Congestion Charge…
As you may be aware they are proposing changes to the Congestion Charges in London, in addition to increasing the Zone to incorporate areas of West London they are proposing to charge £25 for cars which have emission rates of over 225grams/Km.
As reported this morning on the BBC News website. Porsche are threatening to challenge this rise.
Porsche! PORSCHE!
They say that the charge is disproportionate and unfair, and if you have a larger family car, then perhaps this might sound reasonable. (We are allowed to be somewhat smug because our Golf Match, bought in October, is well below the emission rate and we don’t drive into the Congestion Zone, because we aren’t insane…)
Now I might forgive a company who manufacture affordable family cars…But a company who manufacture cars which aren’t really family oriented, don’t meet the emission rates and which can cost between £50,000 and £80,000.
Now firstly, let’s think about who could afford this much for a car. Is £25 a day really going to be such a strain for them? Are these the kinds of people who easily spend £10k a month maintaining their ‘LifeStyle’?
If £25 a day, which is about £500 a month and only marginally more (by about £10-20) than what my husband pays for his monthly train commute to London on public transport, really that difficult for them to pay, then why did they buy a Porsche in the first place?
Image? or “Is it Ego Captain?” I don’t believe anyone’s penis is that small, or at least disproportionatly so to the size of their brain.
Also I personally find it disgusting that people would spend on a car amounts far in excess of many families’ combined incomes or what teachers, nurses, EMTs working in London earn, who probably rely on running their old cars (with high emissions) into the ground, or on public transport to commute from whereever they can afford to live.
Anyway, that is my non-driver rant for the day and should keep my indignation power cells charged for some time.
Tags: rant