Loadmaster

^^^^^^^ Well, I guess only time will tell and it'll be interesting to see how things eventually pan out.

With no reserve offered, the owner is taking a gamble as whatever is finally bid, be it £15k or £5k, he has to accept it. When I was looking to use them when considering the sale of the 540 a few months back, they refused to accept my reserve requirement which I thought was very realistic. They price cars at the lower end of the scale accordingly to suit them and not the seller, as the buyer has to stump up at least another £600 in fees which some aren't obviously prepared to do.

I'm sure you are quite right about the driving into London part, but as an ex South Londoner from Streatham (St. Reatham ) I still occasionally go up that way, including into Tooting and Balham where ULEZ will cover. Believe me, there are shed loads of cars parked up and driving about (okay, not all local obviously) that will not meet ULEZ requirements, therefore presenting hundreds (thousands) of owners with difficult decisions to come to terms with.

I must admit, I didn't know that is currently how it works. However, as noted by Stressed above, the freebie/discount won't be available for ever.

Isn't this what's happening with London's ULEZ? Unless you can afford a car that's compliant, you either bin your old jalopy or stump up over £3k per year in ULEZ fees.

Let's say it does all happen in 2030 (or whenever, it will happen) and no more ICE cars are sold. I would think that the pressure from the Government would be not far short of immediate to hike up costs for ICE vehicles, whether through road tax, MOT cost and/or strictness of test, fuel tax - any or all!

Nerja, one of my favourite places to chill out. I expect you've found the E28 technical section here? Loads of good stuff in there for you.

Hola and welcome! I do love a nice E28. Are you anywhere near Nerja?

Never seen a Jap E61 before - I wonder if they are as bad as the E39s that hit these shores?

Hi, was the question directed at me? Apologies, just noticed...

One other thing - you obviously don't get any error messages, but did you look into the MOT implications? Mine has no problem passing with one sub removed, but when you see both cone and a significant straight through set up, it does make me wonder if any problems might be encountered. I've got a ramp appointment booked with my local zorst indie on 30th November for a look-see and price up.

Do you have the exact one in the Amazon link you posted Dan?

Xmas pressie idea - but I guess you have to keep the battery pack itself charged up constantly, so in the event of emergency it has enough oommpphh to start the car's duff battery?

Sums up how I feel - Trump is currently behaving like a spoilt brat with his mad accusations and is embarrassing himself and the USA on the world stage. How China and Russia must be laughing (amongst numerous others).