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General Car Chat / Re: Ford automatics
« on: 11 December 2019, 11:11:57 »
I think the Zaf-C is one of the few out there with old-school traditional slush box autos.

All the better for it, liking the Daddy bus a commuter.  :)
Astra K, obviously.

Sorry yes and other Vauxhalls, Mokka, Insignia etc. Now PSA owns Vauxhall, they may start putting their own crap in.  :(

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General Car Chat / Re: Ford automatics
« on: 11 December 2019, 10:49:46 »
I think the Zaf-C is one of the few out there with old-school traditional slush box autos.

All the better for it, liking the Daddy bus a commuter.  :)

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General Discussion Area / Re: The Andrew Neil Interviews
« on: 28 November 2019, 16:52:58 »
Tactically speaking, I don't blame him. He is ahead in the polls, and the flack from not having the balls to face Andrew Neil is likely to be less than the flack he would get after being torn to pieces by him.
The Tories probably reason that the more Corbyn is in front of the cameras, and the less Boris is in front of them, the better their results are likely to be.

Fully agree, Corbyn has done them a favour by going on and getting grilled/exposed for what he is.

He has gifted the Tories with negative press against Liebour and because Boris has done QT and other interviews he is insulated against the 'not doing interviews' that May got hammered for.

Why chance it? He is ahead in polls and has everything to loose and little to gain. So a good tactical move and I don't blame him either. Not a coward, far from it. Clever tactics.

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Omega Electrical and Audio Help / Re: NCDC time hasnt auto adjusted.
« on: 28 November 2019, 16:39:10 »
I rarely, if ever listen to radio now. Spotify for me, unlimited tunes on demand with no adverts.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Top 5%
« on: 25 November 2019, 19:25:18 »
One for LC0112G as he appears in the know for these things....

From the Tory election pledges, one thing that sparked my interest was raise in 40% threshold from 50k to 80k, do you think this would actually take place and if so over how much time?

Can't see them doing it in one hit?  :-\
Tunnie,
Accept that as a high rate tax payer, you are classed as one of the rich people (as the country has run out of truly rich people and businesses), thus under the inevitable Labour government, you personally are expected to pay for the lame and lazy of society.

Which is why I seriously hope and pray Boris gets a solid majority and Labour get no way near power.
Well, straight away he has lost 48% of the vote (and probably a lot of the 52% as well, seeing as he has, by most peoples reckoning come up with a worse deal than Theresa May). So that depends how that splits between the other numpties...

I think a bulk of the “48” have accepted the referendum and just want to get on with it all. If the 48% believed that strongly why are the Lib Dem’s so weak in the polls?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Top 5%
« on: 25 November 2019, 19:03:33 »
One for LC0112G as he appears in the know for these things....

From the Tory election pledges, one thing that sparked my interest was raise in 40% threshold from 50k to 80k, do you think this would actually take place and if so over how much time?

Can't see them doing it in one hit?  :-\
Tunnie,
Accept that as a high rate tax payer, you are classed as one of the rich people (as the country has run out of truly rich people and businesses), thus under the inevitable Labour government, you personally are expected to pay for the lame and lazy of society.

Which is why I seriously hope and pray Boris gets a solid majority and Labour get no way near power.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Top 5%
« on: 25 November 2019, 11:35:19 »
One for LC0112G as he appears in the know for these things....

From the Tory election pledges, one thing that sparked my interest was raise in 40% threshold from 50k to 80k, do you think this would actually take place and if so over how much time?

Can't see them doing it in one hit?  :-\
That's been put on the back burner, so to speak. It's in the news reports.

Damn  :(

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General Discussion Area / Re: Top 5%
« on: 25 November 2019, 11:01:10 »
One for LC0112G as he appears in the know for these things....

From the Tory election pledges, one thing that sparked my interest was raise in 40% threshold from 50k to 80k, do you think this would actually take place and if so over how much time?

Can't see them doing it in one hit?  :-\

Why do you think I have any knowledge of this? My view is all politicians are liars (and this lot are worse than most), and all manifesto pledges are at best a 'wish list' of things they would like to implement if circumstances permit (which they rarely do). Why don't you ask your prospective Conservative parliamentary candidate the question - he/she will be in a better position to answer it.

My guess would be that if it were to happen it would be over the course of the next parliament - so gradually over 5 years probably. I'm not sure what they've promised on national insurance though - NI is sort of linked to tax rates. Up to £50K you currently pay 20% tax and 12% NI, so a total of 32% tax. Above £50K it's 40% tax and 2% NI, so a total of 42%. The delta is therefore 'only' 10% not the 20% headline change in tax rate, so the change might only result in half the saving you might expect.

You appear to know a fair bit about tax/finance, hence the question  :y

Thanks, not considered the NI impact.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Top 5%
« on: 25 November 2019, 10:12:00 »
One for LC0112G as he appears in the know for these things....

From the Tory election pledges, one thing that sparked my interest was raise in 40% threshold from 50k to 80k, do you think this would actually take place and if so over how much time?

Can't see them doing it in one hit?  :-\

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General Car Chat / Re: Launched Zafira
« on: 25 November 2019, 09:45:02 »
Looks like the later C version, not a lot of damage to the house  :-\

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General Discussion Area / Re: How hard can it be?
« on: 22 November 2019, 17:06:25 »
Do you need 1080p on such a small TV, guess it's be used as PC monitor as well?  :-\

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General Discussion Area / Re: Top 5%
« on: 22 November 2019, 16:40:46 »
What bugs me is you could have a mum earning £40k and a Dad Earning £40k for a family bringing in £80k combined and that's fine.  ???

Yet have Dad earning £80k and Mum being full time mummy and not working, this is not ok and "punish the rich"  >:(

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I think this thread needs to be deleted.

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General Car Chat / Re: One for Fuse19....
« on: 21 November 2019, 14:52:39 »
Anything I should look out for on the 1.4T?

Not on that derivative no, the later one is direct injection so a little more sensitive, the one you have is a larger version of the chain driven cam 1.2 used in Corsa etc plus variable valve timing and a few other bits.

Regular oil change is king on them, then they just work and last

Thanks  :y

Yes regular changes, to keep that chain lubricated.  :)

It's use will be 95% town, rarely going on high speed runs. Although when given chance I will take it on long runs, Wales for example at Christmas.

I plan yearly or 5k changes, that would be sufficient?

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General Car Chat / Re: One for Fuse19....
« on: 21 November 2019, 14:44:02 »
Anything I should look out for on the 1.4T?

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