I'm going to swear!! BMW 320ED what do we think?

[grossebaby]

Originally Posted by topman

Has your company a ruling on age of your car?

No but it is generally understood that 6 years is about the limit but it is all down to suitability for purpose, plus how it affects the user tax wise.

We are a very small company, I have pretty much final say on this whilst the car is not costing money to fix up, but as the car gets older and they have put up my tax bill on it again this year, I can pay less personal tax on a brand new car and so keeping a car too long does not make sense financially even though there is nothing wrong with the car, plus we could do with something to write down on the capital allowances. Now I hate this scenario, if it was the old days and I was on 1/3 tax due to vehicle age, especially on a car as good as the zt you would have to prise it off me.

I had decided to run the zt till early 2011 if nothing else popped up as my original choice of replacement a Subaru Leggy diesel tourer (old shape) is now a fortune to buy as the new one looks a bit pants. But this BMW ticks a lot of boxes.

[sydneymj]

Originally Posted by grossebaby

MY ZT is now 6, she is a lovely car, but as I run her as a co car she is getting a little old, I had sort of decided to go another 10 months with her and see how things pan out with nearly new car prices (they are too high at the mo)
But BMW have brought out a new 320Efficient Dynamics car which has emissions of 109gKm CO2, which gives it a super low Benefit in Kind of 13% as a company car. This makes it super tempting especially as you can lease one for sensible money, in fact it will be cheaper than the Honda Accord I looked at to lease even though 4K more to buy.

I am not a BMW man except maybe a 635Csi or an old style CSL and the original shark nosed cars, but it just looks to make sense for me and the company, what does everyone think?

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