New Golf 1.4 does 0-60 in 7.9!!

Reply Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

16 February 2006, 08:23 AM

#31

hutton_d

Guest

Posts: n/a

Ta for support DW. Even if you're loaded that money is better off in your pocket than sqandered on something that's a lot more expensive than the exact same thing elsewhere - just shows you're too lazy/stupid to look after your dosh!

And with 3 or 4 (or was that 17 ... I forget) 17K+ cars to look after you need all the dosh you can get ....

Dave

Reply Like

16 February 2006, 02:55 PM

#32

J4CKO

Scooby Regular

iTrader: (1)

Join Date: Jan 2003

Posts: 19,384

Likes: 0

Received 1 Like on 1 Post

I am all for innovation, it might be a blind alley like Citroen Activa's, 4WS and those Subaru thingys but we may all be driving them in ten years.

Reply Like

16 February 2006, 07:16 PM

#33

wide

Scooby Regular

Join Date: Mar 2004

Posts: 1,665

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by fast bloke

what is the point in a super charger and a turbo charger?

Lots of power from a small engine maybe

Rekon it would be pretty popular in todays society

Reply Like

16 February 2006, 09:17 PM

#34

hades

Scooby Regular

Join Date: Jun 2002

Location: From Kent to Gloucestershire to Berkshire

Posts: 2,905

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dream Weaver

Hey I never said 3 to 4 new cars, i'm talking a few classic/track cars. £300 may not be much to the 10 bob millionaire's on Scoobynet, but its quite a bit to the average Joe in the street.

I was running 3 cars until recently, joint value of about £12k and the running costs were hard work, tax, MOT, etc etc

Unless you're running 3 or 4 of these 1.4 Golfs or other small engine cars that do the job of larger engined cars, you aren't saving that £300 (gross salary equivalent, not net cash saving, note) in lower tax. Besides which, I imagine you'd save a lot more than £300 by running only 1 or 2 cars.

Anyway, I'm not really arguing against you, and agree that it's a good thing to save tax and other "unenjoyable expenditure" at any opportunity - I have no desire to line the chancelor's pocket any more than I am already (far too much this year with over £8k of stamp duty coming up soon

).

However, I would say that the £60 tax saving for using the Golf is only really any use if it is not more expensive to service, insure, fuel etc than the bigger engine equivalent car. I have no idea if it is or it isn't. If the total running costs are better on the 1.4 due to fuel economy, insurance and tax (which they might well be), then the car makes a lot of sense.