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General Discussion Area / Re: Dead Person
« on: Yesterday at 15:24:16 »
I need to keep up. 
I thought she dropped off the perch about 30 years ago.
I thought she dropped off the perch about 30 years ago.
- 18 January 2025, 03:07:24
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General Car Chat / Re: Insurance Renewal Result
« on: Yesterday at 14:07:56 »
I'm pleased to hear the old dowager is still going strong. 
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General Car Chat / Re: Car Tax Scaremongering
« on: Yesterday at 11:39:20 »https://www.everyvehiclelease.co.uk/blog/road-tax-rate-hikes-from-april-2025#:~:text=From%20April%201%2C%202025%2C%20zero,will%20increase%20to%20%C2%A3130.
The .gov site is next best thing to useless for the new car tax information so I’ve linked to a vehicle lease site that tries to explain it a bit better.
So, cars in the bands for CO2 emissions of 76 to 90 grams per kilometre and *above* will pay double the equivalent rates from 2024 to 2025, meaning that your average 1.5 TFSI Golf which is currently £135, will rise to £270. That sounds bad but when you consider that motor traders say that 7 out of 10 new EV’s sold are over £40K, those EV’s over £40K will now incur the additional £410 luxury car tax, in addition to the new standard EV tax, for the first 5 years.
As you say, it’s hardly a deterrent to offload our petrol or diesel cars is it.
* Higher CO2 emitting new vehicles will come in to their own super tax.
Does this apply to EV that have already been registered but cost more than £40,000 used. Does the second owner continue to pay the £410 theft charge?
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General Car Chat / Re: Car Tax Scaremongering
« on: Yesterday at 11:27:35 »
Currently close to £800 for my desirable classic.
The little M240i is £600, consisting of £190 road tax and an additional £410 for the first 5 years government theft tax.
The little M240i is £600, consisting of £190 road tax and an additional £410 for the first 5 years government theft tax.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Tulip Siddiq
« on: 16 January 2025, 13:32:58 »Noticed yesterday as she was bouncing along they look juicy👍
Ideal for motorboating?
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General Car Chat / Re: Further drop in cost of a new leccy Jag.
« on: 16 January 2025, 13:05:04 »The main reason I started this thread is because Mrs Opti wants her next car to run on 'elastictrickery'. She rarely travels more than 100 miles in any one day. However, she thinks electric cars are the future whether we like it or not.......so presumably it is some sort of economic decision.
Quite strange really considering her politics are even further to the right than that of Albitz and TB, and she would be quite happy to club a baby seal to death....
Yes female thinking is strange, she had a new MX5 a couple of years back & hated it , now got a 2 year old Toyota Yaris Cross
(hybrid) and loves it . Got to admit that I'm impressed with it as well.
And yet an MX5 would seem ideal for a woman.
Long ago I gave up trying to understand female logic.
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General Car Chat / Re: Further drop in cost of a new leccy Jag.
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:42:54 »The main reason I started this thread is because Mrs Opti wants her next car to run on 'elastictrickery'. She rarely travels more than 100 miles in any one day. However, she thinks electric cars are the future whether we like it or not.......so presumably it is some sort of economic decisionI actually agree for some, possibly lots of, people, milk floats are the answer.
Quite strange really considering her politics are even further to the right than that of Albitz and TB, and she would be quite happy to club a baby seal to death....
They should be more reliable and longer lasting that ICE. They have all the right torque in the right places. They don't need heavy gearboxes and the driver doesn't have to concern themselves with gears and clutches.
Ignoring costs, they have a few pitfalls though. Travelling beyond their range is problematic due to charge times (and chargers and public charge costs in the UK make it worse). Regularly depleting the battery below around 30% is harmful to battery life. Battery and motor maintenance is specialised and time consuming, thus expensive. Lithium batteries are volatile, and even minor scrapes tend to write the cars off as the batteries cannot be trusted not to suffer "thermal events" in accidents, even if the battery pack appears to be untouched. Cheap home charging only allows around 70-120 miles of charge per cheap rate overnight charging. Driving any quicker than miss daisy mullers range,
Because she is a woman she has very little interest in cars. Colour and badge is probably about it.
Out of her own personal money she is having a home charger installed next week......almost £1000.
Jeeezz what a waste.
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General Car Chat / Re: Further drop in cost of a new leccy Jag.
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:15:07 »
......and with the mighty Signum costing almost £800 each year to tax.
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General Car Chat / Re: Further drop in cost of a new leccy Jag.
« on: 16 January 2025, 12:12:22 »
The main reason I started this thread is because Mrs Opti wants her next car to run on 'elastictrickery'. She rarely travels more than 100 miles in any one day. However, she thinks electric cars are the future whether we like it or not.......so presumably it is some sort of economic decision
Quite strange really considering her politics are even further to the right than that of Albitz and TB, and she would be quite happy to club a baby seal to death....
Quite strange really considering her politics are even further to the right than that of Albitz and TB, and she would be quite happy to club a baby seal to death....
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General Discussion Area / Re: Tulip Siddiq
« on: 15 January 2025, 16:25:09 »
I don't believe Keir Stalin to be a good judge of character.
He seems to make too many unforced errors.
He seems to make too many unforced errors.
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General Discussion Area / Re: What has P*ssed you off today?
« on: 11 January 2025, 19:00:02 »Are you ever coming back?You'll soon be challenging the Lincolnshire mega land owner as the most affluent member of OOF..
Got to do something to keep busy in the winter months.
I rode a motorbike from Phan Rang to Nha Trang today, about 130 kms and mostly on twisty back roads along the southern Vietnamese coast. That's my kinda winter activity!
Well.... I say a motorbike.
Sure he is.......complete with a 17 year old bride.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Shit story
« on: 11 January 2025, 16:51:31 »The dogs in Korea end up as human shit.Ha ha, shit hot🤣 two turds went into a pub and asked for a drink, the bar tender said I’ll serve you but not him he’s steaming 💩
There are plenty of steaming turds that exit the arse end of dogs. These could make up any shortfall.
I mean, who would know the difference.
You're making me hungry.
A nice mongrel bap.
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General Discussion Area / Re: Shit story
« on: 11 January 2025, 14:41:16 »Ha ha, shit hot🤣 two turds went into a pub and asked for a drink, the bar tender said I’ll serve you but not him he’s steaming 💩
There are plenty of steaming turds that exit the arse end of dogs. These could make up any shortfall.
I mean, who would know the difference.
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General Car Chat / Re: spotted an Omega
« on: 11 January 2025, 11:29:38 »Just seen an Omega!
It's been ages since I last saw an Omega out & about & todays Omega was the Holy Grail version ie 3.2 Elite estate!
It was in that rare silver too!
...almost unique.
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General Discussion Area / Re: 14 year old stabbed on London bus.
« on: 10 January 2025, 13:26:31 »
Has the culprit been caught yet?
I imagine there to be plenty of CCTV.....especially on the bus.
I imagine there to be plenty of CCTV.....especially on the bus.