Dieselgate (which I'm not condoning) was used as a smokescreen (excuse the pun) to turn on Diesels. The science about NoX was always there and cheating emissions tests was commonplace and everyone knew about it really, they just needed a German car manufacturer to be the fall guys. They still use less fuel and produce less carbon emissions than Petrol vehicles and are less environmentally damaging to produce and have far longer lives than electric vehicles. All 3 are not the future of transport.The money I save on fuel and tax by using an 11 plate diesel still offsets these charges by some margin.
It's amazing to think the government were actively trying to get people to drive diesels 10 years ago and now they're the scurge of the road.
Thanks for that @Trooper Looper
Some good videos on that channel. Samurai was so much better back then...
From: https://youtu.be/lHYgS5KUsJM
I was quite young in its opening year but think I was tall enough to ride- but bottled it!I remember going on that in 1999 god now I do feel old.
It replaced the magic carpet ride which I went on in 1998 and was so much better than Thorpe current version.
There's a lot of leccy gubbins for it to only serve as brake.