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Re: New car time again - any ideas ?

From: Elder <carl.robson(at)bouncing-czechs.com>

Subject: Re: New car time again - any ideas ?

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 12:44:26 +0100

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In article <3sCdnYZ8ZsPmVAjZnZ2dnUVZ8smdnZ2d(at)bt.com>,

zilspeed(at)beeteeopenworld.com says...

>

>"Elder" <carl.robson(at)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message

>news:MPG.1effd82b956264fb428(at)news.individual.net...

>> In article <1hh5bgd.twdn5i10a1ffcN%steve(at)italiancar.co.uk>,

>> steve(at)italiancar.co.uk says...

>>>Bloody good point.

>>>

>>>He`d get a cracker for half what the 318i would cost - V6 166s are

>>>absolutely loaded with kit, go like fuck, and cost peanuts.

>>>

>> Yay, we agree on the right person, for the right price, on a 166.

>>

>> That must be a first. Don`t suppose there is a cheapish JTD 166 that you

>> could get an allowance for, instead of taking a company car is there.

>> --

>

>I know I wouldn`t - any more. Having paid 100 quid a month tax for a company

>car I won`t do it again. That saved tax will largely pay for the new car,

>the remainder will be paid for by no more than 17% of the expenses I can

>claim for running my own car.

>Feel free to ignore that last bit if you like, even I struggled to

>understand it...

>

>If the question was pointed at SteveH in the first place, over to you :-)

>

>

>

Yeah, it was for Steve and his "must be german" company car. Wondered if

rather than them supplying a german car, he could choose the allowance

instead.

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Carl Robson

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From: "AstraVanMan" <Peter(at)whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk>

Subject: Re: New car time again - any ideas ?

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"Elder" <carl.robson(at)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote:

> My uncle had a BX Diesel estate. Don`t know if it was the turbo or the

> plodder, but he kept it for years. Was the best car he ever had he

> reckoned. Used it for Caravan towing.



BX`s are bloody brilliant cars. I know someone that had a TD Estate, and he

once had a loaded pallet on it, and I was absolutley gobsmacked at how

cavernous it was inside, mainly due to the uber-low loading floor. Great

motors, go on and on, and *very* comfy seats.



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From: "Clive George" <clive(at)xxxx-x.fsnet.co.uk>

Subject: Re: New car time again - any ideas ?

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 13:04:18 +0100

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"Elder" <carl.robson(at)bouncing-czechs.com> wrote in message

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>>

>>You`re right. TZD/TGD/TR/DTR (TRD on the mainland) are all just trim

>>levels.

>>The engines are then 17, 19, Turbo.

>>

> Ah OK.

> Just that I had a little google arround with all this BX interest all of

> a sudden. And it mentioned on a lot of sites that the TZD was a later

> turbo version than (I can remember the older designation) turbo diesels.

>

> I guess that owner was way wrong if it is just a spec trim level.



Yup. I think there were basically two trim levels for the diesels -

originally R, TR (got that wrong above), then TG/TZ. Obviously with the TZ

being the posher spec, buyers will have tended to get the faster engine at

the same time. TZ is a later model though.



Have now remembered how the later ones were labelled : BX17TGD, BX19TGD

BXTGD Turbo



(could have looked outside :-) )



>My uncle had a BX Diesel estate. Don`t know if it was the turbo or the

>plodder, but he kept it for years. Was the best car he ever had he

>reckoned. Used it for Caravan towing.



In laws used a BX19TGD for towing caravans for several years. But their

driving style isn`t terribly related to those on this group :-)



cheers,

clive










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Date: Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:08:28 +0000
Author: brandvc

The SX4 - The men in black

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