there was some big hats...Jamezee wrote:swamper wrote:exactly.....simonbud100 wrote:but if we're lucky with a few nice winter weekends then it will be worth the cost of the tax.
I forgot how big that hat is! Nice and warm though
Lets see who`s sorned
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Leave my testicles out of this, this is a forum strictly for Z3's. However, if you want to talk about my testicles go to :Ummm, good point, not talking with your testicles now
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You simply let the tax run out and SORN it then. Re-tax it at the end of the month before you want it to start making sure they don't back-date it to the start of the current month. No admin fees involved. I retain insurance on my Westfield as it's a cheap agreed value, agreed mileage policy anyway.siwilson wrote:Just curious, but how much you you folks that SORN actually save after admin fees and the hassle of refunding the TAX. I am assuming you still insure against theft?
Mine is sorned for 6 months for the following reasons:
- it was bought as a hobby car to drive in summer only
- even then I've only done less than 1,000 miles in it this summer due to lack of time but enjoyed every one of them
- the car is stored 30 miles away from where I live so I don't have the option of a quick spin in it unplanned in winter
- if I drove it all year I would get bored of it. Not the cars fault but just the way I've always been with cars.
- its nothing to do with cost but I pay the taxman more than enough thank you very much and the 6 months I save on road tax goes a long way to the insurance cost
- I'm more of a positive thinker and so prefer to think of it as 6 months more zedding a year than if I did not own it rather than 6 months I'm losing out on
So no apologise from me for taking the car off the road for half the year
- it was bought as a hobby car to drive in summer only
- even then I've only done less than 1,000 miles in it this summer due to lack of time but enjoyed every one of them
- the car is stored 30 miles away from where I live so I don't have the option of a quick spin in it unplanned in winter
- if I drove it all year I would get bored of it. Not the cars fault but just the way I've always been with cars.
- its nothing to do with cost but I pay the taxman more than enough thank you very much and the 6 months I save on road tax goes a long way to the insurance cost
- I'm more of a positive thinker and so prefer to think of it as 6 months more zedding a year than if I did not own it rather than 6 months I'm losing out on
So no apologise from me for taking the car off the road for half the year
Not when the tax is £435 and it comes out half a dozen timessimonbud100 wrote:No SORN for me. I dont think it will see much use, but if we're lucky with a few nice winter weekends then it will be worth the cost of the tax.
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I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..
TBH that is a big lump of cash...i can see why some people SORN them....and its funny to see them that have get all giddy when its time to bring them back out..gookah wrote:Not when the tax is £435 and it comes out half a dozen timessimonbud100 wrote:No SORN for me. I dont think it will see much use, but if we're lucky with a few nice winter weekends then it will be worth the cost of the tax.
mines not covered yet, needs a clean and polish but the dovets are out [/quote]
Lightweight
With the micro-climate we have in Torbay I would have thought you'd be out and about many times over the winter - we certainly will be, so if you see a steel grey 2.2l around during the week it'll be the wife going topless
Lightweight
With the micro-climate we have in Torbay I would have thought you'd be out and about many times over the winter - we certainly will be, so if you see a steel grey 2.2l around during the week it'll be the wife going topless
Get The Bloody Roof Down!!
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after putting up with countles dick heads viewing the car when it was up for sale, I decided I'm not that stuck for the £1600 I was asking for it, and its now sorn and in the garage til I decide to get it resprayed and out on the road as a second car.
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I need to move house, further away from my workplace then....Zed Carer wrote:Won't be able to do that with a ///M as they need to run for 10 miles or so to get the oil up to temperatureTitanTim wrote:Mine isn't sorned as I like to drive the Zed out the garage to the top of the drive and back in again If the Zed is lucky I may remove the dust sheet
Tim.
it hardly does 10 miles in a week
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I have an element of 'M-styling' on my car, If that's a good enough reason for the manufacturers to adorn a 320 with the M badge, then its certainly a good enough reason for me..