britishtrident
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 06:05 PM |
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Big car auction values ---- all time low
I spent a couple of hours this afternoon at one of the local car auction --- planned new road tax bands and fuel costs are not half killing the
values of big cars & 4x4s. Even quite oridinary 1.8s are affected.
[I] “ What use our work, Bennet, if we cannot care for those we love? .”
― From BBC TV/Amazon's Ripper Street.
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martyn_16v
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 06:16 PM |
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Hurrah, that'll totally waste the trade-in value of the mrs 2.0L Alfa. Well, provided I can keep the damn thing running long enough to get it
there 
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philw
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 06:18 PM |
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I took a gamble and bought one last week, my gamble was the government would do a u-turn on car tax, and now it seems they have and it cost me next
to nowt
[Edited on 2/7/08 by philw]
Must try harder
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Mr Clive
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 06:25 PM |
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7484478.stm
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mr henderson
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 06:25 PM |
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Could be some interesting big-engined donors about then. I've often wondered about doing a Locost styled XJ8 based car
John
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philw
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 06:52 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mr Clive
I hate to be the bearer of bad news
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7484478.stm
I bet they back down, just like the 10p tax band, if not, i now own a really comfy green laner
Must try harder
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001Ben
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:11 PM |
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What a joke the new system will be, where do they honestly expect people to get the money from.
New Prices:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7293011.stm
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JoelP
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:21 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by 001Ben
What a joke the new system will be, where do they honestly expect people to get the money from.
New Prices:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7293011.stm
they will demand more pay, and we will just see more inflation.
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balidey
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:27 PM |
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Governments idea is to tax these 'poluting' cars off the road, yet getting rid of cars that already exist and replacing them with newer
cars is more damaging to the environment.
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PAUL FISHER
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:28 PM |
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At least the increase does not appear to effect pre 2001 cars,so us really poor people running old cars are not effected yet anyway
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001Ben
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:29 PM |
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ah but it isn't as there will be that much tax on the new cars no one can afford to buy one!
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philw
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 07:34 PM |
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I've just seen the dates on the links you guys have posted, it has all changed today, all will be revealed soon by all accounts, watch the news
if you get a chance.
Must try harder
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whitestu
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 08:35 PM |
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I was amazed to see my company Prius costs £15 per year, which is about the same as a 125cc bike!
I strongly suspect the carbon footprint of the Prius may be bigger!
Stu
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MikeR
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 09:00 PM |
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they're still going ahead with the new tax laws
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/7484478.stm
Just glad my new (to me) 2005 diesel focus is still quite cheap 
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bobs bangers
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 09:17 PM |
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To tell you how cheap they are getting !!
Porsche Cayenne Turbo Tiptronic 04/04 done 57 ooo Miles. FullPorsche history . Demo plus one. Cost new £83500. I paid £21750 !!
Regards
Bobs bangers
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nick205
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| posted on 2/7/08 at 11:22 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PAUL FISHER
At least the increase does not appear to effect pre 2001 cars,so us really poor people running old cars are not effected yet anyway
I've already advised SWMBO she's staying ut in the trusty 306
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britishtrident
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| posted on 5/7/08 at 05:13 PM |
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The really underhand bit is the break points are shifted, with an eye to revenue they didn't just divide the old classes in two but a lot of the
threshold values were moved down.
For example the existing class E was 166-185 g/km and a lot of vehicles were engineered to just fall into this class with emission circa 182 to 184
g/km, the new band J starts at 180 g/km catching a lot vehicles in a much higher taxation bracket.
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02GF74
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| posted on 5/7/08 at 09:49 PM |
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^^^^ blimey - that's some seriously complicate sh&t for a satruday night!!!  
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