Cheap 'n' Dirty or Clean with a lot up front?
28 April 2016, 08:32 PM
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Cheap 'n' Dirty or Clean with a lot up front?
Just to start, this is another one of those 'what car to buy next' threads, so feel free to bail out now, as I think I may have seen one of these before.
Going to change the company car, have always done what I wanted, when everyone else was buying 3 series and Mercs I was getting an STi or a Evo X, pretty much, within reason, am in a position to be able to get what I want.
Currently have an S5 but only do about 6k a year in it, so is costing me about £1 a mile in tax, which is not great, but what I wanted last time I changed.
So, have been looking around and have an idea of what I want to pay in tax, so can go cheap and dirty;
Ford Mustang
Subaru STi (yes is a consideration)
Clean but expensive;
Porsche panamera e hybrid
BMW i8
Or sod it and go for a bit from each end;
BMW M4
C63 AMG
A nice problem to have I know, but am a little torn as tend to keep my cars for 3-4 years as do low mileage although could change more often if I wanted, but can't justify it in myself.
Not sure it feels right going for an expensive car when I would have the same fun in the Mustang when both would cost me the same amount a month in tax.
Tell me I am being a *** or make an alternative suggestion I have not thought of yet, or just keep the S5 and have one less thing to worry about.
All opinions welcome, probably none considered
Going to change the company car, have always done what I wanted, when everyone else was buying 3 series and Mercs I was getting an STi or a Evo X, pretty much, within reason, am in a position to be able to get what I want.
Currently have an S5 but only do about 6k a year in it, so is costing me about £1 a mile in tax, which is not great, but what I wanted last time I changed.
So, have been looking around and have an idea of what I want to pay in tax, so can go cheap and dirty;
Ford Mustang
Subaru STi (yes is a consideration)
Clean but expensive;
Porsche panamera e hybrid
BMW i8
Or sod it and go for a bit from each end;
BMW M4
C63 AMG
A nice problem to have I know, but am a little torn as tend to keep my cars for 3-4 years as do low mileage although could change more often if I wanted, but can't justify it in myself.
Not sure it feels right going for an expensive car when I would have the same fun in the Mustang when both would cost me the same amount a month in tax.
Tell me I am being a *** or make an alternative suggestion I have not thought of yet, or just keep the S5 and have one less thing to worry about.
All opinions welcome, probably none considered
28 April 2016, 08:47 PM
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Not road tax, is a company car so is in income tax.
The hybrid cars are on 7% tax and the 'dirty' ones are up to 37% tax of the value because of the emissions, so a 30k Mustang would cost me more each month in tax as a 100k i8, mad I know but I don't make the rules.
The hybrid cars are on 7% tax and the 'dirty' ones are up to 37% tax of the value because of the emissions, so a 30k Mustang would cost me more each month in tax as a 100k i8, mad I know but I don't make the rules.
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Hard to get your weekly shop onto a bike, and yes am aware of home grocery deliveries. I do use the car for business, am in Guildford next week, but it is few and far between these days as get others to go.
Title was supposed to ms-leading, that way I knew that Pimmo2000 the under bood man was bound to read it if no one else
And for those that have never had a company car try www.comcar.co,uk, is not the perk that it once was.
Edited to put Pimmo2000's name in, original post had wrong perv!
Title was supposed to ms-leading, that way I knew that Pimmo2000 the under bood man was bound to read it if no one else
And for those that have never had a company car try www.comcar.co,uk, is not the perk that it once was.
Edited to put Pimmo2000's name in, original post had wrong perv!
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Hard to get your weekly shop onto a bike, and yes am aware of home grocery deliveries. I do use the car for business, am in Guildford next week, but it is few and far between these days as get others to go.
Title was supposed to ms-leading, that way I knew that Pimmo2000 the under bood man was bound to read it if no one else
And for those that have never had a company car try www.comcar.co,uk, is not the perk that it once was.
Edited to put Pimmo2000's name in, original post had wrong perv!
Title was supposed to ms-leading, that way I knew that Pimmo2000 the under bood man was bound to read it if no one else
And for those that have never had a company car try www.comcar.co,uk, is not the perk that it once was.
Edited to put Pimmo2000's name in, original post had wrong perv!
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