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Over here you can buy an older Bentley or RR for less than 5k. With the
price of fuel and the road tax nobody wants them! They are too big for the road,
to big to park, cost around 200 dollars to fill up and won't fit in your garage!
All reasons these cars are so cheap. For the same reason a 7 series or A8 or S
class merc loses 50% of its value in the first year (if equiped with a V8 or
V12) and the diesels are just behind. They just cost to much to run, don't fit
in your garage or on the roads. The people that buy them new are almost always
companies/chauffeurs ect who change cars every 3 years or so and can
deal with taking a big hit.
A few years ago I bought an A8, for 3k, ran it for a year and did nothing
to it, didn't even service it and then sold it for 3k. was expensive
on the fuel but a lot of car for the price of a 8 year old Ford
Focus!
BR in the
UK
1986 328GTS (LHD 89,940km) Died August 19, 2006 Shrewsbury UK
1980 400i
(RHD 74,000 miles)
Searching for the right 512TR
1997 Fiat
Barchetta
1985 Bertone X1/9
2003 BMW 530d
1991 Alfa Spider S4 LHD
Red
1992 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Black
1993 Alfa Spider S4 LHD Yellow
2010
BMW 320d
In a message dated 15/08/2012 13:08:40 GMT Daylight Time,
cavallino_rapante [at] yahoo.com writes:
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Finding a running Bentley or RR "on-the-cheap" is like finding a
golden unicorn. People selling those cars have a certain attitude
that makes used Ferrari sellers look somewhat congenial, and rational by
comparison. What's an additional $20K overcharge to your typical
status-chasing Blue-Blood? A weekend of shopping at Barneys
NY? C'mon, folks - do they even read NADA before writing a check
for such a car? NADA is for the "little people", after
all.... Don't get me wrong - If somebody 'gifted' me a clean
rolling-chassis, I'd stuff a used Ford Cobra motor into it in a
heartbeat. Glass-packs and all. But I like to
daydream.
...and don't get me started about local Govts that charge 'Property
Tax' for cars. Granted, here in MA the Sales Tax for automobiles
is capped at $300. BUT - their sliding-percentage rates for
Automotive Property Tax assessment has you paying MORE over your term of
ownership than you would have with an up-front Sales Tax charge, yet the
Tree Huggers in Beacon Hill wonder why nobody is rushing-out to purchase
the latest $35K+ 'green cars'....maybe its because we can do the
math. Good thing my 308 QV is over 25 years old, and according to
the state of MA is 'worthless' - my tax on that is only around $150
annually.
M
--- On Tue, 8/14/12, Robert W. Garven Jr.
<rgarven [at] gmail.com> wrote:
From:
Robert W. Garven Jr. <rgarven [at] gmail.com>
Subject: Re:
[Ferrari] ferrari's in Italy
To: "Michael"
<Cavallino_Rapante [at] yahoo.com>
Cc: "The FerrariList"
<ferrari [at] ferrarilist.com>
Date: Tuesday, August 14, 2012,
11:29 PM
Matt,
Can you explain that more. In CA we only pay a state reg fee
which is 100$ for the Ferrari and 300 for insurance. The city charges
nothing. I pay all my taxes and feel like it is an obligation to be a
citizen
but it sounds like you are getting raped!
Rob
Robert W. Garven
Jr.
"The Ferrari is a dream - people
dream of owning this special vehicle and for most people it will
remain a dream apart from for those lucky few." Enzo
Ferrari
On Aug 14, 2012, at 11:42 AM, Matt Boyd wrote:
What Erik's referring to is my 1991 Turbo R that I doubt you
could find at a dealer for over $20k.....and my city/locality is
assessing its value at $43k and taxing me about $2.5k/year as a
result. No recourse for me (I've tried and met with the commissioner
of the revenue)....unless I take it to court. And based on VA state
law, I'll lose. The only thing I could do is convince NADA.com that they are screwed in the head
publishing that a 1991 Turbo R is worth $43k, since the state says if
a "recognized published pricing guide" publishes a value, then that is
what you assess the car at for tax purposes....
But I digress....
-matt
On Tue, Aug 14, 2012 at 1:54 PM,
Erik Nielsen <judge4re [at] gmail.com>
wrote:
Isn't your county already sticking it to you for your
Bentley? You need to move further off the paved road, some of
us are paying a lower percentage than Romey...
I agree that we shouldn't feel sorry for tax cheats at all. I
also don't like the equivalent of racial profiling that would
cause someone driving a car to be stopped just because they might
be wealthy. But maybe that's just me...
-Matt
'85 308
'39 RR P-III
'91 Turbo R
etc
PS-As an aside, if anyone is selling a good manual TDI Passat
or Jetta at $15k or hopefully way south of that, let me
know....
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