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a 3/4 tonner is a fairly fast sailing boat too.
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Judging by the swarm of photographers from the PRC all over our cars while we were setting up All Morgans' Day at Blenheim on the Saturday, with some being directed to take this detail and that, is there a chance that they have heard of this story as well? 
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So looks like aston martin have an electric drive train available to customers 2019 and its an 800v system as opposed to Tesla at 400V Perhaps Morgan could go into partnership with Aston? A significant step forward on @astonmartin road to zero emission capability. This is the first production intent battery for the RapidE, Aston’s first EV. The significance is it’s also an 800v system, likely to be an industry first when launched to 155 lucky customers at end 2019  DlG88cxW0AAXz5n by Robert & Ali Davies, on Flickr
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Well it may be 800 volts but it leaves my emotions totally static  . I use to play with 275,000 for a living and that kept you awake alright.
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Clearly the scientifically 'correct' answer would be to remove all VED tax and instead load it onto fuel tax, so that the more fuel you burn (and therefore the more CO2 you produce) the more you pay..... and would also save all the costs of collecting VED in the first place. This is all i have been saying for the last 20-30 years, but as said, for some reason the "ruling class" cannot see the logic nor the sense. The second argument is, should we transfer 3rd party insurance onto the fuel duty so that all the crims do at least cough up some tax when they run cars without tax and ins?
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Judging by the swarm of photographers from the PRC all over our cars while we were setting up All Morgans' Day at Blenheim on the Saturday, with some being directed to take this detail and that, is there a chance that they have heard of this story as well? Sorry to be thick, but what is PRC?
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If that is the case then we should be worried. That is exactly what the Japanese dit on the IoM at the TT in the mid sixties. The result was an annihilation of the motorcycling industry as it was at the time.
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This is all i have been saying for the last 20-30 years, but as said, for some reason the "ruling class" cannot see the logic nor the sense. As long as there is a dispensation for Blue Badge holders.
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[quote=Hamwich][quote=Peter J]
Clearly the scientifically 'correct' answer would be to remove all VED tax and instead load it onto fuel tax, so that the more fuel you burn (and therefore the more CO2 you produce) the more you pay..... and would also save all the costs of collecting VED in the first place. This is all i have been saying for the last 20-30 years, but as said, for some reason the "ruling class" cannot see the logic nor the sense. The second argument is, should we transfer 3rd party insurance onto the fuel duty so that all the crims do at least cough up some tax when they run cars without tax and ins? [/quote. This is an old Chestnut, but a valid one.
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