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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2012, 01:35:52 pm »
^^^ VRT-What an absolute disgrace.  :sick:
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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2012, 01:39:06 pm »
^^^ VRT-What an absolute disgrace.  :sick:

vehicle registartion tax depending on CO2 emissions, since 135i is not a very economical car the gap between UK and Irish prices is huge for some low emission diesel it would be much smaller. For 188 CO2 it's 28% of vehicle value! The lowest is 14%!

Don't even get me started on annual road tax on top of that!

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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2012, 03:32:25 pm »
That is savage!!! haha

Going back to the florida poster.... who wants to live in FL. Hurricane season happens too often for my liking ! haha
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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #18 on: November 07, 2012, 05:03:33 pm »
That is savage!!! haha

Going back to the florida poster.... who wants to live in FL. Hurricane season happens too often for my liking ! haha

the income vs car prices relationship is similar in all developed countries though

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USA not for me as 10 days hols is ridiciolous  :stupid:

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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #19 on: November 07, 2012, 05:56:17 pm »
UK market has been overpriced for decades at least. I recall Photoshop v4 (approx mid 90s) having the same price tag but just a £ instead of a $ rather than being the equivalent price.

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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #20 on: November 07, 2012, 06:33:05 pm »
If you think it's expensive here you should see what everything costs in Norway! £9 for 300ml of beer :laugh:
But they get decent wages!

Everything is expensive here compared to the wages we get.

But I also find there is a GTI tax on most tuning parts as other marques get the equivalent mods for much less

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Re: Does anybody else feel like the UK market is over priced!
« Reply #21 on: November 08, 2012, 11:35:44 am »
I lived in Singapore from 2000-2002 and it was £9 a Pint back then, however if you drove over the border to Johor Bahru you could pick up 10 cases on the cheapa case of 24 cans for £12 :signLOL:

I looked at buying a car when I was there, had £30k (GBP) in my account and all I could afford was a 1.0 Fiat Punto (Cars are STUPIDLY EXPENSIVE over there), bought a YZF R-1 instead for 9K as Bike prices were almost the same as UK Bike Prices  :signLOL:
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