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Scrappage Scheme

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  • 20-01-2010 3:09pm
    #1
    steirishrover
    Registered Users Posts: 887 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    Need some guidance please,

    I have a 05 Chevrolet (1.4, Tax year=352) and i was thinking of selling it, A family friend is selling a 00 BMW 5 series (2 litre, Tax= 700+) for €2500.

    Would it be a good idea to get rid of my car and buy the beamer, and keep for 18 months and then trade in for the Scrappage scheme cause i have a few bob tucked away also to help buy for the new car.

    Is it worth the extra tax? Will the BMW eat the the petrol?

    I rang my Insurance and it stays the same, Some advice please


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    Rylan
    Registered Users Posts: 373 ✭✭Rylan


    The scrappage scheme ends in Dec 2010 so you won't be able to scrap it in 18 months.


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    high horse
    Registered Users Posts: 1,011 ✭✭✭high horse


    Rylan wrote: »
    The scrappage scheme ends in Dec 2010 so you won't be able to scrap it in 18 months.

    Great! Another car saved from the scrappage scheme!:D There should be no reason to scrap a 10 year old 5 series, its got at least another 10-15 years left in it.

    Getting rid of your Chevrolet would be a good idea though...


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    steirishrover
    Registered Users Posts: 887 ✭✭✭steirishrover


    What would the petrol be like on it?

    I currently spend €50 a week on my 1.4 doing about 400 miles but the journeys i do are mostly short and nothing too long.

    Would the bmw cost alot more in petrol?:)


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    Anan1
    Registered Users Posts: 22,818 ✭✭✭✭Anan1


    steirishrover wrote: »
    What would the petrol be like on it?

    I currently spend €50 a week on my 1.4 doing about 400 miles but the journeys i do are mostly short and nothing too long.

    Would the bmw cost alot more in petrol?:)
    At a guess, i'd say you'd be looking at €80-90 a week for the BMW.


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    DancingPriest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭DancingPriest


    Just buy the bleedy beemer!
    Does the Daewoo make you smile every time you sit into it?
    The 5 will.


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    bladebrew
    Registered Users Posts: 1,673 ✭✭✭bladebrew


    sorry slightly ot,what actually happens to cars traded in under the goverment scrappage scheme?? are they literally scrapped? will this not lead to idiots destroying perfectly good cars like what happened in america?


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    DancingPriest
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭DancingPriest


    yup, literally scrapped.
    Had a had a guy in today looking to scrap a 3.5 v6 Legend, for a Corolla.


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    DancingPriest wrote: »
    yup, literally scrapped.
    Had a had a guy in today looking to scrap a 3.5 v6 Legend, for a Corolla.

    ....oh jeebus, that's awful........lovely, lovely V6 those......

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    colm_mcm
    Registered Users Posts: 73,382 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    would you actually pay €1500 for one though, lovely though it might be?


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    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    ....actually, I probably would.

    I've now converted to old Luxobarge economics. :D

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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