Is this the beginning of the end of performance motoring
27 September 2007, 12:58 PM
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27 September 2007, 01:03 PM
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The "Performance Car Cruising" scene has been dying for about a decade now.. The final nail in the coffin was forged by "The Fast And The Furious" and the influx of little ****-heads in Fiestas that have just crashed into Halfords behaving like ****-holes in carparks.
27 September 2007, 01:07 PM
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I truly wish it were that simple. Look up section 59 - an offence has been committed if an exhaust is louder than standard in the opinion of a police officer.
I KNOW that the PPP exhaust has been tested and 'e' marked. Prodrive make a big deal out of it. But it's still NOT the exhaust system that was fitted at the date of manufacture, and therefore IS potentially subject to s59. That's the problem.
I KNOW that the PPP exhaust has been tested and 'e' marked. Prodrive make a big deal out of it. But it's still NOT the exhaust system that was fitted at the date of manufacture, and therefore IS potentially subject to s59. That's the problem.
27 September 2007, 04:14 PM
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Maybe its been happening a while now, but slowly and surely i see the end of performance motoring.
No i'm sure some of you will think i'm talking b***ocks (i probably am)
But i have seen things get worse, for instance many moons ago i used to be a biker and ok i admit i was a bit of a t*t on one and i was young and full of it and thought i knew better.
Then on the routes i used to take and speed cameras sprang up everywhere, the police clamped down as they saw it as anti social and now if you go into Matlock (a bikers gathering spot in Derbyshire) it is a shadow of its former self, in fact going back 15 years they seemed to be a damn sight more bikers on the road full stop then they're is today.
Now i can see the Performance car going the same way.
Constantly hounded by the police and with new laws being constantly put into place under our noses by politically correct MPs and the like, we are being priced out or banned out of our cars.
Where does it end?
High emmission car - ok we will wallop them with taxation,
Any loop hole will be closed as the new law was put through today (where your points are doubled if you refuse to name the driver)
I see most if not all Motorways and major A roads will have some sort of average speed cameras over the set distance with the politically correct idiots in control reducing the speed at a whim (M42 springs to mind)
And then this:
PistonHeads Headlines
when will it end, will the enjoyment of a performance car be confined to the odd track day - i think so, yet there is not a political party that supports the 10's of millions of motorists on the road, it is never spoke about or reported by the media
I'm not saying lets all drive round like t**ts but nor do i want to drive like miss Daisy 100% of the time.
is so wrong and unacceptable to have a bit of a blat on that deserted bypass or country road?
it seems so.
Is there a solution?
I'd love to hear it.
No i'm sure some of you will think i'm talking b***ocks (i probably am)
But i have seen things get worse, for instance many moons ago i used to be a biker and ok i admit i was a bit of a t*t on one and i was young and full of it and thought i knew better.
Then on the routes i used to take and speed cameras sprang up everywhere, the police clamped down as they saw it as anti social and now if you go into Matlock (a bikers gathering spot in Derbyshire) it is a shadow of its former self, in fact going back 15 years they seemed to be a damn sight more bikers on the road full stop then they're is today.
Now i can see the Performance car going the same way.
Constantly hounded by the police and with new laws being constantly put into place under our noses by politically correct MPs and the like, we are being priced out or banned out of our cars.
Where does it end?
High emmission car - ok we will wallop them with taxation,
Any loop hole will be closed as the new law was put through today (where your points are doubled if you refuse to name the driver)
I see most if not all Motorways and major A roads will have some sort of average speed cameras over the set distance with the politically correct idiots in control reducing the speed at a whim (M42 springs to mind)
And then this:
PistonHeads Headlines
when will it end, will the enjoyment of a performance car be confined to the odd track day - i think so, yet there is not a political party that supports the 10's of millions of motorists on the road, it is never spoke about or reported by the media
I'm not saying lets all drive round like t**ts but nor do i want to drive like miss Daisy 100% of the time.
is so wrong and unacceptable to have a bit of a blat on that deserted bypass or country road?
it seems so.
Is there a solution?
I'd love to hear it.
Performance is still a big selling point of a car, even ones with no sporting aspirations. Try tho the PC brigade might, people like speed and will continue to enjoy giving it some beans. Many people are perfectly capable of exercising appropriate discretion about when it is safe to "play" and when it's time to behave. Regrettably the antics of a few spoil it for the rest of us: the PC brigade (many of whom spend their lives in quangos and advisory panels) jump on these high profile cases and create a lot of noise and perpetuate the Govs stance...in the media at least, which is motivated not by road safety, but by conviction figures and money!
I recall one such PC berk saying that they wanted to make speeding as socially unacceptable as drink driving!
I think it will get to a stage where the Gov takes a step too far and people vote with their feet. I think they're treading thin ice as it is TBH!!
Ns04
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