Budget row over 2K payout to scrap a car

wymondham

I have a 1996 Classic mini and not tempted at all by this - not attracted to the soul-less new plastic boxes at all...

furby-2003

Car scrappage scheme, primarily aimed at supporting industry Scheme expected to have a neutral or modestly positive environmental impact.

taken directly from the budget. says it all to me.

matbe

Im not remotely interested in the environmental returns,I am however tempted by this i run two vans in my business one newish Merc and an old Renault.

The old one is ready for swapping and i have been holding off,credit crunch etc but also looking round and waiting for good deals.

Also this will remove a lot of secondhand vehicles from the market and reduce available cars and vans so more people will be forced to buy new.

The van i will be scrapping is too good to scrap really and someone could still get a lot of use from it.

Sapphire

mewbie wrote: »

It's headline attempting nonsense. Like the VAT cut - smoke and mirrors. Not to mention the coming increase in N.I.

Simple way to help people? Stop taxing them to death. Stop bleeding businesses through hundreds of expensive to administer rules and stealth taxes.

In short - simplify taxation - make it more obvious, fairer and slightly cheaper.

Want to save money Mr. Brown? Resign and call an election.

Plus save money by penalizing MPs with their snouts in the trough, and by stopping extremely affluent, greedy and immoral individuals from hiding away money in tax havens and other tax evasion schemes.

SingleSue

matbe wrote: »

Im not remotely interested in the environmental returns,I am however tempted by this i run two vans in my business one newish Merc and an old Renault.

The old one is ready for swapping and i have been holding off,credit crunch etc but also looking round and waiting for good deals.

Also this will remove a lot of secondhand vehicles from the market and reduce available cars and vans so more people will be forced to buy new.

The van i will be scrapping is too good to scrap really and someone could still get a lot of use from it.

Some people cannot afford to buy new and rely on the second hand car market.

furby-2003

Heres another point, my car that 9 years old and i've only just bought it cost £35 to maintain this year (just the mot) my friends 2 year old nearly new car cost £300. you do the math

matbe

SingleSue wrote: »

Some people cannot afford to buy new and rely on the second hand car market.

I have done for many years myself am nearly 40 and have only ever bought one brand new car and that wasn't my best financial decision.

But this will remove a lot of secondhand cars and vans from circulation.

phunkeymonkey

I'm quite interested in this scheme. My only worry is that showrooms will take this opportunity to raise prices using the £2000 grant to disguise their greed.

Hopefully there will be something in place to stop them from doing this, as it makes many of the models I've been looking at cheaper than second-hand ones currently on sale.

matbe

furby-2003 wrote: »

Heres another point, my car that 9 years old and i've only just bought it cost £35 to maintain this year (just the mot) my friends 2 year old nearly new car cost £300. you do the math

Yes but over the next seven years do you think you or your friend will spend less on maintenance, you do the "math"

I hate that American expression!!!!

LizzieS_2

If Mr Darling was offering to scrap my old car for a brand new replacement at a cost of 2K, I would be interested. As it stands, it's no better a deal than could be got in the current climate anyway.