrol cars are just taxed very heavily so you can take the hit if you choose.

This is why I have a GS and I'm currently looking to replace my leased diesel Mazda with a BMW 550 touring if I can find one.

And I wonder whether you'd be able to pick up a Lambo for £10k if they announced that they'd be banned from the road in 12 months' time. I'd get one, take a sabbatical from work and rack up 100k miles in it!
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Well, I can still drive my Traction Engine round the lanes, cos i can still get coal and water. We'll still be able to get petrol
 
BennyD said:
If I'm alive, I'll be 78 by then so I won't give a dead ratsass anyway.
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Fu*kin ell Ben mate...That's only ten years to go for me then,I've got a race in Dec in Portugal, that's after a knee op in Oct

You never slow down!

Dave
 
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