#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, is going ahead with plans to expand the ULEZ – Ultra Low Emission Zone – to cover the whole of Greater London right up to the M25 from 29th August 2023.
Continue reading “ULEZ: Everything you Need to Know!”
Do emissions increase or decrease at 20mph compared to 30mph? I try to find out.
The BMW i4 is essentially the full electric version of the 4 Series. The M50, which I reviewed at Millbrook Proving Ground last year (which is to say I got to drive it hard around the close road circuit), is the top dog. Pretty much the M4 of BMW’s i-series saloons.
Report from the Anti-ULEZ protest yesterday afternoon at the Orpington War Memorial roundabout on Saturday 25 March 2023. We speak to Gareth Bacon, Member of Parliament for Orpington and someone who has been strongly arguing against the ULEZ Expansion in Parliament. Plus I speak to members of the Orpington community directly affected and concerned by the ULEZ Expansion due at the end of August this year across the whole of Greater London. I talk to real people about real issues and real hardships – watch now!
In my latest ULEZ News Update, I look at what MSM (Main Stream Media) or in this case, the BBC in particular, really say about ULEZ. Turns out there is a page on the BBC News website, that is surprisingly fair and frank in its assessment. Perhaps there is hope after all. Now if only they’d come and cover the protests! See the page here
Got a DM on Twitter from someone accusing me of being a ‘shill’ and a ‘fraud’ and suggesting I rip off my Starfleet badge – I could not, NOT, respond to this one. Feel free to let me know what you think in the comments. No DMs regarding this though!
20 mph limits – Wales is introducing them, Scotland will too, most of London already has them, and it’s expanding further. They now being put into outer London areas. But do they make any difference, what are the pros or cons, will they work, or will most people ignore them? Here’s the research I found on them, and what I think of them.
Follow #BCGBMWE30 on social media Bookmark this page to follow my ongoing series with this car – everything that happens with the ownership of this BMW – one that I’ve owned for the second time. I used to own a blue one just like this back in the 1990s, and it was one of my most missed cars.
I catch up with my old Dubai buddy, PR professional, Tom Conway-Gordon in the Ultimate Podcast Machine – which of course is my 1989 BMW 325i E30. It’s black, and Tom runs a car fan Instagram Page – AnyColourSoLongAsItsBlack So while he was keen to see and snap the E30, I took him for a drive and a chat!
Report from the Anti-ULEZ protest yesterday afternoon at Trafalgar Square on Saturday 18 March 2023. We speak to Harrow Council, Hatch End Councillor, Matthew Goodwin-Freeman (who aged only 23, spoke up so powerfully and eloquently directly against Sadiq Khan – which has been viewed over a million times on the internet now) plus of course the community directly affected and concerned by the ULEZ Expansion due at the end of August this year across the whole of Greater London. I talk to real people about real issues and real hardships – watch now!
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