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Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: dreadnought110 on January 16, 2007, 19:42:41

Here's a good one for the discussion for all the truckers?? Did you know that a new tractor unit depriciate's at £1 an hour 24hrs a day 7 days a week for the first 5 years of ownership :shock:  :shock:

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: barnhill4x4 on January 16, 2007, 21:06:25

My p38 has done 52p and hour for 24hours a day for the last 10 years!
 Work it out!!!! £50k new, ten years later about £5k value
 
  Somehow the Truck doesn't seem that bad seeing as it has probably earned its keep!

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: dreadnought110 on January 16, 2007, 21:07:28

Quote from: "barnhill4x4"

My p38 has done 52p and hour for 24hours a day for the last 10 years!
 Work it out!!!! £50k new, ten years later about £5k value
 
  Somehow the Truck doesn't seem that bad seeing as it has probably earned its keep!

 on reflection probably best not work it out??? 8)  8)

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: Boggert on January 16, 2007, 21:18:18

Ouch... Is make you wonder how anyone makes any money in transport what with fuel being a total rip off.

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: Lee_D on January 17, 2007, 00:23:08

Claim the VAT back on the depreciation. Thats why any one earning enough to pay tax always has a nice new car / van what have you.

Article in LRO on the matter last month.

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 17, 2007, 14:44:16

My Micra depreciated at £1,000 a month when it was new, apparently.

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: discograham on January 17, 2007, 15:34:27

Quote from: "Range Rover Blues"

My Micra depreciated at £1,000 a month when it was new, apparently.

I've never had a new car. Most of the time I could'nt afford one, and when I could, I had more important places for the money to be spent... I never felt that the money was worth spending as you loose so much in the first three years. The youngest car I ever had was about five years old when I brought it. My disco is a '94... I brought it in 2005, had I brought a new disco i would have already lost twice what I paid for mine...

All down to priorities I guess...

Title: Today's useless fact??
Post by: Range Rover Blues on January 18, 2007, 16:38:29

Quote from: "discograham"

All down to priorities I guess...

Well they say you pays your money......

When some t**t in a white van hoit the back of my Micra, whilst stationary, it was valued for insurance purposes at 4k less than I had paid, in fact make that 4 1/2k as I just dug out the paperwork on the finance.  Had my insurance not had to replace new for old I would have got a cheque for 6 grand to replace a brand new car.  Unfair or what?

But the car is for work, so I don't have much choice, do I?