Buying a new car.

In particular it will be a new version of this with 3.8 litre motor 20 inch wheels and the suspension dropped.

pimped!!!

we had a dodge when we went to florida which was pretty much a voyager with a different badge. that had the V6 sounded nice and felt pretty torquey. got our tribe about. i'd of prefered a mustang though :)

So would I but I cant get in one.

What I was getting at is this...

WHY WOULD ANYONE BUY A UK CAR!!!

Even a Golf goes for just over half price and they have to import that from Germany!

Because shipping and import duty and VAT tend to add up to quite a lot.

Do you understand the concept of exchange rates?

UK VW site Basic golf 12 grand in pounds.

US VW site less basic golf 15k dollars. Thats 7.6 thousand pounds. Less their purchase tax. say £6700

Allow a grand for delivery to liverpool docks and 17.5 vat and a personal import is duty free + other formalities. You get the same or better car for just over half the cost...

In LHD with a resale value of 1/10th of fuckall though.

Bad form, but I've just realised that Golfs for the US market are probably made by Mexian peasants.

So, probably better build quality, Materials and Job pride than the Polish Fiat plant then?

It makes no odd to me cos by the time I sell em they are buggered anyway...

Err no. Thets why I just ordered a 52 grand vehicle for 27,

Why dont you explain it to me?

Purchase tax is on top of that, not removed like you say - read the small print.

Interesting that the basic rabbit is an inline 5 2.5 150hp. I bet the TDI ones are most popular over here.

37.5mpukg extra-urban, 27.5mpukg urban - somewhat thirsty for the majority of the golf market.

cheers, clive

So? You still get a almost half price car? Here you would be looking at a very used one for the same outlay.

Well they may think thier fuels expensive but ours really is!

"Burgerman" wrote in news:aPDhh.5285$1W1.4559 @newsfe4-win.ntli.net:

Yebbut, will that tank tread chair fit? :-)

iT only fits in the drive with a struggle!

Been there, done that... except it was cheap. ;-)

Bought a last of the boxy shape Voyagers with a similar conversion a while back - no-one wanted to touch the air suspension which was playing up, so I ended up teaching myself and sorted it all without too much aggro.

Was an alright drive, but bloody juicy - that particular one had the

3.0 litre Mitsi running gear which apparently have a gearbox you should consider as a consummable when buying one.

The door that slide back followed by a ramp that folded out and a back end that dropped to right down all off a switch looked quite cool, really.

Made decent money it did, too.

Good to hear - I just ordered it as you know. With 3.8 petrol V6 and 215hp. Tons of toys/trim/black and 18 x 9.5J Wheels also on order. (255 / 50 / 18 rubber)

Hopefully the box wont be a problem nowadays! Its got a 3 year warranty anyway.

Is the warranty valid in this country?

Also, 3.8 V6 and 215 bhp? Isn't that a bit... lame?

I'm sure burgerman will have it on the giggle gas and turboed about 10 minutes after it arrives.

Fraser

No! I will fit the wheels first!