*********Motors Chat - Round 9 *********

Yeah don'tgo in asking for a b8.5d though, bring it in in your hand

shietpilot wrote: »

Ah yes, devil fuel tax talk.

I paid my €280 yearly tax fee a while back, no idea when it's expiring and I don't really care

Now that I think of it, I wonder if anyone actually pays quarterly tax on the "chape tax daysuls" out there?

I have my tax, insurance and Timming belt due in May that's going to be an expensive month I can't wait to get out of college and start working full time then I won't be too bad. What people's reconning on insurance for this year would I be too optimistic to think ill pay the same this year with an extra year ncb or is it likely to go up anyway I'm dreading getting the renewal any kind of a major increase and I'm up well over 1500 quid for insurance.

vintagevrs wrote: »

Just checked some of my stats on Fuelio app. :eek:

On average, I have used €12.56 petrol every day. €280 a month. Tax and insurance is another €100 a month. (about 1200 p/a for the two together)

Let's not mention depreciation.


I am sure there are a few owners on here that wouldn't even want to know what they are putting in. V8s and straight 6s I am looking at you!:D

I've done this before and then think what's even the point as regardless of cost it's not as if I'm going to stop owning a car it's probably the only area that I would never approach to cut costs.

I'm spending roughly 200 per month on fuel and 120 ish per month on tax and insurance in a diesel Megane if that makes you feel any better. My saving grace is I have no car loan, I pay my insurance and tax in yearly lump sums so then it feels like it costs me fcuk all as on a weekly basis I'm only paying for fuel :pac: I know this is not an option for some and many prefer to have cost broken into smaller monthly repayments.

I was actually considering buying a brand new car next year a while ago as loads of people have said it to me but it would kill me to have to pay out a monthly car loan to be entirely honest I'd hate it when I know that I have a perfectly good car now that I pay nothing for which dear I say after a rocky start is growing on me. But I'm well aware of the benefits of having a new car with warranty on it and lower running maintenance cost and pcp means low repayments so it makes sense for a lot of people and I could change my mind into the future yet too. I just have a bad feeling that the new car feeling would wear of after 3 months whereas the loan won't. All down to people's preference really there's no right way of doing it as they are costly no matter what way you do it save on capital cost end up with increased operating costs and vice versa.

Hal1 wrote: »

[...] It's not even my birthday or is it some subaru joke .

More than likely you did not set your birthday date while registering over there, so system gave you default date (1st of Jan).

That would explain it Joujoujou thanks.

Doing doghuts on the beach for the new year.

Technically it counts as sailing

ShaunieVW wrote: »

Im also looking at my current car expenditure. Its not pretty,between fuel, tax and insurance Im spending 6k a year ( 4200 of that is fuel) Im currently in a period of my life where cost is becoming everything as Im trying to put away money for a house. I never thought I would be looking at small engined diesels but needs must. Im looking into buying a 08/09 Focus 1.6tdci. Chape tax thanks to the greens(fools) much cheaper insurance but the biggest thing is I will save nearly 2.5k on fuel cost per annum, Something I can't really ignore any longer. Im young enough to own cool cars in the future so a couple of years of boredom I can put up with.

Check out an FR, VRS or the like. Fcuk all difference in running costs compared to a 1.6 and much more bearable. You might have to go a year older but it would be worth it.

Yeah keeping my options open. As a VAG head Id love a vRS but prices are strong. Even with the rubbish conversions rates buying a focus in the UK works out much cheaper than here so thats my route most likely.

Meanwhile my car history looks like this...

Would a center cap be hard got for an alloy.. ?Seller only has 3.. I would even buy 4 if I knew what I was looking for. I.e. What size etc

GvidoR wrote: »

Meanwhile my car history looks like this...

Can you do a graph of that

job seeker wrote: »

Would a center cap be hard got for an alloy.. ?Seller only has 3.. I would even buy 4 if I knew what I was looking for. I.e. What size etc

Depends on whether they're those bog cover caps that cover the wheel nuts, or just the little ones that cover the centre bore.
Once you know the centre bore size you can get them on ebay or similar.

Foxhole Norman wrote: »

I know, brutal all together! Not sure why I didn't even think to bleed it before buying the stat but sure now I have a spare!

No harm to have, I remember when a friend done the head on one he was longer trying to bleed it than putting it back together!

Some say you need to bleed them while half full and then top up slowly as filling it too early leads to massive air pockets!

colm_mcm wrote: »

job seeker wrote: »

Would a center cap be hard got for an alloy.. ?Seller only has 3.. I would even buy 4 if I knew what I was looking for. I.e. What size etc

Depends on whether they're those bog cover caps that cover the wheel nuts, or just the little ones that cover the centre bore.
Once you know the centre bore size you can get them on ebay or similar.

Ah just the center bore caps cheers..