Ouch....

[jhynds]

Hi all,

Just came across this on an Irish forum:

http://74.125.77.132/search?q=cache:09N-QZhCrqgJ:w...

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=20...

[Andrew.]

the maths looks a bit wonky on the first link

[steve06]

Happened across the road from me so I went down for a look. Pretty bad and it was a Valet guy that crashed it, not even someone from the Garage or someone on a test drive.

[evil_dr_fish]

Just looked up 575 asking prices on AT.

Why such a massive price jump? They start at around £45k and then between '04 and '05 they leap from £65k to £100k+

What changes were made in '05 that made them THAT much more desirable relative to the '04 and earlier?


Thanks...

[steve06]

All our cars are massively overpriced, The Ferrari that crashed was for sale for €109,995 yesterday morning and within 20 minutes of the crash the garage put the price up to €149,995 and then up to €159,995 - insurance purposes I presume!

We have VRT on all our cars which basically means that when we import a car we have to pay Vehicle Registration Tax to get it on Irish plates and for high end cars it's 36% of the open market selling price of the car. This figure is usually pulled out of the air as it's determined by the revenue commissioners who know nothing about cars.

I recently got a quote of over €48,000 VRT for a 03 Gallardo. Funky got a quote of about €100,000 for a 08 Gallardo Spyder. Just for a f***ing registration plate!

[steve06]

Forgot to say, our road tax is as high as €2,000 a year too.