Overheard at the LFGSS golf club bar

If you wish to fit in at the golf club the cost does not end with the membership fee.

So your average £80k-earning car-financing person actually spends £1266.67 a month on their car.

It's be interesting to see how that breaks down by income bracket. Off the back of sheppz' comment about expensive German cars I search for e class coupe deals, and you seemed to be able to get a flash German status car for £700p/m.

So I would expect people who spend loads on car payments to spend something like £500-700 once they're able to afford it, but then not really beyond that as earnings increase.

If you actually drive anywhere the payments shoot up quickly, so many deals with only 5-8k miles now

Yeah, there’s no reason to think that the % of income spent is constant across the income distribution. Higher earners also more likely to have company cars? Not sure.

Yeah. But there are lots of Range Rovers about and they’ll not be £700 a month. Plus the £3000 a month McLarens and what not.

Once you have loadsa cash you spend more on everything, because you have to so you feel better about doing a hateful job.

Direct from land rover, a range rover is 6.5k upfront and 1100 a month

You get a mileage arrest fitted, so no matter how many miles you do when you hand the car back it’s under the minimum- and means you don’t have to service it either.

Second and subsequent owners on the other hand do get something of a raw deal

As a company car your E Class coupe is likely to cost you £800 per month in tax plus private mileage. Understandably company cars are taxed as benefits the tax system is set a bit unfairly for some though.
https://comcar.co.uk/companycar/tax/select/?make=Mercedes-Benz&model=E-Class+Coup%26%23233%3B&fueltype=petrol

Car thread for car talk >>>>

Golf thread for funny comments about those who like to swing freely.

Thanks.

I don't get the obsession with low mileage? Like buying a bike then not riding it.

Pretty sure 80's GC Dad's would be bragging about how many miles their motor had done, not how little. Admittedly cars were solid objects then, not made of plastic & cheese with lashings of planned obsolescence.

monthly pay

£100 fuel

I'd love to make one tank of fuel last a month

80s GCD had a company car with a strict hierarchy. Any excuse to link to this...

https://youtu.be/CQsMFQZa8os

When I was offered a company car I got a Brompton. I fucking hate driving and the world is a better place without me on the roads

Thinking about this the modern action dad has a much more complex hierarchy of things to navigate beyond his car. 80s GCD didn't have the same semiotic minefield to navigate other than ensuring he had a Granada Ghia.

Only skipped through but going to come back to it as it looks genius but lol at him not letting someone overtake who doesn't have colour match bumpers as it's a base model but will slow down for someone in a higher model and shitting on diesel estates, pre suv's they were what you needed to take the family to the bike park or centre parcs

I have skipped through the first 23mins of this. Strong (my) Dad vibes.

"I'll very often just put my put down and the power will come on immediately, without having to build up. The Sierra will have to struggle just to get parallel with me and the best result is that he'll probably end up going back into the middle lane and his attempt at overtaking me has failed."

Gold. Thanks for sharing.

Such a painful watch.

I would love to see a follow up doc with those guys in the same format; just them driving and talking. I would imagine they are all retired.

I would imagine they are all raging gammon.

Ftfy.

The whole series is wonderful, but nothing gets close to the near-partridge of that one – kids in their cars I particularly enjoyed.

omg I’ve just clicked and watched a couple of clips from that. Incredible.

Oh my god, that is absolute fucking gold. Will have to watch the whole thing at some point. I loved his disappointment at it not having a CDi badge on the back. The blazer bit is quality as well.
Then there is the Nissan Primera content...

Amazing, am sure one of the drivers was this chap in civvies https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Uk33qD5yztA

I don't get the obsession with low mileage? Like buying a bike then not riding it.

I do, we don’t use our car for short trip and keep it for long trip such as going to Sheffield which work out cheaper than the trains by only using it 2-3 times a year.

It also means less parts to wear out, pass MOT regularly, etc.

TL:DR, we have a car cause it’s cheaper than taking long distance trains.