Another V8 on the market - Page 3

VMax1000 · 29th May 2015, 21:15

trying to figure out what the problem with the tax is.
£500 a year seems cheap compared to most countries

Decent car, decent price.................let's see where we can find fault???.................oh..............wait..... ................tax................better let this one go.

What a country....................what a forum.............what a load of BS......

Departed 32016 · 29th May 2015, 21:26

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Originally Posted by VMax1000

trying to figure out what the problem with the tax is.
£500 a year seems cheap compared to most countries

Decent car, decent price.................let's see where we can find fault???.................oh..............wait..... ................tax................better let this one go.

What a country....................what a forum.............what a load of BS......

On a mission tonight?

VMax1000 · 29th May 2015, 21:27

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Originally Posted by kieranswood

On a mission tonight?

Always

...

It's a bit like buy - bought and bring - brought

We all have our vices

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"BOUGHT" - to buy, "BROUGHT" - to bring!

And while we're at it, Bought is not To buy................you actually did buy it
Also brought is not to bring.......................you actually did bring it.

Maybe a signature change is in order

Dorset Bob · 29th May 2015, 21:42

I have to agree with Herman about the tax.
However, many people baulk about the £500 cost of getting the belts done on a V6 every 6 years / 90,000 miles.
Every V6 for sale seems to be confronted with this "obstacle" of why not to buy it.

The difference on road tax, for this V8, of the £500 compared to £285 is about 4 quid a week!

VMax1000 · 30th May 2015, 00:16

Road tax at £500 for a car like the V8 is peanuts.

In the Netherlands you'd be looking at €1000-up and in Ireland even more

Why do people always complain about tax?

Oh, I know......................., it's an excuse not to buy a car they can't afford to start with..............

Rant over.......

trikey · 30th May 2015, 01:22

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Originally Posted by VMax1000

Road tax at £500 for a car like the V8 is peanuts.

In the Netherlands you'd be looking at €1000-up and in Ireland even more

Why do people always complain about tax?

Oh, I know......................., it's an excuse not to buy a car they can't afford to start with..............

Rant over.......

Just buy it and enjoy it, your only here once!

The issue that get me with the tax system is that a late V8 costs more than an early one to tax, no logic at all in the way the system was set up.

Les4048 · 30th May 2015, 05:44

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Originally Posted by trikey

Just buy it and enjoy it, your only here once!

The issue that get me with the tax system is that a late V8 costs more than an early one to tax, no logic at all in the way the system was set up.

I enjoy my one :-) but as you say no logic in the system but if the right car comes along and you want it it shouldn't be a stumbling block

Departed 32016 · 30th May 2015, 06:46

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Originally Posted by trikey

Just buy it and enjoy it, your only here once!

The issue that get me with the tax system is that a late V8 costs more than an early one to tax, no logic at all in the way the system was set up.

Yes that's my only issue. I may have found a v8 though

Polly · 30th May 2015, 16:53

And I think I read somewhere, if you export the car, and then re-import it later, it will miraculously revert to the lower figure.
Not that there's a massive difference anyway, and if you can't afford the tax, perhaps the simple fact is you just can't afford to run one.

T16 · 30th May 2015, 17:15

The tax is largely irrelevant, as most v8 owners would take them off the road in winter.

Also, if £500 a year is a problem for tax, the 260 is the wrong car for you, and may go some way to explain why so many are totally neglected now, and are in such pi$$ poor condition.

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Polly Posted a thing or two MG ZT 260 SE, ZS120, ZR105 Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Peterhead Posts: 1,375 Thanks: 203 Thanked 350 Times in 241 Posts	Another V8 on the market And I think I read somewhere, if you export the car, and then re-import it later, it will miraculously revert to the lower figure. Not that there's a massive difference anyway, and if you can't afford the tax, perhaps the simple fact is you just can't afford to run one.

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VMax1000 Passed Away MG ZT260 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Swindon Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 62 Thanked 325 Times in 249 Posts	trying to figure out what the problem with the tax is. £500 a year seems cheap compared to most countries Decent car, decent price.................let's see where we can find fault???.................oh..............wait..... ................tax................better let this one go. What a country....................what a forum.............what a load of BS......

30th May 2015, 00:16	#25
VMax1000 Passed Away MG ZT260 Join Date: May 2007 Location: Swindon Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 62 Thanked 325 Times in 249 Posts	Road tax at £500 for a car like the V8 is peanuts. In the Netherlands you'd be looking at €1000-up and in Ireland even more Why do people always complain about tax? Oh, I know......................., it's an excuse not to buy a car they can't afford to start with.............. Rant over.......

30th May 2015, 17:15	#30
T16 I really should get out more....... ZT CDTi 135, ZT260SE Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Dundee Posts: 2,877 Thanks: 10 Thanked 331 Times in 213 Posts	The tax is largely irrelevant, as most v8 owners would take them off the road in winter. Also, if £500 a year is a problem for tax, the 260 is the wrong car for you, and may go some way to explain why so many are totally neglected now, and are in such pi$$ poor condition.