James Ruppert
KICKING TYRES
A sight every Bangernomics believer dreads
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here’s only one big news story in motoring at the
moment, and you don’t have to live or work in London to be affected by it any more. Yes, the great ULEZ monster has grown much bigger, and readers like Nicholas are letting me know how they feel about it.
“I live just inside the M25 and, under Sadiq Khan’s logic, I’m free to use my 2007 Jaguar XK V8 without incurring the charge but must pay if I want to use my 1999 Saab 9-3 2.0i, despite it being about twice as efficient on fuel. The mayor would no doubt happily see cars like my Saab scrapped and replaced with something new and electric, despite it being well maintained, used for only about 1000 miles a year and having years of good life left in it.”