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Old Mar 15th, 2019, 10:07   #7
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Originally Posted by Tannaton View Post
I'd just get the car you want and pay the tax.... the difference between £315 and £540 is £18.75 a month if you pay by DD, there's no sense in spend £000's more to get a car where the higher depreciation loss in value will be substantially more than that a month...


My view exactly and the very reason that I bought my 2007 XC90 .

Yes £540 is eye watering but when you look at the monthly difference between that and the lower tax band ones it's not enough of an incentive to avoid a really nice car in the higher bracket.
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