Well i only put a 20 pounds in each time i fill up soo no price increase for mee..

One of two things here:

1. Your being sarcastic with that comment because someone else said something similar a while back

2. Your incredibly dim

It was metioned earlier?

and it was on sickipedia a few days ago and then i saw this,

only ment to be a small joke

my car runs on bull semen. imagine how i feel!

^ its more like 22%

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/Dodge-tax...1056710267.html

i see so it's nowhere near 2%, but if you read it carefully its not 22% either. they will also have to pay income tax on how ever much they officially get paid, i guess it's safe to say that the bulk of their wages would be going to the offshore account which they are paying 22% on (or according to that 28% for mr rooney). but they are still going to also pay the correct percentage on what they are officially being paid by the club, guess that differs from player to player as there is no mention of figures in that link, but it's very safe to say that all in premiership players don't pay 2% income tax, even with this screw it's very far from it infact.

Basically PAYE tax sucks balls big time. Us mugs that have 'normal' employment contracts get stung. It's not just the footballers that are taking advantage of the current tax rules... In the automotive industry (and many engineering industries) you can earn a lot more money by working as a contractor rather than a permanent employee. The company don't have to give you paid holidays, sick pay, pension etc. and can hire/fire at will - so they'll pay more for a contractor than a permie.

So, you set up your own Limited Company, and use that company to sell your services to your employer at say £30/hour rather than the £15/hour they'd pay you as a permanent employee. Your own company then pays you national minimum wage, so you don't pay much tax through PAYE. Your company therefore earns shitloads. You can then take a cash dividend from the business, and whilst this is taxable, you won't pay more than 25% tax on that - unless you're taking over £150k a year in dividends. No national insurance to worry about, and you avoid the 40% tax band. Kerrr-ching!

Other cunning tricks include claiming 40p/mile for driving to and from work, claiming a subsistence allowance for lunch etc, buying mobiles/laptops on the business etc. etc.

Wish I was contracting!

hmm..... I did want to work for Ricardo but I'm not so sure now i have a year and half to think about it lol

u all say u miss cars, go buy another one if u miss em that much (common sense)

i still own the one i miss so why would i go and buy another one? but unless you know a way around the dvla's new regulations about declaring an engine conversion, it can't be mot'ed meaning i can't tax it which leaves it sitting on my mums garden rotting until i can find a way around it. any idea's mr common sense?

hmm..... I did want to work for Ricardo but I'm not so sure now i have a year and half to think about it lol

Ricardo employ shitloads of contractors! Though contracting in the automotive industry is a lot easier if you're based in the West Midlands - there's not much automotive around Shoreham aside from Ricardo.

u all say u miss cars, go buy another one if u miss em that much (common sense)

i still own the one i miss so why would i go and buy another one? but unless you know a way around the dvla's new regulations about declaring an engine conversion, it can't be mot'ed meaning i can't tax it which leaves it sitting on my mums garden rotting until i can find a way around it. any idea's mr common sense?

yeh actually, go and declare the engine conversion

u all say u miss cars, go buy another one if u miss em that much (common sense)

i still own the one i miss so why would i go and buy another one? but unless you know a way around the dvla's new regulations about declaring an engine conversion, it can't be mot'ed meaning i can't tax it which leaves it sitting on my mums garden rotting until i can find a way around it. any idea's mr common sense?

yeh actually, go and declare the engine conversion

and how do i do that with out the details and log book from the car the engine came from? just to add another spanner to the works the engine has been through a few owners and cars over the years and no doubt the orginal shell was scrapped way back.

if it was as easy as just telling mr dvla that i had swapped my engine i would still be hooning around in a quick denzal.

yeh actually, go and declare the engine conversion

sounds like you know fuck all to me..

Doors this way ------->

u all say u miss cars, go buy another one if u miss em that much (common sense)

i still own the one i miss so why would i go and buy another one? but unless you know a way around the dvla's new regulations about declaring an engine conversion, it can't be mot'ed meaning i can't tax it which leaves it sitting on my mums garden rotting until i can find a way around it. any idea's mr common sense?

What legislation is stopping you? Admittedly i had to have professional proof of the new cubic capacity,which stinks of facism but that's Labour for you. Any mechanical tradesman can give you the required letter,its just for someone,qualified to do so,to confirm the engine size and number is as claimed.

I managed it,and my engine size didn't even match that listed for the engine number (1.6 crank in a 1.4 block). Explained all to a local mechanic,who wanted all the details of how i built it and all the component origins and sizes,and he wrote a letter to Wales explaining. They sent me an updated book - check out my plate on the DVLA website and you'll see its a 1598cc '85 coupe S.

how long ago did you do yours mikey? now you need all the details from the car the engine came from (vin number ect), if i had registered it a year ago i would of been fine but i wanted to take advantage of the cheap tax

i've been told that it's not impossible to do without these details but it means taking it for a vehicle identity check by vosa which i just don't have the time or money to sort out at the min, there's still a fair old bit needs spending on it for the mot, i'm just concentrating on getting the chevette on the road atm and hoping that will be better on fuel than the polo is lol

Edited 21 January, 201115 yr by McLOVIN

Yeah that's harsh. They know what chassis number the engine is from,so id like to know exactly why its necessary.

Current engine number was only last year,btw.

see that's the thing, they would know all the details they needed to know about the engine by just typing the number into their computer system, but now they have decided it's up to us to find out all the details otherwise we have to go for a vic check. how much do these things cost these days, any one know?

seems like just another way for the good folks at the dvla to do even less for their money

DVLA can lick my sweaty nut sack, I don't tell them anything these days as I dont really think its any of their business.

It was a year or two back now but I sent my land rover log book off saying I had changed the engine and the new engine didnt have an engine number. It came back with (NO NUMBER) on the book. My dads car has that too, and I have a log book for a Jago Jeep which also says that.

so whats the deal then, aslong as you insure it as what it has been converted to you should be ok?

I'm dreading getting on the roads slightly, I'm seriously gonna have to sell crack ( either mine, or the slightly less legal kind) to get around. wouldnt be as bad if insurance wasnt already rape.

so whats the deal then, aslong as you insure it as what it has been converted to you should be ok?

that is always the rule i've played it by, but this time when i go for an mot the tester will know my 1.6td jetta isn't the 1.3 petrol jetta it's meant to be, and if it goes through the system then so will the dvla.

if it's not an obvious difference in engines then there's very little chance it will be picked up on an mot tbh.

I'm dreading getting on the roads slightly, I'm seriously gonna have to sell crack ( either mine, or the slightly less legal kind) to get around. wouldnt be as bad if insurance wasnt already rape.

i clicked on your profile recently and saw it was 'female', you wouldn't believe the fantasies i had about this northern Honda 90 riding jetta loving slut that my imagination was faced with

for your money guy (or a td conversion) I'm anything you want me to be

^^

I've just found this: (sorry if its a repost)

I don't know what you guys are paying for petrol but here in Durban we

are also paying higher, up to R7.35 per litre. But my line of work is

in petroleum for about 31 years now, so here are some tricks to get

more of your money's worth for every litre.

Here at the Marian Hill Pipeline where I work in Durban, we deliver

about 4 million litres in a 24-hour period thru the pipeline. One day

is diesel the next day is jet fuel, and petrol, LRP and Unleaded. We

have 34-storage tanks here with a total capacity of 16,800,000 litres.

Only buy or fill up your car or bike in the early morning when the

ground temperature is still cold. Remember that all service stations

have their storage tanks buried below ground. The colder the ground the

more dense the fuel, when it gets warmer petrol expands, so buying in

the afternoon or in the evening....your litre is not exactly a litre.

In the petroleum business, the specific gravity and the temperature of

the petrol, diesel and jet fuel, ethanol and other petroleum products

plays an important role. A 1-degree rise in temperature is a big deal

for this business. But the service stations do not have temperature

compensation at the pumps.

When you're filling up do not squeeze the trigger of the nozzle to a

fast mode. If you look you will see that the trigger has three (3)

stages: low, middle, and high. In slow mode you should be pumping on

low speed, thereby minimizing the vapours that are created while you

are pumping. All hoses at the pump have a vapour return. If you are

pumping on the fast rate, some of the liquid that goes to your tank

becomes vapour. Those vapours are being sucked up and back into the

underground storage tank so you're getting less worth for your money.

One of the most important tips is to fill up when your tank is HALF

FULL. The reason for this is, the more fuel you have in your tank the

less air occupying its empty space. petrol evaporates faster than you

can imagine. Petroleum storage tanks have an internal floating roof.

This roof serves as zero clearance between the petrol and the

atmosphere, so it minimizes the evaporation. Unlike service stations,

here where I work, every truck that we load is temperature compensated

so that every

litre is actually the exact amount.

Another reminder , if there is a fuel truck pumping into the storage

tanks when you stop to buy, DO NOT fill up most likely the

petrol/diesel is being stirred up as the fuel is being delivered, and

you might pick up some of the dirt that normally settles on the bottom.

Hope this will help you get the most value for your money.

A few things make sence. Whats your thoughts?

Edited 23 January, 201115 yr by GtiScott

so whats the deal then, aslong as you insure it as what it has been converted to you should be ok?

that is always the rule i've played it by, but this time when i go for an mot the tester will know my 1.6td jetta isn't the 1.3 petrol jetta it's meant to be, and if it goes through the system then so will the dvla.

if it's not an obvious difference in engines then there's very little chance it will be picked up on an mot tbh.

aside from the fact its a diesel and has a different emissions test to a petrol?

i still own the one i miss so why would i go and buy another one? but unless you know a way around the dvla's new regulations about declaring an engine conversion, it can't be mot'ed meaning i can't tax it which leaves it sitting on my mums garden rotting until i can find a way around it. any idea's mr common sense?

What are these new regs the DVLA are bringing in?

Oh, and diesel is 129.9 by me, £40 for 30 litres takes the piss, it should be the other way around!

so whats the deal then, aslong as you insure it as what it has been converted to you should be ok?

that is always the rule i've played it by, but this time when i go for an mot the tester will know my 1.6td jetta isn't the 1.3 petrol jetta it's meant to be, and if it goes through the system then so will the dvla.

if it's not an obvious difference in engines then there's very little chance it will be picked up on an mot tbh.

aside from the fact its a diesel and has a different emissions test to a petrol?

well yeah, that's why i can't get my car mot'ed

it's a very obvious difference between the 1.3 and the td, but if it was some thing like a 1.4 or maybe even a 1.6 petrol it probably wouldn't get picked up.

GtiScott

I'm so glad of my TDi, I'm spending less on fuel than i was a year ago due to me getting that extra 20mpg or so