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Beat the London congestion charge and/or save a packet

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  • 26-04-2003 12:28am
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    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,661 ✭✭✭


    If you drive a Honda Civic IMA you don't have to pay the London congestion charge, as it's a petrol/electric hybrid car. It combines a 1.3 petrol engine with a 10KW electric motor. They reckon it gives the performance of a 1.6 for the economy of a 1.1.

    It's a saloon only and has 4 proper seats and no badges to give it away as anything special. It also has a proper boot, as the batteries are stored in the back of the rear seats. This does mean the seats can't be folded down, but that's probably a help more then a hinderance - nobody will be able to ask you to cart crap around for them.

    It comes with alloys, ew, CD, etc. The main disadvantage I would see with it would be that you'd probably only be able to get it serviced at a specialist dealer.

    But you get an insurace break, as it's only 1.3, a tax break because it's got low emissions, and as I said, if you live in London you don't have to pay the congestion charge.

    It costs £14,995 in the UK, but you can get a £1,000 powershift grant to buy it.

    If I could afford it, I'd buy it : http://www.honda.co.uk/civicima/


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    Corega
    Registered Users Posts: 857 ✭✭✭Corega


    Or you could buy a bicycle, beat the traffic and get away with not having to pay that ridiculous fee. Tube is also good, but more expensive in the long run.


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    Kali
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,601 ✭✭✭Kali


    ahh but how much would it cost over here? plus in our lovely backwards country road-tax and VRT are proportional to engine size, not co2 emissions, nor would any grant be available (I presume thats a government issue and not the dealers?)


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    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,661 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    I dunno how much it'd cost here, but our tax system is going to be changing to emissions based taxing soon. Don't forget you'd get a big insurance break. You'd only be charged for a 1.3 but you'd have the performance of a 1.6.

    In the UK the grant comes from Powershift. An orginiseation set up by the goverment to promote alternative fuel usage.


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