Is it worth buying a nice car these days?
Discussion
We are in hard times.
So where is the sense in buying certain vehicles?
Think about this.
1. The depreciation of the vehicle.
2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
Driving has never been cheap but why would anyone want to lose so much money.
Most of the cost is going to the Government and why would you want to line their pockets??
It’s starting to become like smoking. There comes a point where you look to cutting back of giving up.
I have the money for a nice car, but I can't afford to throw it away these days. It makes me angry but you have to be sensible.
So I recently purchased a 52 reg Citroen diesel for around £3000. I figured that if I kept it for five years I wouldn’t have lost much. And it has a better mpg return than most.
The money for the new BMW now sits in the bank earning interest.
Now I have a car that should last over 5yrs, I,ve lowered my fuel costs and it’s cost me less than a year’s depreciation on a new car.
So where is the sense in buying certain vehicles?
Think about this.
1. The depreciation of the vehicle.
2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
Driving has never been cheap but why would anyone want to lose so much money.
Most of the cost is going to the Government and why would you want to line their pockets??
It’s starting to become like smoking. There comes a point where you look to cutting back of giving up.
I have the money for a nice car, but I can't afford to throw it away these days. It makes me angry but you have to be sensible.
So I recently purchased a 52 reg Citroen diesel for around £3000. I figured that if I kept it for five years I wouldn’t have lost much. And it has a better mpg return than most.
The money for the new BMW now sits in the bank earning interest.
Now I have a car that should last over 5yrs, I,ve lowered my fuel costs and it’s cost me less than a year’s depreciation on a new car.
midiman said:
We are in hard times.
So where is the sense in buying certain vehicles?
Think about this.
1. The depreciation of the vehicle.
2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
Driving has never been cheap but why would anyone want to lose so much money.
Most of the cost is going to the Government and why would you want to line their pockets??
It’s starting to become like smoking. There comes a point where you look to cutting back of giving up.
I have the money for a nice car, but I can't afford to throw it away these days. It makes me angry but you have to be sensible.
So I recently purchased a 52 reg Citroen diesel for around £3000. I figured that if I kept it for five years I wouldn’t have lost much. And it has a better mpg return than most.
The money for the new BMW now sits in the bank earning interest.
Now I have a car that should last over 5yrs, I,ve lowered my fuel costs and it’s cost me less than a year’s depreciation on a new car.
I think you are entitled to spend your money as you like. I would suggest some other investment than in a UK Bank. Without being melodramatic you should be able to much better security.So where is the sense in buying certain vehicles?
Think about this.
1. The depreciation of the vehicle.
2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
Driving has never been cheap but why would anyone want to lose so much money.
Most of the cost is going to the Government and why would you want to line their pockets??
It’s starting to become like smoking. There comes a point where you look to cutting back of giving up.
I have the money for a nice car, but I can't afford to throw it away these days. It makes me angry but you have to be sensible.
So I recently purchased a 52 reg Citroen diesel for around £3000. I figured that if I kept it for five years I wouldn’t have lost much. And it has a better mpg return than most.
The money for the new BMW now sits in the bank earning interest.
Now I have a car that should last over 5yrs, I,ve lowered my fuel costs and it’s cost me less than a year’s depreciation on a new car.
You could of at least bought a lovely old BMW for that!
midiman said:
1. The depreciation of the vehicle.
2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
You only live once & beige, generous fit trousers really aren't that sexy 2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
Anyhow:
1] Less than 3k pa is bearable IMO.
2] If it wasn't petrol, it would be something else. I'd rather pay & enjoy small victories than pay more NI, pension etc.
3] £500 pa isn't ball breaking.
4] That London!
5] Don't like it & totally Dick Turpin wannabe country, I'll give you that one.
6] Really that bad, if you hit the sweet spot? My heap is just about quick enough yet fuel aside, running costs aren't really all that scary.
7] That's calmed down a touch & brain cells work wonders.
Having said all that, there does seem to be a cost vs fun point. Of course, everyone's view of what that is does vary. I'm ok with where I am, if not quite happy (which goes without saying).
Thanks to PH I've stopped spending money on anything.
I wear beige slacks everywhere, read abandoned newspapers I find on the street, buy food past it's used by date and don't go out at all.
My life is empty, devoid of meaning and depressing, but at least I'm not wasting money on anything that could give me a minute amount of pleasure.
I wear beige slacks everywhere, read abandoned newspapers I find on the street, buy food past it's used by date and don't go out at all.
My life is empty, devoid of meaning and depressing, but at least I'm not wasting money on anything that could give me a minute amount of pleasure.
midiman said:
1. The depreciation of the vehicle.
2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
1. Who cares?2. The record prices of fuel and duty.
3. Road tax.
4. Congestion charges.
5. Criminal insurance premiums.
6. General running costs.
7. War on the motorist.
2. So what?
3. No such thing.
4. Not where I live.
5. WTH is that?
6. Who cares?
7. Eh? Nobody has declared war on me as I go about my daily business.
martin84 said:
DukeDickson said:
7] That's calmed down a touch & brain cells work wonders.
Has it? Has it really? Care to quantify that?Presumably YMDV.
DukeDickson said:
real world (in terms of making progress) experience is that I see few sources of potential pain than I did & see rather more by way of Womble charades than either scameras or Trafpol.
All that means is they've got less money to operate with. The war on the motorist hasn't ended, just the funds to support it have dried up. It varies according to area obviously but most places still have their speed cameras on. The Government have upped the tax take on fuel since taking office and are beavering away thinking of new ways to empty our wallets no doubt. We've seen the Nottingham WPL start up in the last few weeks.I think councils are still fiercely anti-car as they keep insisting on measures to deter the motorist from using their town (hooray for amazon eh?) but at least they've got less money with which to go about it now.
DukeDickson said:
3] £500 pa isn't ball breaking.
It's a f
king farce when you consider the state of our roads. Last summer I was cruising down the Autovia Del Mediterraneo in southern Spain, and I could have wept for the state of our roads as I wafted over that smooth tarmac. By comparison, the A1 or M6 is like the surface of the fking moon.Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff