Damn it - out with the old, in with then new...
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New job on the way (hoorah!) but that means new car policy. The old mob seemed happy to pay me a monthly allowance and reimburse me per mile for buisness use.
New regs are around taking a new diesel company car with some sort of Co2 cap every three years...
Oh well, it's been fun smoking around in one of the best BMW saloons to leave the Munich factory - I give you the e39 5 series.
I really wanted to keep running it for as long as possible as it still feels so well sorted. No rattles or squeaks, no rust, no cosmetic issues, mechanicals still feel as strong as they ever did - I'm convinced they don't build like this any more...
No more creamy 231 bhp straight-six doing the work up front
Car-wise, I feel a bit sad. End of an era
New regs are around taking a new diesel company car with some sort of Co2 cap every three years...
Oh well, it's been fun smoking around in one of the best BMW saloons to leave the Munich factory - I give you the e39 5 series.
I really wanted to keep running it for as long as possible as it still feels so well sorted. No rattles or squeaks, no rust, no cosmetic issues, mechanicals still feel as strong as they ever did - I'm convinced they don't build like this any more...
No more creamy 231 bhp straight-six doing the work up front
Car-wise, I feel a bit sad. End of an era
Chris_w666 said:
Can you not afford to keep the E39 and just take the lowest possible tax option CC?
Nah, no point keeping the 530i as a weekender IMO. I've an MX5 in the garage and the wife has a nice Lexus RX was weekedn family duties. It would rarely get used and I've not got the driveway space.The e39 was great in it's role of daily driver. Such a shame.
Piersman2 said:
If this isn't an advertising thread I don't know what is! 
Relax, there is already a family friend who has always had first dibs on it. Plus it's worth next to nothing - they're ten a penny.My point is that it's just a shame that I have to give up my nice car that I like and end up in something newer but 'worse' that I will not like as much and that probably costs me more money.
Is your cap 160 CO2? You just have to be a bit more inventive. No need to get a diesel yet...
Dependent on your budget you can get anything from a A5 Sportback 211hp 2.0 TFSI to something like a Polo GTI. http://www.comcar.co.uk their car chooser is great. Get it to exclude anything over 160 CO2 - you can even get it to cross reference that by max speed and 0-60 times.
Dependent on your budget you can get anything from a A5 Sportback 211hp 2.0 TFSI to something like a Polo GTI. http://www.comcar.co.uk their car chooser is great. Get it to exclude anything over 160 CO2 - you can even get it to cross reference that by max speed and 0-60 times.
Matt UK said:
sklar said:
No need to get a diesel yet...
I'm afraid I do One of the reasons I stay working with my employer is historic allowances - ££ to buy and run anything, fuel card paid, congestion charge paid and parking next door to office paid. And I get to use a train (paid) to see all my clients. Yey!
If I changed jobs I'm sure I'd suddenly be out of the E500 and into a 118 diesel. Or maybe E class with a tiny clattery diesel four pot.....
pilchardthecat said:
angusc43 said:
This is getting ridiculous.......forcing people into diseasals.
No it's not it's excellent. The more (other) people forced to drive diesels, the more demand shifts from petrol to diesel, and the greater the price difference. That 10p+ difference will come back again
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