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[Retired]

Hi,

Thanks Nick; Lawrence and Colin; I had sussed out the problem was money laundering but it's coming to something these days when decent people cannot spend their legally earned money without facing an investigation. Unfortunately such things are sure to get worse bringing along yet more rules and regulations.

Thanks for the interesting link Lawrence which I've just been reading and I mentioned pre registered and lease cars previously. The knock on effect of pre-registered cars though is quite severe unless of course you decide to buy one of these pre-registered cars?

The dealers supplying our new car has the following on offer which is a superb deal;

http://www.dmkeith.com/skoda/sales-offers/fabia-se

Our car is our only real luxury so we don't mind paying for the exact model which suits us allowing us full choice but obviously at a much higher price.

http://www.drivethedeal.com/?gclid=COXWg...tAodnUEA0A

I also mentioned I had been web browsing looking at sites like the one above which is very tempting to use but I'm wary of anything which looks too good in case it has hidden teeth?

Bron and I could keep the Fabia ten years without trouble given our low annual mileage but we find driving around the local tank range AKA roads starts to manifest itself in our cars; the newness quickly wears off and the condition of the roads starts to be felt; general wear and tear is accelerated so rather than wait until the car shakes itself to bits we change at three years. Second-hand cars can be had very cheaply but when such as a circuit board for an air bag bumps an MOT bill up to £700 its scary. We've done the second-hand route for many years and although we pay heavily in running a new car our motoring costs are fixed.

A new Skoda Fabia at around £14,300 isn't going to lose as much money as say a new Porsche and we can afford to change cars like the Skoda every three years whereas depreciation on the Porsche in three years might pay outright for the new Fabia; buying a car is a minefield.

I tidied the old workshop this morning intending to get into the garden this afternoon; whilst we still have the Aygo with a full tank of fuel I thought I'd use it to run lots of rubbish to the tip before collecting the new car next Saturday; as usual the weather read my thoughts and it's now a black hole and keeps pouring with rain; perfect conditions for messing everything up with muddy boots?

Out of interest and actually something on topic for a change; Bron and I watched a movie based on a true story last night; the movie was via YouTube on our TV and called "Lethal Vows" 1999. I won't spoil the movie which was worth watching but I was surprised to see vintage radio content used in murder.

Is snow likely next Saturday?

Kind regards, Col.