Some Car Dealers Will Never Change
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From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Mar 2010 10:43 CS <dontshop(a)sears.com> wrote: > Other than that, they were needlessly complex and unreliable, especially > American cars. Complex, I'd agree with, but unreliable? I dunno. My Subaru has just run faultlessly for 16,000 miles. When the hi-tech goes wrong, though, i quite agree that it's usually beyond the ability of the home mechanic to fix. And the hi-tech seems to go wrong more often than it should. >With very few exceptions they all look alike, with no style > or character, I think aerodynamics and the need to design in all the crash protection requirements are at least partially to blame for this. If everyone is using wind tunnels, and everyone knows that you have to have the front bulkhead deform only X inches on impact, and the law requires a smooth curved front surface to the bonnet (sorry, hood) in order to scoop up a pedestrian in an impact, it does make for a certain homogeneity. Truly identifiable cars - ones that you can identify without having to look at the badge - are few and far between these days. Jaguar. Mini. Citroen (at last). Some US musclecars. A few Mazdas. There must be others. > and they need outrageously expensive computers and equipment > to figure out what's wrong with them. Oh yes. -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com
From: CS on 14 Mar 2010 11:00 "The Older Gentleman" <totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:1jfci47.ijx7cao3ajr4N%totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk... > Dean Hoffman <dh0496(a)in#&ebr^as^#ka.com> wrote: > >> Oh, and >> there is a sales tax when buying a new vehicle or on the repair parts. > > There's a sales tax on just about everything anywhere these days. > > It's 17.5% on most things, for us. Some things are zero-rated, though. > Children's clothing. Food (but not confectionery, which causes some odd > anomalies: cakes are tax-free but biscuits aren't). Protective clothing > (so motorcycle helmets, boots and other items are tax-free: huzzah!). > And all reading matter - books, magazines, newspapers. > > Tell me: is reading matter subject to sales tax in the US? Yup. Hell, dying is taxed in the US. The whole point of separating the government and religion is so they can't tax us in the afterlife. Fuel used for all on-road vehicles is taxed here. Theoretically, fuel used for off road vehicles (farm tractors and such) are not taxed. Unfortunately, whenever there's talk about raising fuel taxes, that impacts everything, from the price of milk to shoes to vacuum cleaners, so everything goes up in price. And it's not just the extra money required to haul it there. Gas has to be trucked in to gas stations, parts used to maintain the truck have to be trucked in, and so on. Just a few cent increase in fuel cost can double the price of some goods. Scary stuff. CS
From: Chuck Rhode on 14 Mar 2010 11:41 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:17:02 +0000, The Older Gentleman wrote: > Tell me: is reading matter subject to sales tax in the US? I wouldn't expect Reekyites to know this: Newspapers are *not* taxed in some states: Connecticut, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Wisconsin, and probably others. o http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sales_taxes_in_the_United_States -- ... Be Seeing You, ... Chuck Rhode, Sheboygan, WI, USA ... Weather: http://LacusVeris.com/WX ... 44° — Wind NE 21 mph — Sky overcast.
From: don (Calgary) on 14 Mar 2010 12:10 On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:07:44 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > >Well, we have an odd vehicle tax system, and Canada (and Virginia, >evidently) have another system of screwing money out of motorists. >Motorists are easy targets everywhere. Alberta's system is relatively simple. New vehicles are subject to a 5% (federal) sales tax. Used vehicles are subject to a 5% (federal) sales tax, when purchased from a dealer. Used vehicles purchased privately are not subject to a tax. There is an annual registration fee which costs $75.00 for a car or light truck and $45.00 for a motorcycle. That's it. As far as buying, transferring or registering a vehicle that's all there is.
From: The Older Gentleman on 14 Mar 2010 12:28
don (Calgary) <hd.flhr(a)telus.net> wrote: > On Sun, 14 Mar 2010 10:07:44 +0000, totallydeadmailbox(a)yahoo.co.uk > (The Older Gentleman) wrote: > > > > > > >Well, we have an odd vehicle tax system, and Canada (and Virginia, > >evidently) have another system of screwing money out of motorists. > >Motorists are easy targets everywhere. > > Alberta's system is relatively simple. > > New vehicles are subject to a 5% (federal) sales tax. > > Used vehicles are subject to a 5% (federal) sales tax, when purchased > from a dealer. > > Used vehicles purchased privately are not subject to a tax. > > There is an annual registration fee which costs $75.00 for a car or > light truck and $45.00 for a motorcycle. > > That's it. As far as buying, transferring or registering a vehicle > that's all there is. Simple indeed. Any charges for paperwork changes when (for example) a vehicle is sold? -- BMW K1100LT Ducati 750SS Honda CB400F Triumph Street Triple Suzuki TS250ER GN250 Damn, back to six bikes! Try Googling before asking a damn silly question. chateau dot murray at idnet dot com |