Having S3X in front of the garage

unkel · 30-03-2019 10:17pm #1

Safe for work, no worries!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA1IKCOppzg

Tom Dunne · 31-03-2019 8:03am

Ha! Watched that yesterday. He won the other two in a referral programme? I'm in the wrong business.

ted1 · 31-03-2019 8:19am

unkel wrote: »

Safe for work, no worries!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA1IKCOppzg

Lots of snags on it.

Tom Dunne · 31-03-2019 8:25am

ted1 wrote: »

Lots of snags on it.

Yeah, not a great advertisement for Tesla workmanship.

unkel · 31-03-2019 7:37pm

Tom Dunne wrote: »

He won the other two in a referral programme?

Yep. He's a funny and trustworthy guy. Used to be a programmer, but he got so many viewers / followers for his YT channel that he chucked the day job. I guess getting a free >100k car every couple of years helps put bread on the table too

After I saw his winter test of Ioniq, proving that it was a well specced, very good car with a very decent range even in atrocious winter weather in Norway, I almost immediately booked a 24h test drive. And I bought the car the day after the test drive, this week 2 years ago. I'd say he'd have a garage full of new Ioniqs if Huyndai had a referral program too

slave1 · 31-03-2019 7:55pm

Free cars but not quite, as he "worked" for them they are considered earned and not won so he has to pay PAYE tax on them

unkel · 31-03-2019 9:39pm

I'd say it was CGT / CAT he had to pay, not income tax.

ELM327 · 01-04-2019 8:34am

It was income tax, equivalent of BIK here.
Treated as "notional income". He said it in a couple of older videos #fanboy

KCross · 01-04-2019 8:38am

He had a video on it recently. It was treated as income because he had to work to win the prize, so it was income tax not CGT he had to pay apparently.

And it was alot of money. Cant remember exactly but I think it was something like €30k for one of the earlier prizes he got (S or X).

ELM327 · 01-04-2019 8:39am

It was treated the exact same as if he was paid the OMSP amount in cash

Mickeroo · 01-04-2019 8:41am

I'm surprised "Wifey" got an E-Up.

unkel · 01-04-2019 9:05am

ELM327 wrote: »

It was income tax, equivalent of BIK here.
Treated as "notional income". He said it in a couple of older videos #fanboy

Very interesting case. To be treated as income, it would need to be his business (self employed) to make money from his social media activities. Which now I suppose it is. Which means he can deduct costs too.

Not sure if he had given up his day job by the time his first Tesla was rewarded though?

KCross · 01-04-2019 9:22am

unkel wrote: »

Very interesting case. To be treated as income, it would need to be his business (self employed) to make money from his social media activities. Which now I suppose it is. Which means he can deduct costs too.

Not sure if he had given up his day job by the time his first Tesla was rewarded though?

Would it matter? You can have more than one source of income. They would still be entitled to say he "worked" for it, hence its income.

It wasnt like he bought a ticket and won a prize. He had to make it happen.... i.e. work for it.
He didnt realise himself he was going to be paying tax on it the first time so that was a bit of a shock I'd say. He thought it was a prize and all free, which I can understand too.

Tom Dunne · 01-04-2019 9:43am

Mickeroo wrote: »

I'm surprised "Wifey" got an E-Up.

I think it's hilarious the way he refers to her as "Wifey". Must watch that video.

slave1 · 01-04-2019 10:07am

Videos where Wifey makes an appearance are always worth a look

Mickeroo · 01-04-2019 10:09am

He uploaded a 600km E-Up road trip one last night.

it's funny, they're not a car that comes up in EV conversations a lot at all but I see plenty of them around my area. Leaf is the only EV I see more of.

Tom Dunne · 01-04-2019 10:12am

Mickeroo wrote: »

He uploaded a 600km E-Up road trip one last night.

it's funny, they're not a car that comes up in EV conversations a lot at all but I see plenty of them around my area. Leaf is the only EV I see more of.

I had never heard of them before now.

unkel · 01-04-2019 10:14am

KCross wrote: »

Would it matter? You can have more than one source of income. They would still be entitled to say he "worked" for it, hence its income.

It would. Well over here anyway. I can't claim to know anything about the Norwegian tax system!

It's a bit like if you have a job but you trade a bit in shares on the side. Your profits are capital gains and CGT applies (even though it can be quite hard work :pac:). If you do it as a job / trade, your profits are your income and IT applies. But you can deduct costs then too. Here in Ireland it's up to yourself how you want to be treated as it is all self assessed.

Johnboy1951 · 01-04-2019 2:06pm

Mickeroo wrote: »

He uploaded a 600km E-Up road trip one last night.

it's funny, they're not a car that comes up in EV conversations a lot at all but I see plenty of them around my area. Leaf is the only EV I see more of.

Is there an electric E-Up sold in Ireland?

fricatus · 01-04-2019 2:09pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Is there an electric E-Up sold in Ireland?

No, but it's sold in Yorkshire!

Badoom-tisshhhh!

Thank you, thank you, I'm here all week!

Mickeroo · 01-04-2019 2:10pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Is there an electric E-Up sold in Ireland?

I didn't even know there was a non electric version tbh, so maybe that's why I'm seeing them everywhere :pac:

ELM327 · 01-04-2019 2:18pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Is there an electric E-Up sold in Ireland?

Only through grey imports AFAIK

unkel · 01-04-2019 2:21pm

Didn't liamog of this parish have the only one in this country?

Mickeroo · 07-04-2019 8:29am

Bjorn you silly silly boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7MY-fls3c

liamog · 07-04-2019 9:38am

According to beepbeep only one eUp has been brought into Ireland, plenty of petrol models around.

The 600 km road trip, really shows the value of a functional multi charger per site network. I wouldn't dream of driving mine down to Cork with the current network!

Johnboy1951 · 07-04-2019 10:16am

Mickeroo wrote: »

Bjorn you silly silly boy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Au7MY-fls3c

What an idiot!
Knowing he had unsuitable tyres on he still went on the track and got the expected result.

Looking at the damage (and repair cost) made me appreciate the benefit of the old bumpers which were designed to absorb such impacts.

Gumbo · 07-04-2019 10:19am

Mickeroo wrote: »

Bjorn you silly silly boy

Ouch!
The thing is, he will get so many more views, and many more followers from that video alone, that the payment will
Probably buy him a new M3

Gumbo · 07-04-2019 10:20am

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

What an idiot!
Knowing he had unsuitable tyres on he still went on the track and got the expected result.

Looking at the damage (and repair cost) made me appreciate the benefit of the old bumpers which were designed to absorb such impacts.

You seriously think any other car would have just absorbed that impact without any damage?

Either way, he knows what he is doing.
He has 3 Tesla’s currently. A free roadster on the way, or 2 actually.
Multiple referrals. He will actually benefit from this.

Johnboy1951 · 07-04-2019 11:31am

kceire wrote: »

You seriously think any other car would have just absorbed that impact without any damage?

I never said without damage ...... but certainly with much less damage. That is what they were designed to do, and they did it, for the most part, effectively.

Either way, he knows what he is doing.
He has 3 Tesla’s currently. A free roadster on the way, or 2 actually.
Multiple referrals. He will actually benefit from this.

In which case he knew that he was most likely to lose control on the tyres fitted ...... he even made a big deal about them not being suitable for the conditions.

Given that, the implication is that he crashed deliberately to "benefit from this".

slave1 · 07-04-2019 4:48pm

He instantly got free winter tyres plus fitting and free shipping of his summer tyres home.....

He didn't run into a wall of snow, it was a wall of snow covered frozen ice so it was the frozen ice that did the damage...shhhheeeeettttt

ELM327 · 08-04-2019 8:14am

€2300 investment less the free tyres less the increased views (his most viewed video, or at least one of, is the time he crashed the model X offroading) and he's in profit for sure

KCross · 08-04-2019 9:26am

It also seemed a little lucky to me that he happened to have drone footage of it!

Gumbo · 08-04-2019 10:02am

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

I never said without damage ...... but certainly with much less damage. That is what they were designed to do, and they did it, for the most part, effectively.

In which case he knew that he was most likely to lose control on the tyres fitted ...... he even made a big deal about them not being suitable for the conditions.

Given that, the implication is that he crashed deliberately to "benefit from this".

Not saying he done it on purpose, but i'm saying that its no skin off his back. He will actually profit from this.

The only damage is a cracked lower bumper, so bumper replacement. Any car that hit that ice wall would have suffered similar damage.

Johnboy1951 · 08-04-2019 11:12am

kceire wrote: »

Not saying he done it on purpose, but i'm saying that its no skin off his back. He will actually profit from this.

The only damage is a cracked lower bumper, so bumper replacement. Any car that hit that ice wall would have suffered similar damage.

I don't know how the body is constructed, but from the video shown it seem that a large body panel has been damaged and not just a 'bumper' which might be expect to protect the body panel.

Maybe I am mistaken about that panel and it is only a very small separate part .......

Having S3X in front of the garage

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