Harry's Garage Electric cars & classic cars

Started by Paul Gulliver, December 07, 2020, 04:32:28 PM

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Paul Gulliver

Another really thoughtful piece from " Harry's Garage" . I know this in all in the UK & EU but I'm sure similar outcomes are headed our way.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CUA2imRYRM
Paul Gulliver
Present
2017 Silver Giulia Veloce
1979 Silver Alfa 116 GTV Twin Spark
1973 Red Alfa 105 2.0 GTV

Past
2013 Giulietta QV
2006 Black 159 2.2 J
1970 Dutch Blue Series 2 1750
1975 Blue Alfetta Sedan 1.8
1981 Piper Yellow Alfetta GTV 2000
1985 Red Alfetta GTV2.0
1989 White Alfa 164
2000 156

Colin Edwards

Agree - excellent work from Harry.
Although 100% electric traction cars are inevitable, how we get to that point perplexes me no end.
The intention of the UK government (at the moment!) confirms the unbelievable lack of respect governments have for the intelligence of their public.  I would have thought the UK government would have a bit of a credibility issue at the moment with regard to how they have mismanaged the latest pandemic.

A government with agates would acknowledge one of the greatest producers of CO2 on the planet are the mammals - in particular the Homo Sapiens.  Not the Homo Sapiens obsession with a CO2 intensive commerce model, but the very fact that so many mammals / Homo Sapiens actually exist / live / breathe!

When any government does something about the overpopulation of this one and only planet by mammals, then some real change may take place.  Maybe the latest pandemic is some government attempt to reduce the worlds population?

Harry's comment re the tax advantage of buying new EV's versus the huge carbon footprint of producing these vehicles is poetry!  The Government "pays" the consumer to regularly purchase new high carbon footprint vehicles in an "attempt" to lower CO2 emissions.  Now that is ironic!
Present
2023 Tonale Veloce
2018 Abarth 124 Spider
1987 75 3.0

Past
2020 Giulietta Veloce
2015 Giulietta QV
2009 159 3.2 Ti Q4
2012 Giulietta TCT Veloce
2006 147 Ti 2 door Selespeed
1979 Alfasud Ti 1.5