Implications of Brexit!
Discussion
Dont want to get too embroiled in the campaign, (although I am a confirmed member of the IN campaign!), however I have just found out a couple of interesting small implications. Most of the people I have talked to who are in favour of OUT seem to have little idea of the actual mechanisms and operation of the EU and just seem to focus on prejudices.
I have just found out that there would be implications in just taking the S on the Eurotrip.
We have mutual insurance acceptance, I can drive my car anywhere in Europe within my existing insurance for quite a long period. That mutual arrangement would cease. I have mutual health insurance cover in the EU, that would also cease.
At the moment we have free access to Europe without serious passport or visa issues. That would have to change. If we are separated from the EU security systems then access to Europe via the UK would be expected to be tightened to protect the EU, raising the prospect of a form of Visa.
At the moment there are certain issues in respect of the use of credit cards which are 'mutual', and there is some considerable doubt about how that would change.
Those of us who remember Europe before the EU would probably not be keen to go back to the arrangements that used to apply and the documents I used to have to carry! Do not expect France or German to be 'friendly' countries, historically neither have been.
I have just found out that there would be implications in just taking the S on the Eurotrip.
We have mutual insurance acceptance, I can drive my car anywhere in Europe within my existing insurance for quite a long period. That mutual arrangement would cease. I have mutual health insurance cover in the EU, that would also cease.
At the moment we have free access to Europe without serious passport or visa issues. That would have to change. If we are separated from the EU security systems then access to Europe via the UK would be expected to be tightened to protect the EU, raising the prospect of a form of Visa.
At the moment there are certain issues in respect of the use of credit cards which are 'mutual', and there is some considerable doubt about how that would change.
Those of us who remember Europe before the EU would probably not be keen to go back to the arrangements that used to apply and the documents I used to have to carry! Do not expect France or German to be 'friendly' countries, historically neither have been.
Dont forget turmoil for Ireland. But getting back to TVR.
What exactly does this mean to TVR as a re-emerging company. The re-development of the valleys in Wales depended on EU money to a major extent. TVR would depend first on a UK market, second on an EU market and third on an American market. That is where the TVR enthusiasts are, and it is a narrow enthusiasts market. If you are managing TVR or financing it, is this the time to launch a new company in the UK?
What could that mean to the financial viability of TVR Parts, although technically separate companies one cannot survive without the other? Deep uncertainty, at a level I have not known in my life, is never good for a new business.
I dont know, but neither do the leave proponents and that is very deeply worrying to me.
What exactly does this mean to TVR as a re-emerging company. The re-development of the valleys in Wales depended on EU money to a major extent. TVR would depend first on a UK market, second on an EU market and third on an American market. That is where the TVR enthusiasts are, and it is a narrow enthusiasts market. If you are managing TVR or financing it, is this the time to launch a new company in the UK?
What could that mean to the financial viability of TVR Parts, although technically separate companies one cannot survive without the other? Deep uncertainty, at a level I have not known in my life, is never good for a new business.
I dont know, but neither do the leave proponents and that is very deeply worrying to me.
phillpot said:
Sorry to interrupt, I was looking for the TVR S Series forum?
Sorry Mike, I guess I will make no friends by saying this. You may well be rich enough for Brexit to have no effect on you but it will on others, including S owners. My pension has already been affected, my partners job opportunities have also been affected. Less income = hard choices. That does affect my 'toys'. The S was to be resprayed, that is immediately on hold at least until we can see where we will stand financially (one less job for the garage!). We had planned to take it abroad again but the costs have just risen significantly. Tom Logan said:
How absolutely awful for you.
Not sure if that was intended as a jibe or not! 
But please think about it. I am 69. I worked bloody hard all my life, I was also very active in the community in the UK and with links to Europe. I had planned for my retirement and restored the TVR as a retirement present. Leaving the EU does have forseeable financial implications for me and for others like me. But do not get me wrong, I put that post in the context of owning a TVR, my concerns are far wider; my partners job prospects, my daughters managerial job is on the line, my nephew's firm have advised staff the company will have to stay in the EU area, a friend has just moved from Scotland and is already having to plan to move back in the expectation of independence well within his working life, and so it goes on. Leave didnt think through the consequences. Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff