251 registrations

I obviously dont know them and perhaps they did buy it in cash… I do know, some of my mates, are getting new cars on PCP as usually the Mrs wants a newer car, they arent on bad money, but have fcuk all left at the end of the month… Everyone's circumstance is different, but I will hand it to the finance companies and dealerships, PCP is one great racket….

You are right in going for the 0% finance over outright cash too…

Leave it for now, thread derailed. I hope to see a nice 251 on my commute tomorrow morning. I haven't seen one yet

PCP is the real "never never" lol, because at year 3 when reality is coming back about the balloon they realise ah **** it, I'll just go again with minimal deposit much the same monthly payments for another 3 years, it is mad, I did it long enough.

I have been mortgage free since age 37 and while I do have a fair bit of disposable income, we are heavily saving for the Boys collage and their deposit for their first house, f1ck cars because having kids made me realise that there's a lot more important things to spend money on than myself an the way the world is now the Boys will need all the support they can get long into the future.

lol those were the days, F1ck Dee Forbes for destroying 252 Khz , she was hell bent on destroying the transmitter and mast and in reality it was partly that corrupt B1tch who was loosing RTE millions not 252 Khz ! Good to see the back of her and ryan.

To be fair, Ireland depends heavily on the motor car due to the failure of the Government for decades to provide proper public transport.

I wouldn't increase the tax based on the fuel source but I would increase it based on the size and weight of the vehicles, the size of the cars people are driving now are nuts and also the sheer weight which is bound to have a negative effect on fuel economy.

The Government talk about reducing emissions but the reality is the ICE industry alone is worth about 6 Billion a year to the Tax man. The government solution to reducing emissions is to increase tax on energy ? no this is just a way to increase revenue and it's by adding the year to the reg and the 1/2 to the reg that has promoted even more car sales which increases tax revenue.

I'm not sure on the NCT, I see a lot of people with bald tyres so this should be inspected more I think.

Mobile phone detection is a joke

Now we have more and more digital infotainment systems to distract drivers and digital instrument clusters with endless menus and customisations available while driving. The whole thing is gone mad.

I really don't think we should be subsidising cars costing 40K + though, this means the lower income folk have to subsidise the people capable of buying more expensive electric cars, this is wrong.

Thanks, the way things are now, house prices, rent, even digs for collage, it was a very wise decision to start their savings when they were born. If they want to get a masters or PHD they will have some nice savings to give them the means to allow them pursue the career they want and hopefully some money towards deposit for house each.

How much is that ?

Hi Mad_Lad the value is €33,500.

Be the hokie lad, I remember the yaris being a hell of a lot cheaper. Is that just cause it's hybrid ? the 1.0l would have been 20 K max is that even still available ?

This great thread about 251 cars spotted has been taken over by a bunch of people who should start their own thread about people who hate cars and people who love cars and find cars interesting. I for one find you boring and want to see pictures of new cars

Only saw one new 251 car this year so far here in Wicklow, a Hyundai. I wonder what car registrations will be like this year. Maybe I am not as observant as I used to be.

I saw a car with plates starting with 251-D- last Tuesday, 31st of December. Huh that's early, looked again, was 251-D-0000, must have been out for a test drive and because a law making someone had the bright idea that dealer plates should go on the inside of the car no-one sees those.

Saw the first proper ones on Saturday, 251-D-966 I think, 251-MH-59 or so and one that I know for sure 251-D-1251.

Stop trying to make every thread about yourself. Everyone is sick of the same nonsense you are spouting on every thread

Yet another troll from the ev threads, funny that.

What's nonsense ? you know me mostly from the EV threads. what have I said that's nonsense ?

My dad drove vans all his life, and commercial hiluxes etc, his one extravagance was an etron which he bought with pension lump sum and he then decided he hated it and went back to a van.

The fleet is work related, and nothing to do with my dad, he never worked here. I'm trying to push that fleet electric as much as I can.

What did you get? Congratulations

Well, at least I've never had a poor credit rating and have always been far better with my finances than you, I wouldn't trust you to go out and buy the weekly shopping, you'd probably manage to get into debt for that too.

How the hell could someone get tyres on finance ?

Could really do with some Chrome. Nice colour but the grill just looks lost. Anyway that is just my opinion. Whoever it's this is probably very happy. So good for them.

I seen a video from inside an electric car on instagram. And when put in manual mode it bounces off the limiter when you floor it until you change gear. Don't ask me what car it was as I forget that part.

Next door neighbour just arrived home in a 251 Corolla. GR model in white with contrasting black parts, looks very well I must say, a step above your average corolla anyway.

I don't think its a performance GR or anything more a styling thing.

Brother picking up a Seat Leon sportstourer (estate) tomorrow, weather permitting he has a long drive to Dublin to collect it so he may not if it's too icy.