From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 00:11:46 -0700 (PDT), Derek C
<del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>Nearly all British made cars such as Rolls Royces, Range Rovers, Aston
>Martins will be affected by this new tax.

A Range Rover is a gas guzzler, my Freelander (British made too) isnt.
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Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 01:30:11 -0700 (PDT), Derek C
<del.copeland(a)tiscali.co.uk> wrote:

>I hope you will have at least a little bit of sympathy for the British
>workers at Rolls-Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, etc, whose jobs are now
>under threat by yet another Gordon Brown stealth tax on motorists!

"Stealth"? You seem to have brainwashed by the Torygraph.
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Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.
From: ChelseaTractorMan on
On Thu, 01 Apr 2010 16:00:28 +0100, Another Dave <dmarsden(a)nospam.com>
wrote:

>but I have been skidded into by a 4x4 - 4-wheel drive doesn't
>make your brakes any better.

yep, seen that happen too. But I have also got stuck in snow a few
times in cars, I prefer 4x4 now but remember the brakes are the same.
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Mike. .. .
Gone beyond the ultimate driving machine.