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Yes it works...anyone seen this ad in the autotrader for a new beach? are they really going for this now ?attached a pdf file of it,hope it works ok as just finding my feet a bit here
luxury tax is on all vehicles over 40knever noticed the 0% finance thing. i reckon prices are being pushed up pre april 2017 as people want to avoid the ridiculous tax hike. the tax after 1.4.17 is about 500 quid a year. PLUS a £450 'luxury' tax for the first 5 years giving a rd tax bill of £950 / year for the first 5 years. on top of this the 'diesel tax' is coming. They will tax diesel no matter how old the vehicle i reckon.
never noticed the 0% finance thing. i reckon prices are being pushed up pre april 2017 as people want to avoid the ridiculous tax hike. the tax after 1.4.17 is about 500 quid a year. PLUS a £450 'luxury' tax for the first 5 years giving a rd tax bill of £950 / year for the first 5 years. on top of this the 'diesel tax' is coming. They will tax diesel no matter how old the vehicle i reckon.
My 150 DSG VED list price is £53,622 (sale £45,077)How on earth is a Beach 150 DSG at OTR current list £41.5k getting to £52 or £54k??
Yup. Pricey aren't they!?£54k, wow!!
Madness! Also I wouldn't want such a low mileage van. 5,000 miles in 4 years? That can't be good for the engine can it?Not a Beach but this is my new current favourite for "you've got to be having a laugh mate!" or less politely "greedy b******* taking the ****".
£49,000 for a 2013 manual SE.
http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201705035037415?sort=datedesc&postcode=tn330lt&make=VOLKSWAGEN&radius=1500&advertising-location=at_cars&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Used&onesearchad=Nearly New&model=CALIFORNIA&page=1
That's £6k more than a last of line T5.1 pre T6 I was offered by a main dealer today and a full £17k more than a 61 plate 180 DSG privately on offer or £20k more than a 2010 T5.1 also on offer.
I really, really hope no one is paying these crazy prices for some stock currently on offer from certain 'dealers'.
Madness! Also I wouldn't want such a low mileage van. 5,000 miles in 4 years? That can't be good for the engine can it?
Might be a good buy mileage wise, but mechanically, just asking for trouble.There is a red one where I store my campevan, its always there, never seen it move. Seems a shame. It will be a good buy mileage wise when they come to sell
I read a recent survey that suggested private motor vehicles are parked, on average, 95% of the time.There is a red one where I store my campevan, its always there, never seen it move. Seems a shame. It will be a good buy mileage wise when they come to sell
Nice idea but it would never work.I read a recent survey that suggested private motor vehicles are parked, on average, 95% of the time.
It went on to suggest that if all current private vehicle owners shared autonomous vehicles we'd only need 10% of the current national fleet of private motor vehicles. This would do nothing to reduce road traffic, but would do much to reduce (or even eliminate) on street parking. How nice that would be!
They did it with another addictive tax cow: smoking cigarettes. Down from 46% of adults in 1974 to 19% of adults in 2014.Nice idea but it would never work.
How would a Government make up for the truely enormous loss of tax revenue from the 90% reduction in the UK's current private motor vehicle fleet. They either directly or indirectly reap tax on the purchase, insurance, VED, fuel, parts, servicing, parking fees, fines and half a hundred other things that I haven't even thought of. No Goverment really wants to reduce the numbers of mobile cash cows on our roads as it would leave them with a massive headache. No they want to sqeeze the motorist for as much Tax as they dare without rocking the revenue boat.
That's a fair comment however the revenue take from tobacco sales is a fraction of that reaped from the motorist and a good portion of that is undoubtedly spent on NHS treatment for smoking related health issues. No one has to smoke however everyone needs to get about. The economy relies on it.They did it with another addictive tax cow: smoking cigarettes. Down from 46% of adults in 1974 to 19% of adults in 2014.
http://content.digital.nhs.uk/catalogue/PUB20781/stat-smok-eng-2016-rep.pdf
I think that the taxman could quite easily slam a toll on vehicle use, not in the form of VED and fuel duty as at present, but a per mile toll.That's a fair comment however the revenue take from tobacco sales is a fraction of that reaped from the motorist and a good portion of that is undoubtedly spent on NHS treatment for smoking related health issues. No one has to smoke however everyone needs to get about. The economy relies on it.
If the tax take has decreased as a result of less people smoking then that lost revenue has to be raised from elsewhere. At least some of the short fall is almost certainly now being made up by the motorist. If the revenue from private motor vehicles were to decrease that would also have to be made up as well. Where would future goverments raise such a shortfall? Tax electric cars? Tax autonomous vehicle journeys? Tax people who have empty private car parking places? Window tax? It doesn't really matter but it would be far easier for any future administration just to leave things as they are and to carry on wagging a finger at the bad motorist whilst continuing to tighten the revenue screws.
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