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"Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell." (oppisitelock) 10/21/2015 at 17:07 • Filed to: None

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Soon you can literally breathe a sigh of relief, instead of choking on diesel fumes. The new Cab is petrol/ electric hybrid. I like it.

Tareim - V8 powered > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 17:09

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not from London, far from it but glad they are making the switch, just need buses to do the same now

Ash78, voting early and often > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 17:09

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Love it. All of my London memories include nasal passages caked with soot after just a few hours.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Tareim - V8 powered 10/21/2015 at 17:12

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Some of the buses already have actually, but yeah more need to as well. I couldn’t believe how bad the air quality was last time I was in London.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Ash78, voting early and often 10/21/2015 at 17:12

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Yeah the air quality is shocking.

Tareim - V8 powered > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 17:17

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I’ve not been there for about 3-4 years but wouldn’t be surprised if it was that bad.

The buses round my way are horrible smoggy things that always roll coal when pulling away

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Tareim - V8 powered 10/21/2015 at 17:23

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I was there in July and it’s pretty terrible. I go into London when I go for the tennis at Wimbledon and it just seems to get worse every year.

Svend > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 17:32

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Though quite a few of the new London buses ‘Boris Buses’ have been driving solely on diesel due to a battery fault (the batteries are being fixed at no cost to TfL and I guess it’s to be expected with new technology).

Some interviews from London bus drivers have expressed a view that they aren’t fit for purpose as when the battery fails the diesel kicks in but at a reduced level to satisfy emissions,

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2015/jul/20/flat-batteries-london-buses-add-to-boris-johnsons-problems

djmt1 > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 17:32

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I read a headline, jumped for joy and ran outside only to take a deep breath and pass out. 2 hours later after coming too, I read the rest of the story and went on to curse sensationalist journalism. Still my lungs look forward to not suffering from being downwind of Central London.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 17:34

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I genuinely like how that looks. I would drive one.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 18:23

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And a good looker, too.

Cé hé sin > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/21/2015 at 18:24

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It is? I was there a couple of weeks ago and didn’t notice anything unusual.

Amoore100 > sm70- why not Duesenberg? 10/21/2015 at 18:41

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Agreed. Way better than whatever this was:

Or this:

Or these:

Or anything that anyone else could come up with, really...

The horror! Why, Nissan? Why?

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Cé hé sin 10/22/2015 at 06:59

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It may have just been the days I was there, but the pollution was terrible. You could see the smog hanging in th air and it affected my breathing.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 10/22/2015 at 07:03

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Same here, a great update of a classic in my eyes.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Svend 10/22/2015 at 07:04

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I hadn’t heard about that, that’s pretty poor. Hopefully they get them running properly again. The sooner we move public transport away from diesel the better.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > djmt1 10/22/2015 at 07:05

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If they do get rid of the older ones and replace them with these the difference should be huge. The current cabs are an environmental disaster.

Svend > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 10/22/2015 at 07:28

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Ye’, hopefully getting sorted. The worst part is the drivers say the bus becomes sluggish and less responsive. Not something you want happening in a heavily congested densely populated city. The drivers also say the problem is actually more worse than reported. Time will tell.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Svend 10/22/2015 at 07:41

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Yeah that would be less than ideal. Driving a bus around London would be bad enough already.