Re: can my bmw last 10 years ?
Actually, it's only partly true as new cars do come with better exhaust control technologies and pollute the environment less.
However, that's only looking at one variable in the whole equation and guess who's talking - the government, policy maker and regulator LTA in this case.
Someone highlighted the fact that Porsche is one of the most sustainable car companies in the world. Are they smoking pot or what, really? They make sports cars with high output, that pollutes and bad fuel efficiency (probably one of the worse). So how are they sustainable? Well, you see still 20 year old, 30 year old, maybe even 60 year old Porsches being kept on the roads (except maybe less in SG due to the COE regime)? Well building cars require alot of energy, i.e. steel, glass, electricity etc. Cars that are well built and used longer actually have a lower "overall" impact on the environment.
In Singapore context, with the high COE environment, most people will scrap the 10 year old car and buy a brand new one, or give up driving all together. The government congestion pricing and ownership tax policy with ERP and COE, while some would say effective in curbing car population, make us one of the most wasteful car consumers anyway in the world (from this viewpoint).
Just look up north, they still got plenty of 20/30 year old or older BMWs still running around. Older cars do need more maintenance, and if well kept, can run on the road for a long time. We have been "conditioned" to think that cars can only last 10 years in SG. Elsewhere rest of the world, the majority are driving older cars, not new.
Given if we have a choice, some of us would prefer a lower COE, newer cars, maybe a 2nd car, some even a 3rd car, and the option/choice to keep them beyond 10 years haha.
Can we petition LTA we only pay COE once, and not like for every 10 years
Maybe before next election
gadgets;935052 said:
keep environment cleaner n roads free of breakdowns due old age - garmen say one
