What's best way to finance a Used Car ?

[milanbenes]

good luck with it, the golden rule with planning applications is if at first you don't succeed, try again, involve the planners in the whole process and your laughing, work with the planners and the architect

Milan.

[rootsnall]

good luck with it, the golden rule with planning applications is if at first you don't succeed, try again, involve the planners in the whole process and your laughing, work with the planners and the architect

Milan.

My Dad's a retired architect and the house is in his former patch so I've got a good start on this one. The problem is the house has used its greenbelt permitted development quota already before I bought it. I'm pretty confident I'll get what I want by treading carefully. It's not my house yet, just going through in the next week or 2 hopefully.

[threaded]

good luck with it, the golden rule with planning applications is if at first you don't succeed, try again, involve the planners in the whole process and your laughing, work with the planners and the architect

Milan.

Or in cases I know of 'employ' the planning officials to make sure all the 't's are crossed and 'i's are dotted in your application.

threaded in 'donnygate' mode

[milanbenes]

can I suggest you offer to do a bit of work for the village in return for the planning approval, clear a few ditches, cut a few trees down, renew some of the toys at the children's playground obviously depending upon the size of your project scale the offering to the village accordingly

Milan.

[lilelvis2000]

I guess that by talking in Dollars your dad is in America? IIRC there were several cases in the US about the faults on the 7 series. I had one of the lemons myself. Gave it back as I considered it too dangerous to be on the road, and had to fight real hard to get nowhere. But of a pity for the poor sucker who had the car after me. I understand it killed him.

Think of the other countries where the currency is also called a dollar. Then guess again.

[Numptycorner]

Okay, so that made them cool. So what's the deal now? One guy at the office will only drive BMW. He hates Japanese cars too. I wind him up every other day by saying something like "I saw the most gorgeous Honda estate on the way in today." What makes people like that? He says its the prestige...Am I stupid because I don't get it.

There are more BMW 3 series produced in europe than ford mondeos, rather common these days is prestige.

[Captain Dispensable]

That's because we've made poverty history. We can all afford beemers now. You're below the poverty line if you have to resort to a mondeo.

[ASB]

I suppose I could have tried that when the motor in my dad's 740i blew up. The garage wanted $13,000 just for the motor! My dad sold the remains of the car to the garage for $3,500, after paying $90,000 for in new '94.

In '94, $90,000 where my dad lives could have easily bought a nice house with change left over.

BMW denies that there was a serious flaw with the engine in his ex-car. He even had an extended warranty - apparently it didn't cover his specific problem.

Nikasil bores was the problem with low sulpher fuels. Big problems here and in the states. Most were replaced under warranty, but they did spend a long time denying issues.

[lilelvis2000]

Nikasil bores was the problem with low sulpher fuels. Big problems here and in the states. Most were replaced under warranty, but they did spend a long time denying issues.

Thanks. It may be too late now that they have disposed of said vehicle. But still, legally, there maybe something we can do...maybe. Though you would think that BMW would like to keep customers - not throw them away. I doubt whether my father will EVER consider buying another BMW.

[lilelvis2000]

That's because we've made poverty history. We can all afford beemers now. You're below the poverty line if you have to resort to a mondeo.

Yup, personal debt is increasing by £1M/sec. That's, what like, 33 BMW's/sec.