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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. It will hit hardest on those already suffering from the cost of living crisis and will banish classic cars from the city’s streets. Plus he has no mandate for (80% of Greater Londoners were against it) and negligible benefit (according to his own TFL-led report). Here’s why.
Continue reading “ULEZ: Everything you Need to Know!”Did you know investing in classic cars, over three years, you could see your money grow by as much as 70%. Do the same with gold and the return is only 34%!
This car used to belong to a Purple Heart-awarded veteran, who became a Detroit cop, bought the car new in 1969 and became a secret street drag racer at night, dominating the Motor City Power scene of the 1970s.
Continue reading “The Secret Street-Racing Cop and his ‘Black Ghost’ Challenger”
The third sequel in my best-viewed videos on which classic cars to buy (23 classic cars for 2023) for fun and investment, see links to my previous videos below. I run down the best cars as named by Hagerty’s Bull Market List on both sides of the Atlantic – plus three cars of my own choosing.
It may be December, it may be freezing in the mornings, but that didn’t stop Leon Watts of Autoism who his second-ever charity classic car meet. The Christmas car meet was at Duke of London. This is a walk around of the event and the amazing Duke of London venue itself – what is Duke of London find out as there’s an interview with Merlin McCormick and Leon Watts reveals what Autoism is about. Plus a Porsche 959, new Morgan three-wheeler, a Police car from ‘Gotham City’, Ferraris, Mustangs and many other spectacular cars, including my BMW.
It’s been confirmed today that London Mayor, Sadiq Khan’s plan to expand the ULEZ (ultra low emissions zone) to over the whole of the Greater London area, will go ahead from 29th August 2023 – that’s next year. This may affect you if you live in the outer London area and own a petrol car built before 2005 and a diesel car built before 2015.
Compiled all my coverage of the massive NEC Classic Car Show on this page!
You’ll feel like you were at the show after watching this walk-around video
Continue reading “2022 NEC Classic Car Show”
The 20 Best Supercars Ever – this is the Definitive List. BTW – can you spot the ‘deliberate’ typo in the numbering 😉🤦🏽♂️🤣 Even so, there are a full 20 of the most iconic cars befitting supercar / hypercar status.
Check out my walkaround of the October 2022 Bicester Scramble at Bicester Heritage, including an interview with the Bicester Town Mayor (at around 4:00 mark). Which were your favourite cars?
Continue reading “Walkaround Bicester Scramble Oct 2022”
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