Category Archives: green motoring

Most women drivers are as environmentally friendly as they can afford to be

Should the DVLA promote SEAT?

Posted on July 21, 2008 by foxysteph

My car tax reminder arrived today, promoting SEAT; presumably because they were the most generous car manufacturer to reply to the DVLA’s ‘request’ for a promotion to encourage us towards buying a new environmentally-friendly car. In case you haven’t had … Continue reading →

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Towards Sweden or Beijing?

Posted on May 13, 2008 by foxysteph

There are 620 million cars on roads worldwide – why does this remind me of Katie Melua and Beijing… To do something about our share of this massive global pollution, the UK Government has said that by 2010 5% all … Continue reading →

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Car safety question mark

Posted on May 9, 2008 by foxysteph

A recent survey confirmed that 1 in 5 cars failed their first MOT in Britain. That doesn’t surprise me as few motorists, female and male, seem to do regular maintenance or visit local garages as often as they might. Only … Continue reading →

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Scrap the car scrap scheme…

Posted on May 6, 2008 by foxysteph

In today’s environmentally minded society I am told that Government regulations intended to solve the car scrap problem are being openly flouted by unscrupulous businesses who are probably adding noxious materials to local landfill mass. Official figures suggest that just … Continue reading →

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