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Panda Panda 1.3 Multijet

Introduction

My second Panda, a right little rocket, 55+mpg all the time with the 1.3 multijet diesel engine, bought at the time when diesels were considered ecologically friendly. Decorated it with my own dragon design, wanted to put blue indicator repeaters on the wings as eyes, not allowed. Sold as wife needed bigger car to take step kids around in. Once again poor little bugger got everything loaded on the roof
Diesel still is environmentally a very sensible option. The plain fact is you use less fuel. And in a small efficient diesel a LOT less fuel. Better this than an overpowered battery car that basically uses oil and gas generated electricity with the added conversion loss thrown in.

I love the picture. Panda doing what it does best. Working for you.
 
Ahhh looks like the mean backstreets of Leeds
Dont you think wheeled bins make life so much richer....
And now they predict we will all have 5 bins by 2027. Political super brains ride again. Where on earth are we going to put them I wonder.
 
Dont you think wheeled bins make life so much richer....
And now they predict we will all have 5 bins by 2027. Political super brains ride again. Where on earth are we going to put them I wonder.
We’ve three now and another two to come, allegedly, soon there won’t be room for the bin lorry!
 
We’ve three now and another two to come, allegedly, soon there won’t be room for the bin lorry!
There will of course be fines for non / improper use, so my advice is simple. To prevent yourself being branded as a criminal, sell all the cars and things you have outside the house and / or conrete the garden allowing marked bays to be installed. Oh and dont forget to widen the gates to allow access and egress. If this doesnt work, buy a tent and move outside onto a grass verge leaving space for the refuse containers and collection equipment. Then you will be thrown in prison for vagrency and the problem will go away. LOL

Mark you, dont you DARE put non domestic waste such as faded cut flowers or the sweepings from your paths into the bin they are not domestic waste.

I am seriously thinking of making a challenge to some of the frankly utterly ridiculous changes the local authorities are imposing. I cant atke more than a small quantity of DIY waste to the tip now ujnless its spread over time. SO if I need once in 25 years to get rid of a bathroom suite the answe ris no.. Guess whos fence it may get thrown over! They were, and in my book still should be 100% responsible for the removal of domestic waste. As long as individuals dont place unreasonable demands on the servece gthey should continue to do . It was and may well still be a statutory duty for them to do so. The restrictions they are imposing are not all reasonable and tehy already have powers to deal with abuse and misuse of the system. Most local authorities just couldn't be bothereed to use them properly.
Statutory duty means DO IT, NOT DODGE IT. It needs someone with the time and determination to take this to the highest level and get the restrictive practices looked at I feel. So far I've not had a problem, so I've not bothered, but if I do that might change. I intend to object to any additional bins. We have residual waste and recycling bins, its worked well for 30 years. Its the way it should be done everywhere. Providing stupid numbers of bins is ludicrously expensive and entirely unecessary. It will make waste removal very expensive. The most annoying one will be the food waste and we will not be having one. They should not encourage food waste by providing a bin. They should work on reducing food waste and deal with it starting in schools where the effect I suspect would have a positive benefit.

Next thing is they will be limiting how much pooh you are allowed to flush down the loo.... You are using the toilet too often and will be charged.
 
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