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Title: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2014, 10:43:01
It seems that diseasals area as bad as they said they were.  :-X

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-30381223
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: 05omegav6 on 10 December 2014, 10:48:04
That will annoy alot of PSA management ::)

You don't need scientists to tell you that all the soot covering everything is possibly bad for you though ;)
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: aaronjb on 10 December 2014, 10:48:56
Next it'll be petrol cars again.

Then electric cars (because the electricity comes from dirty power stations)

Then electricity

Then we'll all have to go back to living in caves but at least we'll live hundreds of years because everyone was so much healthier before the invention of all these infernal modern machines. (Except they weren't, but we'll gloss over that for the sake of the tree hugging hippies)
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 10 December 2014, 10:49:38
when stopped for a traffic light surrounded by diesels on a hot summer day close your windows and ac or you will be poisoned like a rat..


you cant breathe..



Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: 05omegav6 on 10 December 2014, 11:03:30
when stopped for a traffic light surrounded by diesels on a hot summer day close your windows and ac or you will be poisoned like a rat..


you cant breathe..
Of course, this isn't an issue with fumes from 2 stroke moped engines on the warmer days ::)
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: Andy B on 10 December 2014, 11:07:15
when stopped for a traffic light surrounded by diesels on a hot summer day close your windows and ac or you will be poisoned like a rat..


you cant breathe..
Of course, this isn't an issue with fumes from 2 stroke moped engines on the warmer days ::)

or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car goes past you in town  ???
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: henryd on 10 December 2014, 11:32:43
when stopped for a traffic light surrounded by diesels on a hot summer day close your windows and ac or you will be poisoned like a rat..


you cant breathe..
Of course, this isn't an issue with fumes from 2 stroke moped engines on the warmer days ::)

or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car Omega goes past you in town  ???

fixed  ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 10 December 2014, 11:34:14
when stopped for a traffic light surrounded by diesels on a hot summer day close your windows and ac or you will be poisoned like a rat..


you cant breathe..


with a faster moving traffic not that big problem for a driver but when the traffic flow stops its like hell.. during cold days not that effective but when hot it effects me..  petrol engines exhaust smoke dont effect this much..
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: aaronjb on 10 December 2014, 11:41:20
or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car goes past you in town  ???

Ooh that always smells nice. Breathe deep! Remember what cars were supposed to smell like!
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 December 2014, 11:44:35
or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car goes past you in town  ???

Ooh that always smells nice. Breathe deep! Remember what cars were supposed to smell like!
Aye.. Bring back Castrol R. At least the petrol heads will stop whinging about pollution then. :D
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: omega3000 on 10 December 2014, 12:00:21
or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car goes past you in town  ???

Ooh that always smells nice. Breathe deep! Remember what cars were supposed to smell like!
Aye.. Bring back Castrol R. At least the petrol heads will stop whinging about pollution then. :D

Agreed , smells lovely  ;) Maybe flavour the diesel with it  ;D
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: omega squared on 10 December 2014, 12:47:24
or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car goes past you in town  ???

Ooh that always smells nice. Breathe deep! Remember what cars were supposed to smell like!
Aye.. Bring back Castrol R. At least the petrol heads will stop whinging about pollution then. :D

Yes, that reminds me of being around motor racing circuits as a kid, the fine smell of Castrol R!
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: chrisgixer on 10 December 2014, 13:14:41
when stopped for a traffic light surrounded by diesels on a hot summer day close your windows and ac or you will be poisoned like a rat..


you cant breathe..
Of course, this isn't an issue with fumes from 2 stroke moped engines on the warmer days ::)

or even the petrol fumes when an old/classic car Omega goes past you in town  ???

fixed  ;D ;D ;D
...nope, not mine. Or several others with lpg on here. Yet it gets no concession on road tax to speak of, as the engine is too big. :(
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: andyc on 10 December 2014, 13:32:45
Can't beat the smell of two stroke, Remember years back being on the Isle of White ferry which was full of scooters going over for the rally,five minutes out everyone on board decided to start up. :y

Good old days
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: YZ250 on 10 December 2014, 15:01:06
Can't beat the smell of two stroke..........

I'll show that to my wife. All I get from her is "turn that thing off, it stinks" when I fire up the Moto X bike.   ;D (is that xmas smiley laughing or snarling, I can't tell)

Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: TheBoy on 10 December 2014, 18:04:42
Yet it gets no concession on road tax to speak of, as the engine is too big. :(
The superior MFL gets a tenner off tax :D

Though hardly a deal maker :(
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: Vamps on 10 December 2014, 23:09:03
What a load of garbage all this is, tis a fact that London air is cleaner than it was 100 years ago, and Teesside is a lot cleaner that it was 30 years ago............Fact.

Coal fires and log burners cause most air pollution, we have few factories left..............discuss... :)

Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: 05omegav6 on 10 December 2014, 23:11:51
To paraphrase Dick Emery, Ooh you are cynical, but I like you... :D
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: chrisgixer on 11 December 2014, 00:40:03
Yet it gets no concession on road tax to speak of, as the engine is too big. :(
The superior MFL gets a tenner off tax :D

Though hardly a deal maker :(

Like I said. ::)
Title: Re: Diseasal engines are as bad as they said
Post by: AndyRoid on 11 December 2014, 09:00:05
Aye.. Bring back Castrol R. At least the petrol heads will stop whinging about pollution then. :D
I used to run my KH250 on that back in 1982, I loved that smell (as well as the noise from the Micron spanny's).

Thinking back it's a wonder I'm still alive and have all my body parts, because the brakes were shite, the handling was shite, and when the (mostly) intermittent centre pot kicked in it more often than not became completely uncontrollable when the throttle was wound on (but it was fun  ;D )