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[Fleetwood]

Fleet are you back in a contract yet or are you going permy ?Milan

Just ended the first week of looking with a few CV submissions.
Not going permy for the mo' and would hope to avoid that at all costs.
August is a funny month as a lot of deciders are on hols.
Hope things will pick up mid-September ish

F in "Optimistic" mode

[lukemg]

Car Or Cash

Reactive armour in place for inevitable 'thought this was a contractors board' missile salvo.
Got a new job, they are offering a choice of a car (probably focus/astra/golf) or an extra 4k.

Done a few sums:
Get the car: costs 1800(tax on perk)
Get the 4k: costs 400 (servicing/mot/tyres etc)570 (tax +ins)1500 (depreciation) 500 (cost of using capital, could offset my mortgage with the 9k)
Petrol costs will be the same either way.
Now 4k turns into 2.4 after tax (downer)
therefore
Get the car = £1800
Keep mine = £2970 but get 2400= £570

Leaving me 1200 notes a year ahead (enough to pay all my petrol).
What will I miss - brand new car (but prob lower spec than my GT)and peace of mind, repairs, damage, payments etc.

Am I missing something or is it a choice of peace of mind or all my fuel paid for ?

[The Late, Great JC]

Reactive armour in place for inevitable 'thought this was a contractors board' missile salvo.
Got a new job, they are offering a choice of a car (probably focus/astra/golf) or an extra 4k.

Done a few sums:
Get the car: costs 1800(tax on perk)
Get the 4k: costs 400 (servicing/mot/tyres etc)570 (tax +ins)1500 (depreciation) 500 (cost of using capital, could offset my mortgage with the 9k)
Petrol costs will be the same either way.
Now 4k turns into 2.4 after tax (downer)
therefore
Get the car = £1800
Keep mine = £2970 but get 2400= £570

Leaving me 1200 notes a year ahead (enough to pay all my petrol).
What will I miss - brand new car (but prob lower spec than my GT)and peace of mind, repairs, damage, payments etc.

Am I missing something or is it a choice of peace of mind or all my fuel paid for ?

Isn't the company going to pay the fuel costs?

[milanbenes]

Fleet,

pecker up lad.

Luke,

you're being offered an Astra as a company car !

What happened to the days of 325i's galore ?

Milan.

[lukemg]

JC, welcome back, hope it works out better for you this time round.
Fuel isnt in the deal, car is just a perk so not because of requirements for travelling round, business travel will be minimal.

[lukemg]

benes, blew too much cash on a 911 then a 320slk, now driving a golf so all things are realtive !

[milanbenes]

flippin' 'ell Luke,

"benes, blew too much cash on a 911 then a 320slk, now driving a golf so all things are realtive !"

you know what this is exactly what I want to avoid,

the Benes plan is to increase the standard of living sustainably over the years hopefully meaning that Benes won't have to be like the Luke's of this world, debating the economics of an Astra company car having previously owned a Porsche 911 and an SLK !

Good luck Luke.

Milan.

[lukemg]

Amen Benes, thought I was boxing clever bought both cars for cash, figured I had plenty in my warchest for a rainy day. Inevitably my expenses had crept up and the stash got burned through so quickly it was frightening when the market went norks up.
Still got some investments, house equity of 130k etc but key thing is matching expenses to income.
Its the old income 10 spend 11 - trouble, income 10 spend 9 - sorted.
Don't regret having a good time when the cash was coming in (If I had hesitated would never have had the chance to do some stuff) just adapting to the situation and reckon I can get back on top in another 3-4 yrs.

[milanbenes]

wish you luck Luke.

the last thing I want to do is own a Ferrari at 32 be broke at 40 !

There is a small possibility however that with some continued success
in .Net I may be able to get a secondhand F or something similar when I'm 40 :-)

Milan 'call me old fashioned and boring' Benes.

[lukemg]

Cheers Benes, think I have turned the corner and close to finding another cash train.
.net seems to be good at the mo but how many of these languages are hot for a few years and then either the supply kicks in to match or something else comes along ? Only thing I can remember staying hot is SAP, mostly due to continuous supply of new companies switching to it.
Yeah, everything rocks for 5 years, unfortunately you have to work for 40.
Good luck to all.