'zactly. which is why I just have my eye on it at the moment. :) But being a DINK "family", almost paid all debts except house, and work life is going nowhere but up, I'm hoping that I will have one sitting in my driveway in the foreseeable future. A used one, of course. I'll probably never make it to the point where I have a spankin' new one. Certified pre-owned is fine with me, plus, they have the zero maintenance program where they'll even replace windshield wipers for free if needed. Can't beat that.
On 9/13/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > M-3 is an incredible car. > > That is my "I made it" car. I can slow down some, know I did ok when I > get > it :) > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Crow T. Robot [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 6:19 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Re: Gas Price Thread > > > > Yowch. You really get f*cked when it comes to vehicles over > there. I've > > only been there once (felixstowe and london), but from what I saw the > > roads > > really suck too. Where the hell is all the tax money going? > > > > I filled up my truck tonight - cost about $70. Now I don't feel so bad > > about that. :) > > > > What kinda beemer? That will be my wife's next car (I can't give up my > > truck). I just love 'em. I have my eye on a certified pre-owned M3 at > > the > > moment. > > > > > > On 9/12/06, Paul Vernon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Holy shite. > > > > > > > > WTF do you heat your house with? Might it be cheaper to just > > > > burn cash? > > > > > > We use natural gas piped directly into the house and the costs of that > > are > > > now rising too... > > > > > > Our press is constantly telling us we are on the verge of an energy > > crisis > > > and the markets are lapping it up which is driving the costs of energy > > > through the roof.. Our house electricity/natural gas bill is circa > $320 > > > per > > > month up until 6 months ago it was about $140 per month... > > > > > > I'm not sure exactly what the UK Fuel Tax rate is but AFAIK its > > somewhere > > > upwards of 75% of the retail cost... We are paying the price for > having > > a > > > "Green" government... Needless to say, public transport is shitty and > > > trains > > > cost more to travel on than planes for long distances... Given all > this, > > > is > > > it any wonder people are still electing to drive their cars? The > > Treasury > > > *knows* it is onto a winner with fuel tax and even with the protests > we > > > had > > > a few years ago where people blockaded the fuel depots, prices have > > > steadily > > > risen... > > > > > > The kicker in the UK though is this... We pay a yearly "Road Tax" that > > is > > > based on engine size and vehicle class (private, light goods, heavy > > goods > > > etc...) the theory being the smaller class vehicles and smaller engine > > > sizes > > > are more economical. I own two cars (a BMW as my daily drive and an > old > > > 1983 > > > Land Rover 4x4 for fun), my partner has a small town car and her son > has > > a > > > sports hatchback... Apart from the 4x4, my BMW is the largest engined > > car > > > we > > > own. It's also the most economical but I get taxed purely on the > engine > > > size > > > and end up paying the most in road tax. > > > > > > Our combined Road Tax bill is around $1400 per year. Then we have the > > fuel > > > tax. > > > > > > Disclaimer: All conversions are rounded out after quick Google > exchange > > > rate > > > conversion so they are "kind of" accurate. > > > > > > Paul > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:215315 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
