Please help disabled driver choose a car

colm_mcm · 10-05-2010 06:27PM

Cool. they'll be applying for rebate from the distributor, No harm in dropping in the required stuff beforehand.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 08:21AM

The dealer is being a wee bit casual about it all imo. He's not v good at returning e-mails/phone calls.

colm_mcm · 11-05-2010 09:29AM

It's in his interests to apply for any rebate due to him on time, I wouldn't worry about it too much - it shouldn't affect your cost to change if it was built into the quote. Dunno how VW works, but with some other brands they have up to a month afterwards to do it.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 09:49AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

It's in his interests to apply for any rebate due to him on time, I wouldn't worry about it too much - it shouldn't affect your cost to change if it was built into the quote. Dunno how VW works, but with some other brands they have up to a month afterwards to do it.

It's not the cost to change I'm worrying about. I don't wanna be left without a car.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 10:07AM

........just got off the phone from the dealer. He has received a "production date" of week 23 for my car, so I should have it in time for the date I was looking for.

colm_mcm · 11-05-2010 11:01AM

That's good news. Even if the car is late, it won't affect you getting the exemption or not. It just means that your future time to change gets later for 2 years time.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 11:16AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

That's good news. Even if the car is late, it won't affect you getting the exemption or not. It just means that your future time to change gets later for 2 years time.

Are you sure about that? I was getting scared, and thought it would affect it?

colm_mcm · 11-05-2010 11:20AM

No. your exemption is there as long as you qualify for it.

Nothing to worry about from the Govt side, where it can get messy is when the car is ridiculously late and your trade in devalues considerably. that's when the dealer could lose interest in the deal and try and get more money from you or try and weasel their way out of the deal.

Sounds like you have nothing to worry about Mickey.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 11:37AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

No. your exemption is there as long as you qualify for it.

Nothing to worry about from the Govt side, where it can get messy is when the car is ridiculously late and your trade in devalues considerably. that's when the dealer could lose interest in the deal and try and get more money from you or try and weasel their way out of the deal.
Sounds like you have nothing to worry about Mickey.

That's what's scaring me too.

colm_mcm · 11-05-2010 11:45AM

You may be worrying about nothing, but if you want to go down that road, I'd be checking the order form, seeing if there's any reference to the delivery date.

vectra · 11-05-2010 12:50PM

Hey Mickey
Dont worry lad.
On another note
did you get your letter from Monaghan explaining about the Fuel Excise duty changes?
You no longer re-claim it every 4 months. It is now once yearly.
This is since 1st April this year
I have been told to claim this year ON or AFTER 20-08-2010 and every year thereafter.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 12:52PM

vectra wrote: »

Hey Mickey
Dont worry lad.
On another note
did you get your letter from Monaghan explaining about the Fuel Excise duty changes?
You no longer re-claim it every 4 months. It is now once yearly.
This is since 1st April this year
I have been told to claim this year ON or AFTER 20-08-2010 and every year thereafter.

I've never claimed the excise duty on the fuel.

Mental Mickey · 11-05-2010 03:49PM

Spoke to the dealer earlier today, and he's advising me to hold onto the DD1 form etc, until closer to when I'm buying the car.

vectra · 12-05-2010 09:22AM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I've never claimed the excise duty on the fuel.

:eek:

Why not

Mental Mickey · 12-05-2010 09:43AM

vectra wrote: »

:eek:

Why not

Too much hassle collecting/keeping receipts etc. I have enough bloody paperwork to go through when getting a car.

colm_mcm · 12-05-2010 09:51AM

If I was getting that much off fuel, I'd keep the receipts

Mental Mickey · 12-05-2010 10:07AM

colm_mcm wrote: »

If I was getting that much off fuel, I'd keep the receipts

LOL. Show me the link, Colm? I might reconsider??

vectra · 12-05-2010 10:17AM

With Diesel you get I think 38c per liter back
With Petrol I think it is 48c

http://www.revenue.ie/revsearch/search.jsp

If you have any receipts since the last year hold them and send off the form.
It may be worth a phone call to them and they would fill you in .

Mental Mickey · 12-05-2010 11:11AM

vectra wrote: »

With Diesel you get I think 38c per liter back
With Petrol I think it is 48c

http://www.revenue.ie/revsearch/search.jsp

If you have any receipts since the last year hold them and send off the form.
It may be worth a phone call to them and they would fill you in .

I might reconsider that??

EDIT: That link doesn't seem to work for me? Some message saying "link too short"??

vectra · 12-05-2010 12:05PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I might reconsider that??

EDIT: That link doesn't seem to work for me? Some message saying "link too short"??

Click the link
in the search box at the top right of that page type in DD3
Click Find
It will be there in front of you then

Mental Mickey · 12-05-2010 01:55PM

vectra wrote: »

Click the link
in the search box at the top right of that page type in DD3
Click Find
It will be there in front of you then

Got it now. Must've been having a blonde moment - again!!??

vectra · 12-05-2010 01:58PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

Got it now. Must've been having a blonde moment - again!!??

Forget the moment
just have the blonde

Mental Mickey · 12-05-2010 02:41PM

vectra wrote: »

Forget the moment
just have the blonde

I prefer brunettes, thanks.

vectra · 12-05-2010 03:03PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

I prefer brunettes, thanks.

snap

Mental Mickey · 12-05-2010 03:34PM

vectra wrote: »

snap

LOL................actually, no, it depends on how good looking the chick is.

vectra · 12-05-2010 05:32PM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

LOL................actually, no, it depends on how good looking the chick is.

Depends on which angle you look at it

Mental Mickey · 13-05-2010 08:47AM

vectra wrote: »

Depends on which angle you look at it

That too!!!

vectra · 13-05-2010 08:59AM

Mental Mickey wrote: »

That too!!!

Now I know where the username came from :pac::pac:

Mental Mickey · 13-05-2010 10:14AM

Hahahahahaha

Mental Mickey · 08-06-2010 02:57PM

Hiya

It's been a loooooong time since I posted in this thread. It's getting close to the date when I - hopefully - get my hands on my car.

However, I feel the salesman I'm dealing with is either being a bit vague, or basically doesn't give a **** now that he has my deposit.

I rang him up today to find out if there was any update on my car. He seemed extremely casual about the whole thing??

I have stressed to him on numerous times that I have booked a week at the end of this month to get things sorted - this is when the 12 weeks will be up from the date I paid the deposit(31st March).

He said that the car should arrive on that week but that he won't know until perhaps the day before???

Is this normal practice, or is this guy taking the p*** outta me, now that he has my deposit??

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