The cars I want to buy are taxed between 200 pounds and 475 pounds :(((((

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 14:56, 2 replies, latest was 12 years ago)

Buy a different car.
the oneI want is only £20
(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 14:58, Reply)

this is because you are a hand ringing eunuch

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:00, Reply)

This is why I have so much more money than you.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:02, Reply)

I don't have an expensive car witha massive engine
I would if I could, but I can't justify it
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:05, Reply)

I don't want a shopping trolley with a lawnmower engine.

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:01, Reply)

al probably wants a g-wizz

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:05, Reply)

If he's on the £20 tax bracket
he must be driving around in something pretty close to a three cylinder sub 1 litre job.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:07, Reply)

Citroen C1 or its clones
VW Polo diesel, Fiat 500 Twinair, couple of others,

Or go the whole zero and get a Prius
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:09, Reply)

BMW '10 330i
38mpg combined cycle, 200 tax, 0-60 sub-6 seconds.

I like the compromise, right there.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:16, Reply)

AKSHERLLLYYY ITS A FIESTA 1.6 AKSHERLLY!!!!

(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:09, Reply)

That's an efficient engine. Diesel?

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:10, Reply)

Yes.
If you drive like a retarded granny you can get it to do about 65mpg, but more realistically it gets about 50-55.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:12, Reply)

I don't like diesels.
Sure, they're low on CO2, but they have a bunch of other nasties that petrol doesn't. They're especially bad for particulates, I believe.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:13, Reply)

They produce coarser particulates yes
but actually it's the fine particulates that are more dangerous. If you can see the soot then it's aesthetically poor, but not actually particaularly bad for your health.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:16, Reply)

Every diesel I seem to see belches thick black clouds of crap.
What does it for me though is that the power's all backwards.

Power should go "waaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA"

Diesels don't do that.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:18, Reply)

I was looking at a Mark2 landy mudplugger
With a nice V8 lump in it, I don't think there is a better sound than a V8
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:21, Reply)

4x4s should be dieseasels for the torque
The concept of a diesel V8 is all, all wrong.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:22, Reply)

Depends if you regularly off road, and what sort of off-road you do

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:28, Reply)

They're great, long as you can afford the juice, they're a bit dipso.

(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:27, Reply)

I had no intention of buying it
I was just looking at one, short wheel base
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:33, Reply)

My mate used to have an old ex-police V8 Range Rover for offroading
Twin carbs, manual choke, between 3 and 14 mpg. On 4 star.
Would climb just about any hill though, at some speed
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:35, Reply)

I'm gonna be honest here Kroney
You're sounding like cunt.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:21, Reply)

Cars are fun. People forget that.
Small, clean, city cars are not fun.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:23, Reply)

I'm not sure Ken Blocks Fiesta would come under Small, clean, city cars
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zGBNHukCf7s
( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:35, Reply)

they are awful for sulphur dioxide emissions
which is what the merkins judge the environmentalness of a car on, thus you get few diesels in merka
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:26, Reply)

the new ones look good but have the nastiest dashboards

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:11, Reply)

get a car with a smaller engine then fuckwit...
Or get an older car where you aren't charged tax on emissions.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 14:59, Reply)

pre 2002 car tax rate for 1600 plus engines is 220 a year.

( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:00, Reply)

Are classic cars still exempt?

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:04, Reply)

pre-1972, yes.
They're mostly as slow as balls, though.

I did think about getting a mk1 Celica and putting a new engine, gearbox etc in it, but I'm pretty sure that the amount of mods I'd want to do would get it a Q plate and thus taken off the classic tax bracket.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:05, Reply)

Yeah that probs don't help

( hartley hare Just some prick who thinks it doesn't apply to him, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:08, Reply)

It's difficult, Harters.
Tres difficile
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:10, Reply)

yeah but it doesnt change
so you can get a 6lt penis enhancer for the same price as a 1600
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:20, Reply)

Well yes, I know
The insinuation seemed to be the pre'02 cars are cheaper, which isn't really true.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:21, Reply)

no... I see what you mean
I meant comparatively
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:28, Reply)

I'm torn between wanting a decent turn of speed
and wanting a decent amount of economy.

I am on the horns of a dilemma.
( Kroney, Tue 18 Jun 2013, 15:30, Reply)