Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

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Soul in reply to @bq
Only just seen this...

I love the forum logic. 535d is dirty so buy a v10 petrol....!

According to nextgreencar.com the following would be annual emissions based on 5k miles:

535d
- 2.6 tonnes of co2
- 5.78 Kg (yes kilograms) of NOx+PMs
M5
- 4.36 tonnes of co2
- 3.42 Kg of NOx+PMs
In reality, the v10 M5 is a much higher pollutant than the 535d would ever be.

Sure, a 20 yr old French diesel will pump out some nasty shit but a euro5 or euro6 diesel will actually produce similar results to the equivalent petrol engine (the v10 is not equivalent).

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bq in reply to @Soul

So the M5 produces 2 whole more tonnes of lovely life-giving CO2 (ask any plant, it’s not a sodding pollutant) but 2.36 fewer KGs of definitely carcinogenic and noxious NOx and particulates.

Yep, no question it’s a greener car. Not that I give a crap really :-)

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Soul in reply to @bq

An average tree can process 1 tonne of co2 in 40 years so 2 tonnes extra definitely makes a difference whether you like it or not...

It absolutely is a pollutant in the quantities we, as a species, are generating at.

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