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 nob 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 :thumb:

If you're really paying £6K a year in road-tax, I'd be on to the DVLA about a refund :freak3:

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.

Christ, 6k in company car tax, does that include fuel?

I pay nothing like that on my 28k Volvo with fuel lol.

6k a year, take am allowance and buy a push bike.

Always seems a great idea until you get soaked the first day it rains. Or you get squashed by a car. Or both.

Thread title sounds like you want a new bird.

^^ What he said.

^^^^ I'll 3rd that. I got COMPLETELY the wrong idea what this thread was about!!!! :)

Man the **** up. :)

Getting soaked and squashed doesn't make you a man, just a tw@t! :lol1:

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 :thumb:

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!

The link has a typo :)

Mart :D