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[aaronjb]

I remember that smile.. it was very rewarding to drive quickly (considering it's size and high COG). It also towed a covered car trailer loaded with Cobra, second engine, compressor, half the garage tools etc commendably, and had a pallet of bricks in the load bed (not at the same time!) without breaking a sweat*

*Unless that weighs more than the bed limit, in which case it was half a pallet, your honour.

[Gaffers]

Regardless of choice I may have to carry a load of crap tools and stuff in the back just to give the rear a bit of weight and improve handling in general.  I could just use the dead bodies from the fiat 500s and 2 series beemers I will be driving over on my morning commute (cures the outside lane hogging issue)

[Doctor Gollum]

Bed liner filled with sand and a lid

[Gaffers]

Bed liner filled with sand and a lid

That should reduce the aroma of the dead bodies a bit 

[Shackeng]

I at least will have a practical use in the launching and recovery of my boat and tips to the trip over the next year or so.

FTFY. One 1000 kg load and I can't see them letting you back on site.

They never say anything about the box trailer and boot being full but often turn commercial vans away.  Hired vans were ok but I think that has stopped too.
 Apparently the local tips are switching to pre-registration and ANPR.  If you cant prove you are a local resident you have to pay a fiver.  That should stop all the Surrey cheap-arses coming over to Hampshire to dump their carp.  surrey introduced a charge last year.

Even for dead fish?

[Shackeng]

Just drove the Ranger to compare it to the Navara and it's got a nice grunt to the engine, pulls like a train and the interior is very nice indeed.

Damn you Aaron, damn you

SIL has one, and loves it.

[Sir Tigger KC]

Ford also do a car/SUV version of the Ranger called the Everest which looks really nice, but they don't sell it in Blighty sadly. 

[Sir Tigger KC]

Ford also do a car/SUV version of the Ranger called the Everest which looks really nice, but they don't sell it in Blighty sadly. 

Here you go a Ford Everest linky! 

[Gaffers]

Ford also do a car/SUV version of the Ranger called the Everest which looks really nice, but they don't sell it in Blighty sadly. 

Here you go a Ford Everest linky! 

Dont you start as well!

[New POD]

Saw an advert for here:

https://www.motorama.com/car-leasing/jaguar/xf/2-0i-prestige-4dr-auto

XF Petrol, £286 for 3 years, with 10k miles.

Additional £43 for servicing, which includes tyres & service.

Quite reasonable actually.

THIS IS the omega owners forum isn't it ?

My Limited company refuses to fund a lease car for me despite the fact that I do 15K business miles a year.

But it sticks religiously to the HMRC mileage rates of 45p and 25p.  (also pays 12p a mile if I use a push bike)

And this is why I bought my omega.  £525 deposit and £0 monthly payments. with an easy to end contract (I'd phone the scrap man and take £150 cash) , and then approx £475 into my bank (on average) a month and about £260 in fuel going out each month, so about £215 tax free, which I need to fund servicing, tyres and repairs out of.  So far I reckon I've spent £1000 in 2 years so call it £42 a month. So  £173 Tax free PROFIT and use of the car for private use with just petrol to pay. 

I'm feeling smug. by owning an Omega I'm making tax free cash.

Do I win a prize for using a 200K plus petrol 3.2 MV6 omega every day ?

(Obviously Old cars are unreliable, but I have a back up car, and I had to use the mk1 Mx5 as a stop gap for a week when it failed the MOT after I failed to adjust the handbrake correctly) 

[Doctor Gollum]

Sadly not... My best year was about £18k in Omega fuel... All deductible 

That car did 180k in four years. Which was nice 

[Gaffers]

THIS IS the omega owners forum isn't it ?

My Limited company refuses to fund a lease car for me despite the fact that I do 15K business miles a year.

But it sticks religiously to the HMRC mileage rates of 45p and 25p.  (also pays 12p a mile if I use a push bike)

Yes, and you point is?

As for the figures, yes that is what i do currently but kitty is starring to get to that point where i am working on it nearly every weekend.  I am time poor not necessarily the other way around.  I run the uk side of a cyber security company which means working full time for clients during the day and doing business development and admin in the evenings.

Plus i am the boss/owner so i can do what i like 

[aaronjb]

Ford also do a car/SUV version of the Ranger called the Everest which looks really nice, but they don't sell it in Blighty sadly. 

Here you go a Ford Everest linky! 

Dont you start as well!

At that price you could buy several.

You'd need to, to use them as roller skates, as they're 1:18 scale

[Gaffers]

Ford also do a car/SUV version of the Ranger called the Everest which looks really nice, but they don't sell it in Blighty sadly. 

Here you go a Ford Everest linky! 

Dont you start as well!

At that price you could buy several.

You'd need to, to use them as roller skates, as they're 1:18 scale

Plus it's an SUV and not an LCV so the BIK will be ruinous.  With the fuel card the BIK on the Ranger or Navara is less than 150 notes a month

Van insurance on the another hand

[aaronjb]

Yeah - although at least yours is van insurance for business use.. try finding van insurance for "personal use only"! Damn near impossible, which is part of the reason I ended up with REIS and a fleet policy..

P.S. I'm doing my "told you so" dance over here. Another convert to the Ranger.