Is there such a thing as a "Birds boat"

[powerskipper]

Re: Is there such a thing as a \"Birds boat\"

NICE BOAT SHAME ABOUT THE CREW!!!!

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[jhr]

Re: Is there such a thing as a \"Birds boat\"

It's certainly an interesting innovation in personal flotation device design!

;o)

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[qsiv]

Re: in defence of 4x4s at the school gates

I dont much care either - but there does seem to have been a slight shift. On our roads this has some degree of merit as most are very narrow and the width (particularly the new RR, Cayenne) do make them less than totally practical.

I wiash I could get 16 to the gallon in that sort of car, my ML430 only gave me 14, the RR only 12. The C43 (before AMG took it back as a Friday car) only gave 7.7 commuting in to the office. Not that it matters as I only do about 35 miles a week, unless the children have a busy weekend.

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[longjohnsilver]

Re: Is there such a thing as a \"Birds boat\"

Don't be nasty about Tutts, she dressed up especially for the occasion.

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[tcm]

Re: 16 mpg!

Jeez. Mind you, spose it is beter than the previous 20mpg in the diesel 270.

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[jfm]

Re: 16 mpg!

It's fully tax deductible, including private mileage, special fully legal arrangement

 

[jfm]

fab reply qsiv!

Hey qsiv, I splurting my coffee here reading your post! One minute you say some school drop off cars are a bit erm inappropriate. Then it turns out you blast around in a ML430, RR and C43. And all on the channel islands, where max 30mph! Fantastic!

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[tcm]

Re: 16 mpg!

oh goody. I wonder why all those tossers are worried about the environment and all that stuf then? Somebody should tellem not to worry, cos it's all fully tax deductible and completely legal.

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[longjohnsilver]

Re: 16 mpg!

Tax deductable, how? Please explain, sounds good!

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[tcm]

cars for accountant types

ah most simple, the vehicle is bought offshore, and owned by onshore company and then sublet to jfm-taxico on a longterm basis. Jfm recharges the company for kindly carrying out periodic inspections and vehicle repositioning a couple of times a day, whilst mrs jfm freelances as the driver, and re-charges the kids to get to school. Net result is that the taxico loses money hand over fist, pays no tax, get vat back on the petrol and servicing PLUS all this only hits the family revenue budget NOT the capital expenditure budget. Hoorah! Probably.

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[qsiv]

Re: fab reply qsiv!

Not all at the same time - cars I have run, not cars I run now!!!!

I'm a good chap now and use SWMBO's A class most of the time as it is just a better car for the job. Current toy is an M3 - still silly for CI (speed limit is 40 here), but track days are fun, even if they are almost impossible to arrange with SWMBO out of action for so long. Maybe next year .... like this years holidays!

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[EME]

Re: cars for accountant types

OK, sounds wonderful so having invested in CI big time...how does this one work? May be a subject for a pm...

Can currently afford a Sinclair C5 with CI funds, so somewhat strapped . Can I send sufficient funds to CI for part-share of Glastron? €316 available ..( cars?...RR, MB, or anything else which doesn't rattle looks good compared to a Pug).

Shouldn't you be on the other forum this week?

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[jfm]

tax treatment of cars

Tis much simpler, alas. If you are self employed, you tax deduct car costs that relate to business use but not private use. Actually working that out is a pita, so Inland Revneue frequently agree approximations. For example, one might have an agreement that the first say £3k pa car expense (I mean everything, fuel, servicing, depreciation, airport parking, insurance, etc) is taken as private, the excess as business. This saves both sides the hassle of going through receipts and should produce broadly the same net tax revenue. But any half-decent car will always cost more than £3k per year even if one does zero miles, so at the margin all petrol is fully tax deductible 40% off.

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[tcm]

Re: ooh very interesting!

I can't belive my stupid post got such a sensible reply. On the other hand, jfm should surely get out more...

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[jfm]

Re: ooh very uninteresting!

Hmm yes sorry, bad day at the office. Should have posted it on PBO. Mind you, I could have taken your post as straight up serious, as that's exactly what Learner does. Anyway, promise not to reoffend

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