Almost said goodbye to VW yesterday.....almost

[fredgroves]

TRL was the broker I referred to earlier.

Very good, very easy to deal with....

[Sootchucker]

Sorry, who are TLR ?

[Guzzle]

Tony Lewis.

He's a salesman at Berry BMW, apparently.

Knocks out cheap BMW deals via a thread on the babybmw forum.

[fredgroves]

pm'ed you Sooty

[p3asa]

The problem with the recent price increase is metallic paint and one pack puts you close to the £40k ved price bracket. Whereas before you could opt for metallic, 19" wheels / plus pack and tech pack which for me gets everything I'd need and still be under the £40k.

I didn't think anyone could beat TRL's deals but I'll give coast to coast a look.

[dubber36]

Don't get too hung up on the £40k thing. The first years VED is included in the OTR prices, and years 2-5, whilst seem like a lot of money to pay out, only equate to a trip to Starbucks each week. And let's face it, none of us will be doing as much of that for a good while.

[CookieMonsterGTi]

Don't get too hung up on the £40k thing. The first years VED is included in the OTR prices, and years 2-5, whilst seem like a lot of money to pay out, only equate to a trip to Starbucks each week. And let's face it, none of us will be doing as much of that for a good while.

That was my thought when ordering my car. Didn’t want to hobble my choice based on difference in price over years 2-5 which isn’t that much per week when you break it down. ETTO though.

[monkeyhanger]

Don't get too hung up on the £40k thing. The first years VED is included in the OTR prices, and years 2-5, whilst seem like a lot of money to pay out, only equate to a trip to Starbucks each week. And let's face it, none of us will be doing as much of that for a good while.

I've never been to a Starbucks, and at their prices I'm not likely to.  If I'm going to pay £4 for a drink its going to be justifiable because it's a pint of beer with tax paid on it. 

My A4 falls in the luxury bracket. It is an unfair tax to be paying out for 5 years on the basis that in year 1 it was briefly worth more than £40k.

They should load it all at the front end in the OTR price (oh wait they already do a bit of that too!).

Some very ordinary cars are breaching that limit because

1. RRPs of cars are currently ridiculous vs what you can aim to pay.

2. The Government hasn't increased the threshold in line with inflation, so more cars are being caught up in it.

No escaping it though.

[Jim_mk7.5]

Don't get too hung up on the £40k thing. The first years VED is included in the OTR prices, and years 2-5, whilst seem like a lot of money to pay out, only equate to a trip to Starbucks each week. And let's face it, none of us will be doing as much of that for a good while.

I've never been to a Starbucks, and at their prices I'm not likely to.  If I'm going to pay £4 for a drink its going to be justifiable because it's a pint of beer with tax paid on it. 

My A4 falls in the luxury bracket. It is an unfair tax to be paying out for 5 years on the basis that in year 1 it was briefly worth more than £40k.

They should load it all at the front end in the OTR price (oh wait they already do a bit of that too!).

Some very ordinary cars are breaching that limit because

1. RRPs of cars are currently ridiculous vs what you can aim to pay.

2. The Government hasn't increased the threshold in line with inflation, so more cars are being caught up in it.

No escaping it though.

Agreed, the £40k limit is complete rubbish. My 330e would have crept in under that when I ordered but was £42.5k when it arrived after the price increase. Metallic was free previously on the M Sport. It's a lease so doesn;t bother me but it's just another example of extra tax for those who have already no doubt paid lots of tax.

Aside from that, I knwo Sootchucker has been lurking on the G20 forum as well... 

If you do go for nearly new, make sure you have a 'proper' look at the car as this is a shocking case recently of an approved used BMW that had been badly repaired - https://g20.bimmerpost.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1706667

[p3asa]

Don't get too hung up on the £40k thing. The first years VED is included in the OTR prices, and years 2-5, whilst seem like a lot of money to pay out, only equate to a trip to Starbucks each week. And let's face it, none of us will be doing as much of that for a good while.

I've tried not to get too hung up on it but £475... thats a lot of Starbucks