#BrownCarGuy – News, Views & Reviews!
It’s a win for common sense! Some roads in Wales will revert to 30mph following backlash at the Welsh government’s £34m default 20mph policy, after a petition with nearly half a million signatures expressing anger at the scheme in September last year.
A few quick clips from this evening’s West London Classics & Classic Custom. Plus (below) Live walkaround at the awesome car show and meet.
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt delivered his budget today (6 March 2024), probably the last budget before the General Election (and of the current Conservative Government?) – so what was in it for the motorist? Good news or bad. What seems like positive news, keeping the freeze on fuel duty, a closer examination by the RAC reveals, it’s not all as great as it seems.
Six months on from the expansion of ULEZ (Ultra Low Emission Zone) to cover the whole of London, in August 2023 and the London Mayor still hasn’t released impact data to prove that it’s improved the air quality in the expanded zones. And it won’t be released until after the elections in May 2024. However, I shot two videos last year, taking an ELITECH Temptop air quality meter around London, covering firstly the previous ULEZ zone in part 1 and the proposed area of expansion in Part 2. This means I can directly compare my findings today, six months on from the expansion to the data I had before, to see if there has been any improvement in air quality. This is what I do in this video. And the results may surprise you – they certainly astonished me!
New 2024 Series 12 of Car S.O.S (the car show with a heart!) begins on Thursday, 7th March 2024 at 8.00pm on the National Geographic Channel. See my exclusive interview with TV presenters Tim Shaw & Fuzz Townshend in this brilliant podcast! 🤩 We talk about cars and episodes of the new series plus the important connections we have with our cars!
It’s brand new, it’s electric, it’s Chinese and it’s inspired by the Ocean. Plus, it can accelerate from rest to 62mph in under four seconds, putting down over 500bhp through all four wheels. Meet the BYD Seal!
Electric vehicle owners to be charged more for Parking in London? Because of higher emissions? Talk about confused and mixed messages from the authorities regarding eco-conscious driving!
London Mayor Sadiq Khan, has expanded the ULEZ – Ultra Low Emission Zone – to cover the whole of Greater London right up to the M25 in some places, from 29th August 2023 (See first pinned video below), making London the largest low emission zone in the world.
Continue reading “ULEZ: Everything you Need to Know! [Part 2]”
Modern car adverts are banal and insipid, and fundamentally failing to inspire a generation of car enthusiasts the way we were. Here’s why, it’s all down to the ASA draining the fun out of automotive advertising.
Two days ago, Rishi Sunak’s government put out The Plan for Drivers, its manifesto for cars and motoring going forward, with a foreword by Mark Harper. What does it say, is it really an end to the ‘War on Motorists’ that Rishi claimed? Let’s take a deep dive look in this video. Here’s where you can download it