Petrol to rise to £2.30 a Litre ?!!

mr.broderick

Kez100 wrote: »

Toyota Aygo.

60mpg and you can just about get a pair of rolled up socks in the boot. Definitely no dead bodies to be discovered in there..

fc123

Generali wrote: »

My guess is that it's positive news for City Centre flats (although probably not enough to bail out idiot new-build buyers).

In London (which I know well) I guess it's positive for areas like Oval and Stockwell. Currently hellholes but central and on the tube/a cycle ride from the centre.

But not great for families...they like nice schools in the suburbs and gardens and driveways and .....gosh I can't think of any further positives for the suburbs now.....oh, not breathing in all the pollution.

fc123

And I will not crow...well....only a little bit.....but I used to drive 23 hours per wk (and I now live a good life as I would like to go to heaven....hell for me is stuck in a car , in a jam, M25 etc) but now I walk to work (or bus) heaven.
Only once every 2 wks do I need to commute.
I did a London run today (car); fire in the Blackwall tunnel, crash on Old St, mashed by vans and trucks.

The fuel prices have affected us a bit but not by a massive ammount though we are seeing the effects on some stock costs (delivery chgs etc)...but, hey, I just add them to the selling prices.

olly300

PasturesNew wrote: »

Some private companies pay peanuts for people to drive their own car. Instead of paying the maximum 40p (I know they can pay more but be taxed on it) some private companies ask staff to use their own car but only reimburse 20-30p or so.

I wasn't referring to company car drivers who have the car provided for them and are taxed through their tax code.

Then at the end of the tax year you get in touch with the tax office, ask them to send you the relevant form, complete it and put down the amount of business miles you did and the amount your employer gave you for it if anything. ( I use to have to use the same form to claim the tax relief for my professional membership before it was included in my tax code. )

Generali

fc123 wrote: »

But not great for families...they like nice schools in the suburbs and gardens and driveways and .....gosh I can't think of any further positives for the suburbs now.....oh, not breathing in all the pollution.

I live in the 'burbs and I hate them.

You know that Betjemin poem Slough?

Come, bombs and blow to smithereens
Those air -conditioned, bright canteens,
Tinned fruit, tinned meat, tinned milk, tinned beans,
Tinned minds, tinned breath.

Live in the country or the city. Anything else is a hateful compromise IMO.

I went to a golf club at the weekend. Slacks and jackets and reserved parking spaces for the Club Captain and the Lady Captain. Tailored shorts and collared shirts. 4 gins and then drive home slowly.

Tinned minds.

olly300

LittleMissAspie wrote: »

How am I being narrow minded I really don't understand why people take jobs in places they have trouble getting to. People complain about long commutes but they chose the job and they chose the house. It makes no sense!

Say you live in Kent and you get made redundant. Then you apply for jobs and the only job you can get is in West London but it's a fixed term contract for a year are you going to move house? Particularly when your OH has a job near to the house and your children are in local schools.

This is an extreme example but I've met and worked with people who have been made redundant 2 or 3 times and have had to make a similar decision.

fc123

Generali wrote: »

I live in the 'burbs and I hate them.





Tinned minds.

Love that....that's going into my brain dictionary for another day (I will use it and take all the credit)

fc123

Generali wrote: »

I live in the 'burbs and I hate them.

You know that Betjemin poem Slough?



Live in the country or the city. Anything else is a hateful compromise IMO.

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Oh, *sigh* the Masterplan is to do both (split the year with November spent on a hol somewhere exotic).......

Generali

fc123 wrote: »

Oh, *sigh* the Masterplan is to do both (split the year with November spent on a hol somewhere exotic).......

My masterplan is to work my <socks> off for the next five years and then give a big fat FU to the world and do whatever I please.

We'll see.

m00m00

mr.broderick wrote: »

60mpg and you can just about get a pair of rolled up socks in the boot. Definitely no dead bodies to be discovered in there..

do you work for a one brand dealer mrB or just generic used cars

have you seen any change in buyer attitudes and mentality caused by the fuel situation, it would be interesting to get an anecdote from someone in the industry.

I've seriously considered a BMW M6 a couple of times, but I must be getting old, when the thing that's put me off most, is it's MPG.