15/07/2021
Absolutely appalling, these people Jonathan Reynolds, Andy Burnham, Brenda Warrington, Andrew Western and many more (all on big wages) have absolutely no idea of the effect this will have on the common working man.
I own a small business Response Autos I would say 60 percent of our work is repairing Vans Pre euro 6 emissions for hard working men, plumbers, plasterers, joiners, electricians, gardeners, general handy man types the list goes on.
Many of these hard working lads just can’t afford between 22 and 32 thousand pounds for a new euro 6 Van.
It’s also far far too risky for these working men to chance buying second hand euro 6 vans as most of these have mileages of 80k upwards and basically at that mileage are very unreliable due to the euro 6 emissions technology mainly being their fuel and exhaust systems needing extensive work and often full replacement costing often 6-10 k. Yes you read that right a modern exhaust system with DOC,SCR,DPF and it’s many sensors costs 6k upwards.
Now with added terribly unreliable Add Blue systems with vehicles threatening NO START in so many miles yet again due to unreliable technology.
And to top it all off your now threatening us with the introduction of B10 diesel fuel that will compromise the modern high pressure fuel systems vastly reducing their life expectancy and yet again costing thousands to repair.
Many of these hard working men really do need to keep these older far more reliable euro 4 and euro 5 vans going, their main priority is putting food on the table NOT investing 30k in unreliability.
I certainly hope that is one huge pot of grant money you have for these poor guys.
I along with many other garages stand to lose a large percentage of my income once these older Vans and minibuses are banned from the roads of greater Manchester.
Now as an example let’s take my own personal position I have a 2008 euro 4 Renault Crew cab van with 6 seats. I don’t need this van for my work.
I have this van because I coach and manage youth football teams for stalybridge Celtic juniors it’s a volunteer roll.
I need the space that a van has to allow for all the football equipment for drills and the extra seating so I can transport the kids that parents don’t drive to and from games.
But by 2023 I would have to spend thousands of pounds on a euro 6 Van for a volunteer roll coaching youth football.
The clean air zone for the area of the whole of greater Manchester is a plan thought out by idiots.
As Labour Party members you should represent the interests and needs of the urban working class.
Instead you
Jonathan Reynolds
Andy Burnham
Brenda Warrington
Andrew Western
And many more
should be charged with crimes of oppression against the common hard working man.
You never had my vote and you never will
David Jackson
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