bottom knocked out of the 4x4 market !!!
bottom knocked out of the 4x4 market !!!
21 March 2007, 05:09 PM
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Dont be ******* ridiculous. You think someone spending £20-30-40k car really cares about £300 a year road tax? OK its not nice paying for it but its not exactly a massive dent in the savings.
21 March 2007, 05:13 PM
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21 March 2007, 05:38 PM
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While it probably won't affect new sales, expect the Bang G cars to get scrapped earlier in their lifecycle when previously they would have gone on for many years. Once they are down to £3-4K people are less likely to be interested in buying one unless they have a very real need for them.
21 March 2007, 05:45 PM
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Conversly for the second hand buyer its a beauty. The same thing has been happening with big engined thristy car for ages, since fuel prices got silly. You can pick up a bargain if you go for a Jag, Beemer or Merc. This will only serve to compound it.
Of course, if you own a small engined super mini, you are laughing, because the residuals will be fantastic.
Of course, if you own a small engined super mini, you are laughing, because the residuals will be fantastic.
21 March 2007, 05:50 PM
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Dont be ******* ridiculous. You think someone spending £20-30-40k car really cares about £300 a year road tax? OK its not nice paying for it but its not exactly a massive dent in the savings.
Then people moan about the price of petrol etc etc
21 March 2007, 05:53 PM
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21 March 2007, 05:54 PM
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Conversly for the second hand buyer its a beauty. The same thing has been happening with big engined thristy car for ages, since fuel prices got silly. You can pick up a bargain if you go for a Jag, Beemer or Merc. This will only serve to compound it.
Of course, if you own a small engined super mini, you are laughing, because the residuals will be fantastic.
Of course, if you own a small engined super mini, you are laughing, because the residuals will be fantastic.
Last time I went to an auction, the small engined super mini's were going for silly money, and the big band G cars were near enough given away. I'm just a bit pi55ed that my A3 is taxed the same as a fuel guzzling monster. So come my next car change I may as well make the best of it and buy something that only does 18mpg rather than 28-30......
Well done Gordon.
21 March 2007, 06:26 PM
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Last time I get in work early to make the morning round
21 March 2007, 07:22 PM
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I have a 54 Landrover Discovery because I choose to, it's on a budget the same as the Impreza.
I'm not one of these people who can easily afford a 20-30-40k motor, why because I stupidly plow money into the Impreza....why do I bother.
When I take the trouble to post something on this site, to gain other people's feedback, I do it to find out other peoples views on the subject, not to have abuse & ridicule aimed my way.
thanks again dave
21 March 2007, 07:56 PM
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Agreed,
Last time I went to an auction, the small engined super mini's were going for silly money, and the big band G cars were near enough given away. I'm just a bit pi55ed that my A3 is taxed the same as a fuel guzzling monster. So come my next car change I may as well make the best of it and buy something that only does 18mpg rather than 28-30......
Well done Gordon.
Last time I went to an auction, the small engined super mini's were going for silly money, and the big band G cars were near enough given away. I'm just a bit pi55ed that my A3 is taxed the same as a fuel guzzling monster. So come my next car change I may as well make the best of it and buy something that only does 18mpg rather than 28-30......
Well done Gordon.
I say they should add some extra teirs so that SUV drivers get hit even harder
21 March 2007, 08:10 PM
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I think that they have screwed the figures up - Its set too low in my eyes - In my eyes Band G should start at 255 or 260.
Think a few manaufactors will be massaging their figures to get cars into a lower banding !
Do Band G drivers get a badge that says "hey I'm paying double the road tax so get 50% off fuel and or exclusive use of lane 2 / lane 3 on a motorway "
Richard
Think a few manaufactors will be massaging their figures to get cars into a lower banding !
Do Band G drivers get a badge that says "hey I'm paying double the road tax so get 50% off fuel and or exclusive use of lane 2 / lane 3 on a motorway "
Richard
21 March 2007, 09:38 PM
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Audilover spends 300 on a pair of shoes yet drives a Volvo S40, or is it aspires to an Audi and some 300 quid shoes ?
No bloke should ever spend that much on shoes, not whilst Beer, Cars and gadgets are still available, 300 quid shoes are for Meterosexuals, those who have sex with er Austin Metro's
No bloke should ever spend that much on shoes, not whilst Beer, Cars and gadgets are still available, 300 quid shoes are for Meterosexuals, those who have sex with er Austin Metro's
21 March 2007, 09:43 PM
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ONLY IF YOU BUY A 4X4 AFTER 2001
anything earlier isnt applicable to the charge per emmisions roadatax, should just be the standard road tax costs
ie 96 quid for over 1400cc and 90 quid for under
anything earlier isnt applicable to the charge per emmisions roadatax, should just be the standard road tax costs
ie 96 quid for over 1400cc and 90 quid for under
21 March 2007, 09:44 PM
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Audilover spends 300 on a pair of shoes yet drives a Volvo S40, or is it aspires to an Audi and some 300 quid shoes ?
No bloke should ever spend that much on shoes, not whilst Beer, Cars and gadgets are still available, 300 quid shoes are for Meterosexuals, those who have sex with er Austin Metro's
No bloke should ever spend that much on shoes, not whilst Beer, Cars and gadgets are still available, 300 quid shoes are for Meterosexuals, those who have sex with er Austin Metro's
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Good shoes are something that everyone man should own. Always spend the most you can on your shoes and your bed - you're always in one of them. I only buy good quality english shoes which handily for me are all made within a few miles of where i live and rarely spend less than £100 on a pair but also luckily often get them for free. A good pair of Lobbs is £3000, that's the top end along with Edward Green. A very good pair of Barkers, Trickers, Loakes, Jones, Churchs, Jeffrey west, Crockett and jones etc can be bought for £300 and should last you 10 years no problem.
21 March 2007, 10:46 PM
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I'm 27 , i have 12 or 13 pairs (can't remember if one is back at a factory being re-soled at the moment) of shoes from the above mentioned names, the oldest are about 8 year old now and have been re-soled 3 times i think (with one rehealing inbetween each re-soling) and are still in near perfect condition and i see no reason why they won't last at least another 2 years. obviously you can make shoes last a lot longer by looking after them correctly, always using shoes trees and top quality polish etc.
21 March 2007, 11:03 PM
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£300 a year Road Tax ..... rather than £195, is it??
28p a day more ..... thats about 20seconds pay - OH MY GOD!!!
SELL, SELL, SELL, SELL, SELL
The world has gone mad
28p a day more ..... thats about 20seconds pay - OH MY GOD!!!
SELL, SELL, SELL, SELL, SELL
The world has gone mad
21 March 2007, 11:17 PM
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I'm 27 , i have 12 or 13 pairs (can't remember if one is back at a factory being re-soled at the moment) of shoes from the above mentioned names, the oldest are about 8 year old now and have been re-soled 3 times i think (with one rehealing inbetween each re-soling) and are still in near perfect condition and i see no reason why they won't last at least another 2 years. obviously you can make shoes last a lot longer by looking after them correctly, always using shoes trees and top quality polish etc.