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johnny2007 said:
I'm gonna use your line here:

"Prove it!"

You see?
How can you possibly prove a personal opinion?
That's what you and others ask on this forum everyday.
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Easily proven.

Newest mainstream engine design please .

I can't think of anything under 10/15 years old
 
I recall an episode of Top Gear where James May said the big V8 and V12 engines were not being made anymore: gas guzzlers are a thing of the past - like the trend to smaller cars in the 70s after the Gas shortage of '73, in America. Petrolheads refuse to believe it, so they think the lies of Big Oil are true.
 
Avocet said:
Yeah, I think so? OK, You're not going to get a Le Mans winning Blower Bentley or something really popular, but there are loads of "ordinary" old classics out there for much less than one of those. I've always fancied one of these. My mate has one (although his is just the 1.5 litre "poverty spec" one:

1950 Riley RMB Red Manual, 4 speed Right Hand Drive in Ha...

1950 Riley RMB Red Manual, 4 speed Right Hand Drive in Haywards Heath, United Kingdom - For Sale | Car & Classic, £13,750 1950 Riley 2.5...
www.carandclassic.com
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The Riley RM series are some of the nicest and most elegant looking classic cars. I believe they are ash framed though, which needs scrutinising before buying one. Classic/oldest car I owned (but then, all my vehicles are ancient) was a Rover 100 P4, dove grey over smoke grey. Tough as old boots, good looking, easy maintenance, over engineered, almost Rolls quality engineering. Suppose that's why they have such a high survival rate for cars that are now at least 60 years old.
 
ReganAndCarter said:
Is it necessary to keep parroting the juvenile language of Stop Oil eco-morons?

They should have gone to Big School and become normal, productive members of society, rather than spending their days gluing themselves to dual carriageways. :rolleyes:
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It's just easier to write than a 'large multi-national conglomorate pollution machine'. :mrgreen:
 
johnny2007 said:
Yes, that cuts it perfectly!
God forbid you ever get called in a jury :rolleyes: :rolleyes::rolleyes:
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So we know current engines are not efficient

And we don't know of anything better replacing them . The newest designs in current use are least 10/15 years old.

So on that basis you think petrol and diesel are the future ?
 
carmanmemoranda said:
So we know current engines are not efficient

And we don't know of anything better replacing them . The newest designs in current use are least 10/15 years old.

So on that basis you think petrol and diesel are the future ?
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Not necessarily, but I don't go around boasting about how I know 100% what the future holds for us.
Although, so far I never failed to predict correctly.
Nonetheless, I don't make my personal opinion or guess a fact.
 
johnny2007 said:
Not necessarily, but I don't go around boasting about how I know 100% what the future holds for us.
Although, so far I never failed to predict correctly.
Nonetheless, I don't make my personal opinion or guess a fact.
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I'm not predicting what WILL be the future, but I can see enough to know it's not petrol and diesel.

Despite what a senior manager there tells you.

It's not a local thing, it's world wide
 
Odds said:
the atmosphere by industry each year and ask the climate change deniers why they want to stunt your children's growth.
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That's called pollution. Did you not think it was going to have any effect on the environment until they called it climate change?
 
Avocet said:
I thought you liked slowing cars down?! ;)
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Where appropriate & beneficial.

I read an interesting comment recently -

"I hear numerous complaints from motorists about the 20mph limit. It can be frustrating, and there may be places where a higher limit would be more appropriate. However I have yet to hear of an accident victim (be they pedestrian, cyclist or driver/passenger in a motor vehicle) complaining that they wish they'd been hit by something driving a bit faster."
 
Odds said:
Can you get a real classic for that kind of money, though?
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It really does depend what you mean by "real classic", or even "classic".

If you look at the ads in Car & Classic, for example (chosen purely because it's already been cited here) there are several thousand in the £10K - £15K range.

But as some people think the Austin Maestro is a classic, YMMV....
 
Odds said:
I recall an episode of Top Gear where James May said the big V8 and V12 engines were not being made anymore:
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They are, though.

They may be becoming less "mainstream" (V12s never really were, anywhere, nor V8s outside of North America), and the really big ones have gone, but small-block V8s are still fairly common in the USA.
 
morqthana said:
They are, though.

They may be becoming less "mainstream" (V12s never really were, anywhere, nor V8s outside of North America), and the really big ones have gone, but small-block V8s are still fairly common in the USA.
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In the scale of sales, very minor now and not increasing
 
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