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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:38 PM
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Default FAO peeps with company cars!

Just wondering what cars you have got??

And whats the best company car you had???

Just intrested!!! If u have had a Very car what postiong was u in the company?
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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ive got a mondeo tdci goes well its at the lower end of tax
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:40 PM
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got a merc.... free fuel... no tax to pay no insurance to pay .. hey any company vehiecle is a bonus
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:52 PM
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yep mondeo tdci
very impressed
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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I got the ST170 in my sig.

Im the tea boy at my place
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:56 PM
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tea boy ... hmmm very appropiate
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:56 PM
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Got a Rather Nice Focus RS
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 09:58 PM
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yeah but look what your tea boy drives rob ....
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Eagle
tea boy ... hmmm very appropiate
Are you the Coffee boy?
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 10:22 PM
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04 plate toyota avensis 1.8 16v vvti, in a champange colour.
extras are
aircon
satnav
traction control
and two cup holders
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Old Jun 26, 2004 | 10:22 PM
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oh hell yes..... wanna espresso ?????
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 09:46 PM
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Citroen C3 Exclusive...thankfull changes at end of month
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 10:10 PM
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Well before the stoooopid tax bollllox i had the following in no order and all BRAND NEW ready for abuse

St24
cougar V6
Vectra GSI 2.5
BMW 325
Audi A4 1.8T
A4 Diesel

And a FUEL CARD with all of em it was the bollox in the old days of company cars

LOL
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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i've got a Corsa 1.4 SRI its my sixth one in 3 years lol and its shite and it costs me loads too! the fuel is a bargin though and the only reason i've kept the company crap sorry car
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Old Jun 27, 2004 | 10:58 PM
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I find it hard to see how Private Fuel is such a bargain now, especially in a 1.4.

The BiK charge on fuel is £14,400 x the tax rate from the car's CO2 x your highest tax rate.

So if the Corsa 1.4 is taxed at 17%, your free fuel costs:
£14,400 x 17% = £2448 x your tax, say £538 @ 22% or £979 at 40%.

With fuel at 80p/litre and combined mpg at 39mpg, you have to drive 5764 miles or 10489 to break even. And that is for an economical car with low BiK.

I've had all sorts since moving into the fleet market in 1995, and get a new Vectra Elite 3.0 CDTi Estate on 1/8. Currently in a Vectra 2.2 DTi SRi, same before that, Mondeo TDCi, Alfa 147, 2 Volvo S60s, 7 Omegas incl 2.5s and a 3.0, a Vectra 2.0 SRi, Passat estate, Calibra 16v, Cavalier 2.0 CDX, Cavalier 2.5 GLS, and loads before that.

Best of them all were the Volvos.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 07:59 AM
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I've got a Audi S3 but need to change it soon.

On our car list, there are cars like Mazda RX8, Audi and BMW Cabriolets, etc, but you have to pay extra dosh for them.

Only problem is the company car tax and fuel tax stitch-up. That really hacks me off!!
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 08:01 AM
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Saxo VTR,

Very cheap tax and 42 miles per gallon .

Got it when i was 20. It was the best i could get with the allowance i was given.

Matt.
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 08:03 AM
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I got a td trasnsit and I also drice a 1.7dti vauxhall Dont pay 4 anything tho oh and my position is engineer
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by The Knife
I find it hard to see how Private Fuel is such a bargain now, especially in a 1.4.

The BiK charge on fuel is £14,400 x the tax rate from the car's CO2 x your highest tax rate.

So if the Corsa 1.4 is taxed at 17%, your free fuel costs:
£14,400 x 17% = £2448 x your tax, say £538 @ 22% or £979 at 40%.

With fuel at 80p/litre and combined mpg at 39mpg, you have to drive 5764 miles or 10489 to break even. And that is for an economical car with low BiK.
the corsa is currently 15% so at 22% tax rate its £475 a year... now i average about 30mpg - remember its a 1.4 soooo.. in the real world that doesn't mean better economy it means worst economy coz you need to thrash it all the time.

i also drive around 14000 personal miles a year and use optimax, you redo the math with these figures and its a bargin

okay i'll redo coz i'm bored lol

fuel 84.9 with average 30 mpg means to break even i need to do 3730 miles
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 09:42 AM
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I have quite a few diferent company cars, used to work for Volvo and the best one there was probably the s60r. But had loads of t4's, t5's 2.4/2.5 t's.

Left there and I now have a hynduai Getz Which goes in 6 months to make way for a 325 ci coupe
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Old Jun 28, 2004 | 02:22 PM
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I gave up my card because the numbers just couldn't stack up for me - admittedly in a more expensive car, at a higher CO2 % and 40% tax.

Pal of mine has just bought out his Audi A6 4.2 Quattro estate - 35% tax on £42k car AND £14.4K fuel - the only thing he saved on before was his private fuel!
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