Keep or not to keep that is the question?

king size mars bar

Well just sat down here and worked out that my van will cost me at least €950:mad: to run until the end of the year without adding in diesal. Van would get max €1200 at the moment. Thinking of getting rid and using proceeds to buy car what do you think? Any ideas?

Anan1

Depends on your life, really.

dgt

How did you come up with that figure?

Max Power1

How long is a piece of string?

Motoring is always going to cost money

Scortho

How much would you spending on a newer one and how long would you be keeping it?
They'd be the questions I'd be asking myself.

king size mars bar

DOE €86.00, Tax €400 (2 x 3months got caught to tax it private dont mention the war), Insurance €330, prob need 2 tyres at least for test €130.

Max Power1

king size mars bar wrote: »

DOE €86.00, Tax €400 (2 x 3months got caught to tax it private dont mention the war), Insurance €330, prob need 2 tyres at least for test €130.

Sure thats nothing, I spend that just running my car for a couple of months, not even counting insurance or tax

dgt

king size mars bar wrote: »

DOE €86.00, Tax €400 (2 x 3months got caught to tax it private dont mention the war), Insurance €330, prob need 2 tyres at least for test €130.

That sounds like good value to me...

Scortho

king size mars bar wrote: »

DOE €86.00, Tax €400 (2 x 3months got caught to tax it private dont mention the war), Insurance €330, prob need 2 tyres at least for test €130.

On any car your going to have tax insurance replace tyres, service it etc.
those are normal running costs.

How come its not on commercial tax of it needs a doe?

I thought you were going say it needed 900 quid worth of parts etc.

king size mars bar

Just looks a lot i suppose when its down on paper.

king size mars bar

Still has to be tested if not theres no proof of it being road worthy. Think i just may bite the bullet and drive on.......................beep beep

Scortho

king size mars bar wrote: »

Still has to be tested if not theres no proof of it being road worthy. Think i just may bite the bullet and drive on.......................beep beep

What's the story with the tax.
If it needs to be doe's, surely you can get commercial car tax

dgt

Scortho wrote: »

What's the story with the tax.
If it needs to be doe's, surely you can get commercial car tax

OP says they changed to private

king size mars bar wrote: »

DOE €86.00, Tax €400 (2 x 3months got caught to tax it private dont mention the war), Insurance €330, prob need 2 tyres at least for test €130.

biko

A car will cost money too, purchase and upkeep.
Choose a couple and see what they will cost you over a certain time.
Then decide.

king size mars bar

biko wrote: »

A car will cost money too, purchase and upkeep.
Choose a couple and see what they will cost you over a certain time.
Then decide.

Was thinking about this, maybe a smaller engine and tested till sometime nxt year, would save a bit on the tax and not have to fork out money on test and repairs so close to xmas.

arleitiss

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