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Offline Snoopy

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Car Scrappage Scheme
« on: May 23, 2009, 11:41:23 AM »
What a total con that is!

I am, as I may have mentioned, in the market for a new (to me at least if not a totally new) motor come the end of July.

There are many routes I could take. I could stick with the Motability Lease Scheme I am currently in, that would mean a brand new motor but frankly the scheme is a bit expensive for the mileage I cover these days. To get the car I would want I would need to also make up the diff from my own pocket. BUT I have available to me an old banger that well fits into the scrappage scheme. "Ah but sir is leasing not buying a new car so there can be no allowance for the old vehicle I'm afraid" oiled one salesman after another.

OK I'll buy a new car then and get my full £2000 scrappage ~ not so bloody simple is it? The "banger" has not been registered to me for the past 12 months. It has been in the family, I have paid for the road fund and the petrol, MOT etc for several years now but I am not the registered keeper. This, the oily salesmen tell me, precludes me from chopping the banger in and claiming a £2000 scrappage discount off a new car. But say I it clearly states on the car documents that the "Registered Keeper" is not necessarily the owner of the vehicle. Registered keeper status, as the DVLA will confirm, does not mean you own the car. I bought the fecking thing thus I am the owner I claim but the oily salesman say this is not so.

OK Fuck the lot of you then. The missus will keep her 12 year old Vauxhall. I will buy a low mileage pre registered car (prolly ex demo less than 6 months old) avoiding depreciation knocking 25% off the value as soon as I register it and save myself at least £5K off the price of the same car if bought "new".

Gordon and Mandy say this scheme works very well in Germany ~ well it may but then again we beat them twice recently and that's not counting the World Cup of 1966.
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Offline Uncle Mort

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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2009, 09:16:49 AM »
The UK scrappage deal is different from other countries in that although it's touted as a £2,000 reduction only £1,000 comes from the government, the other half comes from the manufacturer. That £1,000 almost certainly would have been a discount the dealer/manufacturer would have given anyway.
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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2009, 06:00:53 PM »
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Offline Snoopy

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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2009, 06:08:03 PM »
Yes indeed but the Commons didn't seem the right place to moan about buying or rather not buying a new car. Call me old fashioned but relating a tale of recent attempted car buying experiences seemed to me to belong in the Petrol/Diesel Head Zone whereas your diatribe about the Government's policy announcement and claims was about Politics and thus rightly placed in The Commons. Basically I asked myself "Would Wenchy be interested in reading this or not?" and when the answer was a resounding "NO!" I knew my place.
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Offline Darwins Selection

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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #4 on: May 28, 2009, 04:18:52 PM »
Quote from: Snoopy on May 26, 2009, 06:08:03 PM
Basically I asked myself "Would Wenchy be interested in reading this or not?" and when the answer was a resounding "NO!" I knew my place.

So, should we expect all Snoopy posts to be in here from now on?  whistle:


BTW, I would come in here more often if the title was "Petrol/Diesel/Red Diesel Zone"
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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2009, 07:36:31 AM »
Regular readers of the ongoing saga, which has spread over at least two threads, may be interested to know that I have now purchased the "new" vehicle.

Take delivery on Tuesday of a one previous owner Land Rover Freelander. Perfect for this area.

I am now officially  cloud9:


Now I just need to arrange for the Red Diesel.
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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2009, 03:43:12 PM »
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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #7 on: June 16, 2009, 04:40:31 PM »
New car now officially mine ~ drives like a dream ...... well like a Land Rover actually. V. Pleased.  cloud9:


Burnley was ......... errr............ Burnley like  confused:



SWWLTBO mentioned the Holes too JOM ~ I had no idea what she was on about. I was a Stones fan ~ the Beatles never rated in my book.
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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #8 on: June 16, 2009, 04:46:49 PM »
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I thought the Holes were in Blackburn, Lancashire anyway...  rubschin:
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Re: Car Scrappage Scheme
« Reply #9 on: June 16, 2009, 04:55:21 PM »
Quote from: Pastis on June 16, 2009, 04:46:49 PM
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I thought the Holes were in Blackburn, Lancashire anyway...  rubschin:


You are right ~ why the f*ck did I type Burnley? It was bloody Blackburn that I have just been to.  Banghead

Anywhoo they are all oop North and I don't do North of Watford Gap as a rule.
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