Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

SGD. Every new car needs a certificate of entitlement to be driven on the roads- that’s $118,000 last time I looked. So whatever the car costs plus that (ten year licence to drive the vehicle on the roads) plus road tax and so on is what it costs to get it on the road.

The COE stays with the vehicle so you get the value of that when you sell it, i suspect most people finance a car here, maximum loan is 70% of the cost of the car mind.

Do most people not own cars, then?

Sounds like an idea...

Called a mates brand new Tesla a Prius last night, when do you think he’ll come down from the ceiling and will he ever talk to me again?

Car ownership is 11% of the population. Sadly the 11% that are behind the wheel of a car still think that cyclists should be in the gutter.

Ah. Similar to about 11% of the population here, then.

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I’ll admit, that’s what lead me to do it :D

So, I traded in my van for a nice project car. Because sometimes that’s what you do. It’s a completely original, rust free BMW 320i automatic from 1990. It runs and drives great, has been meticulously maintained all it’s life and now it will be subtly modded. Think OEM+. Slightly lowered, is front lip, 15” Ronal LSs, Blaupunkt Bluetooth stereo, Tesla model S small drive unit, 54kW battery pack, CCS charging. Just the subtle period correct mods to make it mine…

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Phwoarr! Gonna be real dream car material…

I was outraged until the end. Now all for it.

Special road surface also. I miss Dutch lanes.

Just when I was having a good time

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Ouch. What happened?

gorgeous!

and factor 50 on my bald head, learnt that lesson quickly around Hammersmith on the way down

haha seasoning your seats

Other driver decided they wanted to be in my lane, accelerated and swerved over but they hadn't actually accelerated past my car.

Shit are you OK?

I assumed it was a stationary accident.

Yeah was only 20mph, was Stokey high street, my lane went straight and the other lane goes round the one way. People often try and use the less busy lane (going round the one way) and then cut in at the last minute and I'll usually notice and just leave a big gap but this person decided to do it at the last second where there was zero room and did it completely unannounced.

Driver's partner then rang me about 45 minutes later and tried to passive aggressively intimidate me into not going through insurance and just each pay for our own cars. Definitely going through insurance and telling them about that lovely illegal phonecall.

Ahhh man. You should see the dent I put in mine :(

Driver's partner then rang me about 45 minutes later and tried to passive aggressively intimidate me into not going through insurance and just each pay for our own cars.

You could suggest that, as it's their error, they pay for both cars, and you don't claim on their insurance?

Definitely going through insurance and telling them about that lovely illegal phonecall.

Is this actually illegal? In some situations like this one, where there is minimal & cosmetic damage, it might be better for everyone to sort things privately?

Sorry, it's not illegal, it's breaking the t&c of your insurance policy contract. You're contracted to inform your insurer of all incidents regardless of if you claim or not.

By ringing me and trying to intimidate me into not claiming, he's trying to force me into not performing an act I'm contractually obligated to do, as is he.

It looks minimal, but it's about 2k to do that job properly. That's a new wing, bumper respray, partial door spray to colour match, then potentially partial bonnet spray too.

My MX5 isn't worth doing that on, but the Superb was still worth almost as much as I paid for it until this happened.

Either I claim and get a proper job done costing about 2k, or I take a 2k+ hit on the value of the car.

Fucking hell, some people are just thick as shit aren’t they. You’d surely at least have the nounce to offer to pay for the other party’s repair. Here’s a sweet deal “you pay for the damage we just caused” sound good?