What kind of vehicle do you drive?

[Mars_ax]

I currently drive a Nissan Xterra, but time for a change. I bought it new 8 years ago, and I still love it, especially since it's great in the snow. This isn't mine, but this is exactly what mine looks like.

But once I move, I'm gonna get the new GMC Terrain. I took one for spin a couple months ago, and I loved it. I'm going for a whole life change, and that means a change of vehicle too.

I looked at the GMC Terrain other day when I was at a dealership, nice vehicles, I also liked the Arcadia they make. The interior and dash on those 2 vehicles is beautiful.

[Conrad]

I'm well into my cars, probably owned 30+ over the years. I was always into Jap sports cars, my favourite being my Toyota Supra Twin Turbo.

Me and the missus are about to move into our first house soon so we recently sold our cars (mine a Nissan 350Z) and pooled our money together to buy a car to share. It's a diesel sadly but my missus does a lot of miles so 60mpg was appealing. Damn you know you're getting old when MPG takes preference over performance!

Anyways we bought a BMW 3 series coupe M Sport in white. Same as below.



I'm a builder by trade and for work I have a Nissan Cabstar Tipper and a Mitsubishi L200 Animal. Not as beefy as the V8 pickups you can get Stateside but we don't have the silly $4 a gallon gas prices you get. My Animal is like the one below, again it's a diesel.


I'd love a V8 pickup like the Dodge Ram but sadly they're quite rare over here therefore very expensive at £30k ($45k). If and when the construction industry picks up over here and I can afford it, I'm seriously gonna look into importing one over. I've gotta have an American V8 at some point. Be it the Corvette Z06, Ram pickup or a Mustang! My dream car is the BMW M3 which has a V8, but being German I'm pretty sure it'll be all refined and sound nowhere near as good as a US V8.

[Mark TKO]

Audi R8

[Master]

ford S Max 7 seater when it has to be.

[X]

1969 Corvette Stingray.

[BIG H]

Audi R8

[GOAT]

Audi R8

Maybach Exelero. Thanx for the applause.

[Mars_ax]

Audi R8

Maybach Exelero. Thanx for the applause.

I seriously thought about it, but I didn't have $8,000,000 laying around to buy one of those.

You're either joking (my guess) or you're filthy rich.

[Master]

Audi R8

Maybach Exelero. Thanx for the applause.

I seriously thought about it, but I didn't have $8,000,000 laying around to buy one of those.

You're either joking (my guess) or you're filthy rich.

That is Mark TKO silly jokes that he ends up having to explain. He cannot get a wife never mind get an Audi

[GOAT]

Audi R8

Maybach Exelero. Thanx for the applause.

You're either joking (my guess) or you're filthy rich.

^^^^^^^ This.

[Mark TKO]

Audi R8

Sorry must have pressed Submit accidentally whilst typing.

Audi R8.....81 KGF is the registration number. Had it since 98. A real beast. Its for sale if anyone interested




Bet I know what you all thought.....

[Mars_ax]

I'm well into my cars, probably owned 30+ over the years. I was always into Jap sports cars, my favourite being my Toyota Supra Twin Turbo.

Me and the missus are about to move into our first house soon so we recently sold our cars (mine a Nissan 350Z) and pooled our money together to buy a car to share. It's a diesel sadly but my missus does a lot of miles so 60mpg was appealing. Damn you know you're getting old when MPG takes preference over performance!

I'm a builder by trade and for work I have a Nissan Cabstar Tipper and a Mitsubishi L200 Animal. Not as beefy as the V8 pickups you can get Stateside but we don't have the silly $4 a gallon gas prices you get.

I'd love a V8 pickup like the Dodge Ram but sadly they're quite rare over here therefore very expensive at £30k ($45k). If and when the construction industry picks up over here and I can afford it, I'm seriously gonna look into importing one over. I've gotta have an American V8 at some point. Be it the Corvette Z06, Ram pickup or a Mustang! My dream car is the BMW M3 which has a V8, but being German I'm pretty sure it'll be all refined and sound nowhere near as good as a US V8.

Those 350 Z's are also a great value in a sports car, with tons of power in the HP 6 cyl. engine, and the 370Z is just bad ass. I'd love to own one of those but it isn't a practical for me to use as a business vehicle, and it would probably just set in my garage most of the time.

I got a great deal here in Texas on my regular cab 2010 Dodge R/T pickup, the sticker price was something like $33,000 American, but I got around $9,000 in rebates and dealer discounts, $15,000 for my trade in, and a break on sales tax.
I always look for great deals on vehicles before I buy them, i'm not the dummy I used to be when I first started buying cars/trucks 40 + years ago.

cheers

[Conrad]

Mars,

What's that tax that you have to pay in the States when you register the vehicle on the road. It's like 5% or something?

I did a little research a few years back wen thinking about (or day dreaming about) getting a Shelby Mustang and apparently if I buy a car from a dealer to export to the UK, I don't have to pay this tax.

The sad thing is I would have to pay for the shipping (£2k), then I'd have to pay 10% import tax in the UK and then 20% VAT (sales tax) on top of all that. It's a lot of tax but it still works out cheaper than buying from a US car importer.

[Mars_ax]

Mars,

What's that tax that you have to pay in the States when you register the vehicle on the road. It's like 5% or something?

I did a little research a few years back wen thinking about (or day dreaming about) getting a Shelby Mustang and apparently if I buy a car from a dealer to export to the UK, I don't have to pay this tax.

The sad thing is I would have to pay for the shipping (£2k), then I'd have to pay 10% import tax in the UK and then 20% VAT (sales tax) on top of all that. It's a lot of tax but it still works out cheaper than buying from a US car importer.

When you buy a vehicle from an auto dealership here in the States, I believe the sales tax is something like 7%, but if you trade something in, when figuring sales tax, the price of the trade in is deducted from actual price you pay for the new vehicle. For example: if your trade in is worth $15,000 and the new vehicle costs you $25,000, you only pay sales tax on the difference = $10,000 or say $700. That's one of the advantages of trading in a vehicle on a new one, the tax savings, but you're really better off just retailing it yourself, because dealerships don't usually give you what your vehilcle is worth.

Too bad that the taxes are so fucking high over there on buying imports.

[Conrad]

That's it, the 7% sale tax you can avoid if exporting the vehicle. Obviously the exchange rate makes a huge difference too, if you time that right it can offset the import costs

I went to Palm Springs in 2007 for the Coachella festival just after Calzaghe fought Hopkins. I saw a Shelby Mustang 500 at a dealership that was a couple years old and just $28k. At the time we were getting $2 to the £1 so £14k plus import costs for a fairly new Shelby 500 was something of a steal.

I only wish I could have afforded it then, the same value car would cost an extra £4.5k with the current exchange rates.