Kiwi_Mike said:
wanderer said:
Road tax on this thing in IE is €1250 (even more for the 3.0L).
Insurance is ~€850/yr as a named driver with 8 years+ experience.
Wow, I just purchased road tax for my 35i (3.0L) here in NZ and it cost around 50 quid:
Expiry date of new licence: 12 Nov 2022
Licence period: 12 month(s)
Fee: $109.16 (Incl GST)
My annual insurance is around $550, but it is insured as a second car as I have an M5 for daily driving. But we pay around $2.60 per liter for 98 petrol here
Yeah, we get stuffed with tax & insurance in Ireland.
Can only have one car on an insurance policy. For a second car one has to take out a second policy and start as a new policy holder with no background.
I was lucky to have been a named driver on my wife's policy for 8+years as well as having my own policy for the 320D.
I was lucky enough to have even called up an insurance company on this basis and asked them about it. Imagine my surprise when they returned with a not so silly quote.
As for the road tax, I will have to tax it for 6 months and use the 320D the rest of the time.
It suits me as it means I drive both cars during the year with each of them getting a bit of rest and not piling on the mileage.
The 3 series will be used for longer distances, work trips and family holidays where a diesel makes sense.
The Z4 will be used when it's just me or my partner & I wanting to take a spin in the countryside.
... Oh, and we also have (dare I say it on this forum) a Saab 93 with about 50K miles that's the daily family driver with us as the second owners.
It's a different car, but similar to the Z4's it has paddle shift, heated seats, cruise control, steptronic.
My Z4 does not have cruise control - - why, why, why???
It's a UK car, how did they skimp on this & CIC?
I will be doing the cruise control mod soon because I find that I do use it on both the other cars on the motorway.
Petrol here is €1.71 now.