05-02-17, 04:14 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-02-17, 04:15 PM by tommyardin.)
I know what you mean about not wanting to spend a load of dosh on something that is just to get you to work and back. But that transport is what enables you to earn the money to buy all the other nice bits for the bike, [size=1em]buy the food for your table and pay the mortgage etc. [/size]
[size=1em]I was self employed in the building trade for many years and just ran old dogs to get me to work, but the pieces of shite would fail to start, break down and generally be nothing but trouble, consuming so much time and expense working on them and causing so much frustration, fools economy in the end.[/size]
[size=1em]I was earning £180 a day as a self employed bricky, and lose 3 day a month with car failing to start, or it breaking down, would cost me £540 a month in lost earnings and all the frustration of fixing the piece of shite to hopefully get me to work the following day then having to explain yet again to the Governor why I was not in yesterday. [/size]
[size=1em]I bought a 2 year old Vauxhall Combo van for £5,499-00 paid the bank back at £190 a month including interest and it was done in three years, plus as it was a van for work purposes I could claim tax relief on the payments, with the bank interest added and the tax relief deducted thew van cost me £5,200 total.[/size]
[size=1em]I was losing £540 a month in lost wages, the van cost me £190 a month giving me a saving of £350 a month plus no shitty hands working on a heap, no having to explain to the Governor why I was not in yesterday and no absolute rage and anger that the F------g would not start.[/size]
[size=1em]You know what! I retired from paid work almost 2 years ago, I have had the van for almost 7 years now and it is still going strong, it has had tyres, a new silencer back box and one new rear spring in all that time, she's 2008 registered and is in as good a condition as the day I bought it.[/size]
[size=1em]Now has 138,000 miles on the clock, it's a 1700 Turbo diesel.[/size]
[size=1em]My experience is that its false economy driving around in an old dog risking loss of money or worse still loss of job.[/size]
[size=1em]Banks have been known to give finance free credit/loans to people who swap from another bank to theirs, might be a way of getting interest free finance on a reasonable car, save yourself some money and a awful lot of grief + you have the pleasure of driving about in a decent motor that is very unlikely to let you down.[/size]
[size=1em]No I don't work for Barclays.[/size] :rolleyes
[size=1em]I was self employed in the building trade for many years and just ran old dogs to get me to work, but the pieces of shite would fail to start, break down and generally be nothing but trouble, consuming so much time and expense working on them and causing so much frustration, fools economy in the end.[/size]
[size=1em]I was earning £180 a day as a self employed bricky, and lose 3 day a month with car failing to start, or it breaking down, would cost me £540 a month in lost earnings and all the frustration of fixing the piece of shite to hopefully get me to work the following day then having to explain yet again to the Governor why I was not in yesterday. [/size]
[size=1em]I bought a 2 year old Vauxhall Combo van for £5,499-00 paid the bank back at £190 a month including interest and it was done in three years, plus as it was a van for work purposes I could claim tax relief on the payments, with the bank interest added and the tax relief deducted thew van cost me £5,200 total.[/size]
[size=1em]I was losing £540 a month in lost wages, the van cost me £190 a month giving me a saving of £350 a month plus no shitty hands working on a heap, no having to explain to the Governor why I was not in yesterday and no absolute rage and anger that the F------g would not start.[/size]
[size=1em]You know what! I retired from paid work almost 2 years ago, I have had the van for almost 7 years now and it is still going strong, it has had tyres, a new silencer back box and one new rear spring in all that time, she's 2008 registered and is in as good a condition as the day I bought it.[/size]
[size=1em]Now has 138,000 miles on the clock, it's a 1700 Turbo diesel.[/size]
[size=1em]My experience is that its false economy driving around in an old dog risking loss of money or worse still loss of job.[/size]
[size=1em]Banks have been known to give finance free credit/loans to people who swap from another bank to theirs, might be a way of getting interest free finance on a reasonable car, save yourself some money and a awful lot of grief + you have the pleasure of driving about in a decent motor that is very unlikely to let you down.[/size]
[size=1em]No I don't work for Barclays.[/size] :rolleyes