posbyjohn said:
after following this thread thought maybe i should have got a 2.5 with lpg conversion, now after reading vandys road tax think i am happy with my diesel, the difference in road tax nearly pays for my warranty direct insurance
Ah maybe, but think of the joy I get when I pay my £415 to the government, knowing that the money is going to be put to such good use. OK, so probably about £5.60 will go towards keeping the roads in the excellent condition we have all come to love, the silky smooth motorways and B roads that gently smother the countryside with un-blemished top grade tarmac.
You will miss out on the pleasure I will be getting, knowing that the balance of £419.40 will be ploughed into the central government funds for the annual inter departmental personnel initiative meeting of minds, or as we lesser mortals prefer to label it as "the Christmas p*ss up". Life is not all about saving money posbyjohn, certainly not if you work for the government anyway as there it seems to be all about saving it and making the general public do the spending. When I've paid my £415 (obviously with heart bleeding at the time of payment) I will also have the pleasure of driving past the many high street banks with the warming knowlegde that at least they have been able to stretch out enough of the publics bail out funds to allow a bonus or two for the hard worked investment boys - bless their cotton socks and all who
flail in them.
Bitter, me? Oh please, I'm far too polite to be bitter and for what reason - the car driver is "public enemy number one" so we must all suffer the injustice of having our hard earned income snatched away from us for having the audacity to wish to drive. Shame on us all for wanting to have convenience, privacy, versatility, piece of mind, and dare I suggest just a modicome of enjoyment in life - heaven forbid that we should be allowed enjoyment. My £415 will be paid with the total disrespect it deserves and if I could pay it in horse 8hit I would gladly do so. Bitter - me?
There again, I bought the car and love it so have to take it on the chin like all the other poor suckers that have to tow the line in this country we live in where the government have the attitude - "take from the rich and give to the poor and when you've done that, take it back from the poor again and give it back to us because we want to waste it on something else now"
You've caught me on a V.Meldrew day (again).
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