Carryfast:
That sounds like a typical Labour Party political broadcast to me.So you’re saying let’s have socialism because it’s supposedly better when all the evidence says it’s not. 
You’re also saying that,although it’s supposed to be an emergency vehicle,we don’t need to give an ambulance a decent performance because speed is never going to be an issue both in regards to getting the patient to hospital or response time before the medics even get to the patient to start with.All based on the bs issue of cost because under the present state funded system the money just isn’t there.
When what’s actually needed is for people to be paid decent wages to afford to pay the going rate privately for their health and emergency cover,in an economy that hasn’t been thrown to global free market and maybe helped and subsidised with a decent taxation system that reflects that very real issue which I’ve identified of taxation policy concerning the rich. So as to do something about that situation of up to 350 hp + Range Rovers being used for shopping,while the masses get a 156 hp 4 t ambulance for that emergency dash in response to and on route to hospital in the event of a life threatening illness or injury,in which every minute spent waiting and then on the road,as opposed to in the operating theatre,could be the difference between life and death.Especially in a situation of delays and extra distances caused by cost cutting in the bs NHS system,on the basis of replacing lots of well equipped well staffed hospitals, covering lots of different areas,with one so called ‘centre of excellence’ which no surprise causes increased travel times and massive backlogs of patients because of the overcrowding caused by the increased catchment area.
The fact is socialism and communism are both excatly the same bs systems and this country has had more than it’s fair share of both regardless of the political title of the government and being subjected to yet more of the same,which you’re obviously proposing,isn’t the answer.Maybe in your case the speed of the ambulance,in regards to response time and travel time to hospital,didn’t matter but that doesn’t mean that’s the same in every situation.Although it’s no surprise that the socialists wouldn’t be able to get their heads around the idea of every situation being different in just the same way that socialism and communism,by definition,uses a one size fits all policy in regards to everything.IE it’s easy enough to not use all the performance of a fast ambulance when it’s not needed.But it’s impossible to use that performance, when it is needed,if it’s not there.Socialism bs. 
I’m sorry Carryfast, someone’s signature on here stated that “sometimes you’ll always be drawn down to a particular person’s level in an argument” and I can’t be bothered to carry on sinking to that level as I feel I’m going off topic too now!
Just two things though to your ill thought out argument:
Remember in living memory we did used to have a completely private healthcare system, have a look at the average life expectancy of the general population and the mortality rate at accidents and what we call now “common illnesses” then. When people actually couldn’t afford a doctor, regardless of how truly ill they were!
So good luck with thinking a completely private healthcare is the answer, when you and or your loved one is ill and we have gone down that route.
Also remember a private healthcare system still completely relies on the NHS in an emergency too and for medically trained staff (private consultants for starters (9/10) work for the NHS first and foremost). If you are unfortunate to have a complication that turns to an emergency whilst having a private operation and it goes wrong you will be transferred to a NHS hospital where they can provide you with the care you require and an NHS “cheap poverty spec heap” ambulance is called to transfer you to that NHS hospital too!
Now tell me solicalistic ideals are bs, when we as a country have created the NHS, which was created to treat us all in our country for free. Not many other countries in the world have a truly free healthcare system (that does still have to be paid for somehow, no-one is altruistic to run it yet, not even you Carryfast). The only way we can afford to run it is by being efficient and putting as much taxation into it as required to sustain and improve it, but unfortunately it is suffering itself now!
Second thing one of your
Carryfast:
cheap poverty spec heap 156 hp 4 tambulances
did a very admirable job of getting to my mother who was having a heart attack with 12 minutes of call out (ok its below target officially ) in a village just outside of Aberdare and then took us to the Prince Charles Hospital 10 miles away as quickly as humanly possible for emergency treatment.
Them roads aren’t know for being as good as the south East’s for either quality, straightness or gradient, but I don’t think for one minute that a V8 would have made a blind bit of difference to her recovery. To me it will always be the First Responder and then the Paramedic’s getting her to the best hospital to deal with her condition and provide the best treatment in the area!
But hey what do I know I’m a “Socialist Agency Weekender Scum Wheel Tapper, Full Time Engineer” I’m the lowest of the low to a man of your superiority!
Personally I think it is you who has lost sight of the original OP this time, not the others.
C
Although the op or the mods obviously don’t seem to have made a similar comment.
