Starting to plan Car after S3
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This thread reminds me of that program that l am subliminally subjected to by er indoors and my wee mum....Say yes to the dress,l am 2 years away from the Altar again but you @Snake Pliskin your choppin at the bit again te get hitched....and cannea find a dress/car te suit ye....lol
I've had 5 MINIs, the last one a 2014 F56 Cooper. That was an amazing wee car. 3 cylinder 1.5 with ~140bhp. 0-62 in 7.9. I do miss it.
No question that the 3 door MINI is way better looking than the 5 door. 5 door rides better though due to slightly longer wheel base.
How long ago was that? The latest ones are very well built.
Depends on your needs. If you only regularly have 1 or 2 people in your car the 3 door MINI is perfect as a daily driver. You can get plenty stuff in the rear with the seats down.
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It was the first of the "new" minis. I think one of the reasons it was **** was due to the fact rover designed it (BMW took over only after it was finished as far as i know).
Ah! I had one of those and it was amazing to drive but build quality was abysmal. I sold mine after 2 years and got a mkV Golf.
They improved greatly with the r56 and even better now.
Although they are quirky the build quality and materials are not far short of Audi.
Ha ha lol ... actually for the first time I’m quite content with my car & happy to wait for the next gen S3 or something else if it takes my fancy in the meantime. Quite a novel experience as I am usually desperate to change after 2 years
How exactly is it based on everyone living in a city?
You know rural places have faster fibre speeds in some cases now than urban parts of London don't you? So that's connectivity sorted then.
Given how much most people in this country seem intent on desecrating the countryside, it's not beyond believability that auto-manufacturers will start to build 'hubs' where cars will be centrally located. As aforementioned, it's already being trialed elsewhere.
It's called innovation and you may not like it, but it'll be the future. As I said, bring it on. Expand your mind.
Right ok, so some rural parts of the UK have superfast broadband. Most don't though. So that's connectivity not sorted then !
So car manufacturers will build `hubs` where all these cars will be located for you to call for a lift. Just how many of these `Hubs` do you think they will need to build to accommodate everyone who desires to get from A to B? They would need to be located outside of every town and large village across the land. What if you live very rural? An Uber isn't just 5 mins away.
By creating everything Uber, you are essentially disabling social mobility. People would stop traveling. I regularly go walking over the Lakes. Journey time from Darlington to Keswick is about 1hour 15min. Once there I might decide to drive to Buttermere for a walk around the lake. At the minute, I can drive over whenever I like. I can stop off anywhere along the journey, or decide to detour to Ambleside first.
Can you imagine calling for an Uber to do all that? Plus, with a car I have everything I need for the day in the boot. Boots, walking trousers, waterproofs etc. What am I supposed to do if everything is Uber? Carry all these items with me everywhere? No.
What about the cost for doing all that with Uber? Yes, you could argue that instead of buying a car, you would just pay Uber instead. But you can buy a brand new car for a few hundred pounds a month that allows you to travel as many miles as you wish, when you wish, and with whoever you wish, carrying anything and everything you may need. How much would Uber charge you a month for taking you to work and back every day? Taking you to the shops? Taking you to see your friends? Taking you from Darlington to Keswick and back? I'd say a lot more than just a few hundred quid a month. Then what about those who couldn't afford an Uber? What do they do? Become a prisoner within there own town or village? Then people who live very rural would be punished the most, as their Uber fair would be excessive just to get to the local shops and back.
So again, all this Uber ***** only really works in towns and Cities. Maybe you need to expand your mind beyond the town and city, and look at the bigger picture.
It's a nice car indeed slightly left field in its design but hey its different looking from the rest of the small SUV competitors
Looks awesome in Misano blue
Seriously tempted if my sensible head wins over my mad head Cayman S desire
X2 is really good looking but get the Cayman s
X2 for me is a boring box with fancy lights and colours to hide how dull it is.
For me, Cayman is one of the best cars available regardless of price.
For me, Cayman is one of the best cars available regardless of price.
Maybe I’ll Save the X2 for the pipe and slipper years
I saw that the other day. Looks quite nice TBH. See what the S1 power will be. And hopefully we might get an RS1 this time.
A RS1 Would still put you over the £40 premium road tax fund? Talking of which it is affecting the new cars sales a good bit, sales are down for cars in the price bracket of £40-£45k big time, which in turn does have big impact on car companies pre-reg doesn't work now for cars over £40k or used there's talk of changes throughout the car industry, to offset this ****** silly tax hike
Thanks for posting these. I will certainly look at the new A1.
Fancy trying one with the 1.5tfsi (or even the 1.0 if the power is the same as my A3).
I don't really need a big car like the A3 but didn't like the existing A1 when I tested it.
Is it really a silly tax increase. More expensive cars tend to pollute more so it makes sense to me.
Also, it might force makers to price their cars more sensibly.
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Are they the 2 new wheels Audi will be offering lol
It's more a case of 'if you can afford the 40K then you can afford the extra. Trouble is a 40K car doesn't mean you can actually afford it. Most are just 'loaned' in various ways. If it was anything to do with emissions then why does a V8 mustang fall below the threshold.
The fact It's called a 'premium car tax' shows how stupid and ill thought out it is. Adding a £100 option can suddenly make a car premium if going over 40K in this instance. Therefore a base spec A4 isn't.
it's a ludicrous tax and its not based on emissions....Sheriff of Nottingham tax is more the case,you can spec a 1.0 s-line that hits the upper car tax bracket
Nothing wrong with a tax on the rich, or the stupid in the case of someone who spends £40k on a 1 litre car ;-)
Do you pay this on a "zero" emissions fully electric car costing more than £40k?
Do you pay this on a "zero" emissions fully electric car costing more than £40k?
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I guess if they're over £40k you'd pay the extra £310 but you wouldn't pay a first year rate or the standard rate £140
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I’d agree it’s a silly tax, let’s face it the S3 and most £40k+ cars are fairly obtainable cars especially given PCP’s that are on offer now a days.
What bugs me is my car was spec’d at £43k rrp which is fine and my choice but I actually got it discounted to around £36k which is 4k below the threshold, the tax should be based on the price you actually end up paying.
Also someone that is £0.01 over the £40,000 cap shouldn’t end up paying the same £310 supplement as someone buying a £100,000 car, it should at least be a staggered increase. Anyway rant over
What was ever wrong with a tax based on emissions, after dieselgate it just needed a revamp of how the test was performed and a readjustment of the banding
I totally agree & the tax threshold of £40k & the premium you pay is a total rip off & scam.
£40k is stupidly low or it should have been scaled at least in say £10k increments or something so it’s proportionate.
It’s one of the many reasons I’m not jumping into get another car on order just yet so as @jassyo06 points out it is affecting new car sales in this bracket ... we throw enough money at cars without having to chuck yet more at tax. Wouldn’t mind but we see no benefit for it on our roads !
£40k is stupidly low or it should have been scaled at least in say £10k increments or something so it’s proportionate.
It’s one of the many reasons I’m not jumping into get another car on order just yet so as @jassyo06 points out it is affecting new car sales in this bracket ... we throw enough money at cars without having to chuck yet more at tax. Wouldn’t mind but we see no benefit for it on our roads !
VW salesman i met said there's a mental block on people hitting the 40K mark when speccing a car but once they go over it, they tend to pile on the options. I always thought about just saving a little more before ordering to offset the tax. Although it's the principle.
At least, the base price of the car should be used not with options added.
At least, the base price of the car should be used not with options added.
I don't really understand this logic tbh.
The whole 40k thing I find silly though, "tax the rich" isn't those who are buying a 40k car.. Although someone who can only afford a 10 year old Ford would say that we are the rich, while I would say those in say a 70+k? car are the rich.
There is no sensible logic to it really. Some people on here have stated that they are being careful on the options to stay below the threshold. But once you say sod it, (does an extra £300 odd per year matter ) then you spec the car you want which may include several extra options. When we brought the Tiguan we made sure the car with options was under 40K. Next time (Whatever the car) I'll add what I want.
With Audi, BMW etc. if people keep adding options (at ridiculous prices) it will just encourage the makers to keep ripping people off and to include as little as possible.
I bought a base spec A3 and not once have I wished I had anything extra in it.
The basic sound system is decent, I don't like the look of big wheels or the negative effect the have on ride and handling, I can park it myself and don't need beeps, I don't need extra doors as in 20k miles nobody has sat in the back for more than 5 minutes, I hate sunroofs, etc. etc...
I bought a base spec A3 and not once have I wished I had anything extra in it.
The basic sound system is decent, I don't like the look of big wheels or the negative effect the have on ride and handling, I can park it myself and don't need beeps, I don't need extra doors as in 20k miles nobody has sat in the back for more than 5 minutes, I hate sunroofs, etc. etc...
That is EXACTLY why manufacturers offer ranges with no to fully loaded options. Different tastes, needs etc etc. I remember when I was a teenager being baffled as to why someone would buy a Golf L and not a GTi, clearly not wise to the economics of the world at the time. You are clearly a Golf L person and I am a Golf R person. No logic or economics to it, but that is how I am for my sins
Realistically I’m keeping the S3 for another year, moving house soon and mileage is going to drop considerably, I’m thinking of buying one of these, not bad money for the mileage. My girlfriends dad has one, we could be matching car bozos.
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