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    VED Levy WTF!!

    Not to mention syrups (thinking of the forum demographic) and undertrays getting caught in the slipstream and fluttering down :eek:
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    Next Chinese X Power Rival Incoming.

    LoL will they depreciate much before they actually launch I wonder. :rolleyes: I've never ordered a car in my life, stock is where the discounts are. From your post I'd assume launch is Aug/Sep so unless they do a GR Yaris stunt where they had good orders which were subsquently cancelled...
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    High pitched whine

    I used to get a constant whine from the passenger seat in my Sports Car. Easy fix was to leave her at home o_O
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    Battery health after 1 year?

    Maybe check the docs for what SoH they will repair or replace to IME it isn't 100% ;)
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    Xpower as a hot hatch

    Don't forget their penchant for damped handles and lids, not to mention the sound made when closing the doors etc.
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    VED Levy WTF!!

    Anyone I know refers to it as 'Car Tax', the rest as RFL, literally no one refers to it as VED (thread title aside) in everyday conversation. In the links I posted even the Government fails to mention it as VED. Call it what you will the fact is the Motorist is contributing over and above into...
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    VED Levy WTF!!

    Eh :ROFLMAO: So I pay Car Tax, RFL, VED call it what you will and it all goes into the big pot, does that pot not contribute to road maintenance? Seems to me that is anything,,, ;) Next you will be telling me the sugar tax (initially promised to be used for nutrition and obesity programmes but...
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    VED Levy WTF!!

    Tomato it is then. How come when you search for RFL you get hundreds of hits, seems strange as you would have thought after EIGHTY SEVEN YEARS the term would be meaningless. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Maybe this one will help your Tomato 🍅...
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    Tyre shop takes my xpower for a burn after balance

    Renault Garage at the bottom of the hill where my parents live had a new mechanic take a customers R5 Turbo for a post service run and put it on its roof into a field. Mind you the same garage prosecuted their workshop manager for fraud, he was sending tax discs in but pocketing the proceeds...
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    Tyre shop takes my xpower for a burn after balance

    Or instead of TPAC'd it got Stinger'd, at least you'd be in a good position for new tyres :ROFLMAO:
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    Not so bad after all!!!

    But a good potential purchase as obviously rarely rapid charged :unsure:
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    VED Levy WTF!!

    I know Governments are slow to react but a quick Google produced this; https://www.gov.uk/hmrc-internal-manuals/vat-margin-schemes/vatmarg08200 Pretty sure this uses RFL and Tax relating to motor vehicles and it was posted after 20:00. VED isn't even mentioned. Is this a case of I say Potato...
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    Tyre shop takes my xpower for a burn after balance

    What would be funny is after you'd questioned their actions officially e.g. with a dated letter/email you received a NIP. Questioning them might make them think twice about TWOC'ing someone else's P&J.
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    VED Levy WTF!!

    LoL, to be fair I didn't say it made sense, Man maths can be a fickle mistress. 2005 Boxsters are sub £10k now. Personally I've never really begrudged paying for insurance but I detest paying for RFL for some reason and that's before you factor in the gets increase it every year while the...
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    Next Chinese X Power Rival Incoming.

    Interesting point. Mind you for depreciation to kick in we need some 'Must have it nows' to do the deed and buy them in the first place. As far as I can see either MG or the Dealer network have subsidised X-Power sales as any cars here (NI) are ex-demos and are going no where ATM except down...
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