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23-02-10, 03:56 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Sheffield
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Originally Posted by Bobdope2002
£16 a month when your on min wage and barely managing to scrape through is a lot of money
I wudnt bin the car as i said above i have a massive garage so the car wud live in theyre
Sky TV is a waste of money as is a gym membership plenty of ways to loose weight other than going to a gym full of meatheads who after eating a mars bar Have to go on a treadmill for an hour
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From the sound of things you really shouldn't be owning this car or any cars. If I can't afford an extra £16/mth and have to survive on minimum wage, owning a car would be on the bottom of my priority list unless I need it to go to work.
There are many different views on Sky TV and gym membership whether they are waste of money or not. If one can enjoy these luxuries then they can afford to waste the money. One person's waste maybe another person's gold.
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23-02-10, 04:44 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: staffordshire
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Originally Posted by R8NMG
From the sound of things you really shouldn't be owning this car or any cars. If I can't afford an extra £16/mth and have to survive on minimum wage, owning a car would be on the bottom of my priority list unless I need it to go to work.
There are many different views on Sky TV and gym membership whether they are waste of money or not. If one can enjoy these luxuries then they can afford to waste the money. One person's waste maybe another person's gold.
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selling the car is not an option simple as
Fair enough on the Gym and Repeat TV
Anyways enough of the arguing its childish
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22-02-10, 06:59 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: UK
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Just stick in a T16, then you'll just pay the "over 1400cc" tax bracket for older cars, currently £190 p/a IIRC.
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22-02-10, 08:33 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Isle of Wight
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Im sure it will be £235. its alot of money for **** roads.
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22-02-10, 08:39 PM
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Location: stenhousemuir,falkirk
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i was under the impression that it is currently 118.75 for 6 month,then after april it goes up to 135 for 6 month,it was the same as my 2.2 vectra so i will pay it anyway
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22-02-10, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: The Shire
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sometimes i am so glad i have got a slow old 'tractor' engine in mine!
tax is around the £125 region i think last time i renewed it although it is due at the end of next month, so may have gone up...
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22-02-10, 10:04 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Waterlooville, Hants
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If the car is in good condition and reliable, then paying that little bit more is money well spent. Buying a cheaper car to get around the tax groupings is false economy. You could be buying yourself trouble. I just taxed mine, was £118.
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22-02-10, 10:06 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Ashford, Kent
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Originally Posted by p_b82
sometimes i am so glad i have got a slow old 'tractor' engine in mine!
tax is around the £125 region i think last time i renewed it although it is due at the end of next month, so may have gone up...
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Nope, still £125 and will still be £125 from April! 
Cheap tax, cheap insurance, and 45mpg+ even when booting it!
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23-02-10, 06:50 AM
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Join Date: May 2009
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there might be some cheap post 2006 ZS180's soon then *-)
Who
is gonna want to pay 2 grand for a car , then pay over £400 to tax it
£235 from April - but even if it was £425 - that's £190 more - roughly £16 a month. You'd bin it for £16 a month?...... it doesnt seem much when its put like that ... untill you factor in mortgages , kids , running cost of a wife and her car etc
Last edited by fastmike; 23-02-10 at 06:53 AM.
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23-02-10, 07:47 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Ashford, Kent
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Originally Posted by fastmike
... running cost of a wife ...
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