http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ CityCyclingEdinburgh Forum » Topic: £5000 for buying a bike? en Sun, 17 May 2026 21:51:07 +0000 http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1150#post-10641 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:36:27 +0000 spytfyre 10641@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>FFS - can I get £5k for a new set of lungs? </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1150#post-10640 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:36:06 +0000 chdot 10640@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p>"£5000 for buying a bike?"</p> <p>I thought that was going to be about "<a href="http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1141#post-10622">before I started following this forum, I would have thought this was a ludicrous amount to spend on a bicycle</a>".</p> <p>But yes, we live in a curious world where Governments think it is necessary to bribe people (who already have enough money to buy a new car) to do 'good' things.</p> <p>"Yesterday, the government confirmed it would pay up to £5,000 to drivers who buy a low-carbon car from January."</p> <p>And I thought <em>this</em> government was trying to safe money and make people more 'responsible for their own actions'... </p> http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/topic.php?id=1150#post-10638 Thu, 29 Jul 2010 09:49:00 +0000 cb 10638@http://citycyclingedinburgh.info/bbpress/ <p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/5000-on-offer-in-drive.6445749.jp">http://www.scotsman.com/news/5000-on-offer-in-drive.6445749.jp</a></p> <p>"Yesterday, the government confirmed it would pay up to £5,000 to drivers who buy a low-carbon car from January." </p>