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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 20:53:58 +0100

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In article <1hh6wd9.yvaun11cz454tN%steve(at)italiancar.co.uk>,

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

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

>

>> >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.

>

>Not entirely sure - however, I`m going to swallow the tax hit for the

>company supplied car for the first 2-3 years (until the lease is up) as

>I don`t know how hammered the car will get or how many miles I`m going

>to be driving yet. Seems like the most sensible way to do things.

>

True, with a company lease, at least it get s fixed/serviced when it is

needed all in, and you know what tax roughly it will cost you, where as

a bad even newish car can quickly turn into a money pit when you need it

running and the mechanic keeps sucking through his teeth.

--

Carl Robson

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From: steve(at)italiancar.co.uk (SteveH)

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

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:05:58 +0100

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



> >Not entirely sure - however, I`m going to swallow the tax hit for the

> >company supplied car for the first 2-3 years (until the lease is up) as

> >I don`t know how hammered the car will get or how many miles I`m going

> >to be driving yet. Seems like the most sensible way to do things.

> >

> True, with a company lease, at least it get s fixed/serviced when it is

> needed all in, and you know what tax roughly it will cost you, where as

> a bad even newish car can quickly turn into a money pit when you need it

> running and the mechanic keeps sucking through his teeth.



Well, the calculations for the car and diesel card appear to work out at

roughly £1400 / year.



I *could* go through the hassle of paying back private mileage and

avoiding the fuel car tax, but it`s barely worth the effort. At least if

everything goes on the fuel card, you can piss off to the other end of

the country without having to think about the cost of getting there,

IYSWIM.

--

Steve H `You`re not a real petrolhead unless you`ve owned an Alfa Romeo`

http://www.italiancar.co.uk - Honda VFR800 - MZ ETZ300 - Alfa 75 TSpark

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From: "Carl Gibbs" <cagmeister(at)yahoo.co.uk>

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

Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:24:19 +0100

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> "AstraVanMan" <Peter(at)whataloadofforeskinbollocks.co.uk> wrote in message

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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.

>>

>> --

>

> yep they are nice on the handling, it is just a shame when the suspention

> gets a problem the become very hard to fix and keep playing up.

>

I`m with Richard. There`s only a finite number of things that can go wrong

in the suspension. Some of them are piece of piss to fix, like strut return

pipes, some of them are slightly harder, like the rear arm bearings, as RK

says. But none of it`s really that hard to fix for a pro - find a decent

specialist and they will have done so many they could probably do it with

they`re eyes shut! No reasons why something would `keep playing up`.












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