Private T8

Crockers · Jul 21st, 2018, 19:14

Does anyone buy one of these with their own money 💰 or are they all company cars chosen for the tax break?

MaDProFF · Jul 21st, 2018, 21:00

Mine is a Company Car, and if I wanted it I wold buy it on the Company, but tbh if you think about it a T8 plate is only related to a T8, and I doubt I would own another one after this one.

So it would have to be very very cheap to warrant it and then leave it with the car.

Goodshot · Jul 21st, 2018, 22:18

Mine will be a company car for the tax breaks and opportunity to use up company surplus cash.

Crockers · Jul 21st, 2018, 22:35

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Originally Posted by MaDProFF

Mine is a Company Car, and if I wanted it I wold buy it on the Company, but tbh if you think about it a T8 plate is only related to a T8, and I doubt I would own another one after this one.

So it would have to be very very cheap to warrant it and then leave it with the car.

Sorry. I wasn't talking about plates but the car itself. I cant see any attraction for a private buyer. If performance was my aim then there are other marques out there. But as a company purchase it makes tax sense to the co car driver. I was just wondering anyone took the plunge with their own hard earned cash. I was baulking at the mpg of the T5 until I saw the £3500 saving over the D5 'With our now more moderate annual mileage the T5 made economic sense.

Director76 · Jul 21st, 2018, 22:51

I did the maths very carefully indeed and looked at lease or buy a T8 through my company or lease or buy a D5 privately.

It was a no brainer to go T8 through the Ltd, (and slightly better / lower risk to lease than buy outright) it works out considerably cheaper than a private D5, for what, I thought (having tried both extensively) is a substantially superior package. D76

MaDProFF · Jul 21st, 2018, 23:14

ha ha yes I noticed now. Primarily it was the only car on the market for me to put into my business at present

Though TBH I would buy it private on the deal I got, but for one reason only, it is generally the only car out there of this type at the moment SUV Fast, decent all round power, good ride, fairly cheap to run, £599 for 5 year servicing.

So far I have got to pretty well 50MPG over the 1500 miles I have had it.

It is a Complicated Beast and still a learning curve atm, but overall I am really pleased, give it a year though and there will be loads of others around, possible better cars.

Goodshot · Jul 22nd, 2018, 16:36

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Originally Posted by MaDProFF

ha ha yes I noticed now. Primarily it was the only car on the market for me to put into my business at present

Though TBH I would buy it private on the deal I got, but for one reason only, it is generally the only car out there of this type at the moment SUV Fast, decent all round power, good ride, fairly cheap to run, £599 for 5 year servicing.

So far I have got to pretty well 50MPG over the 1500 miles I have had it.

It is a Complicated Beast and still a learning curve atm, but overall I am really pleased, give it a year though and there will be loads of others around, possible better cars.

Yes the only other choice for me was an ipace or epace but had too many jlr's in the past and liked the look of the XC60. Would have probably gone for an XC40 if they had an hybrid.

In 3 years there will be a bigger choice of electric/hybrid and hope the tax breaks still remain.

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MaDProFF Master Member Last Online: Dec 10th, 2019 17:40 Join Date: May 2018 Location: London	Mine is a Company Car, and if I wanted it I wold buy it on the Company, but tbh if you think about it a T8 plate is only related to a T8, and I doubt I would own another one after this one. So it would have to be very very cheap to warrant it and then leave it with the car.

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MaDProFF Master Member Last Online: Dec 10th, 2019 17:40 Join Date: May 2018 Location: London	ha ha yes I noticed now. Primarily it was the only car on the market for me to put into my business at present Though TBH I would buy it private on the deal I got, but for one reason only, it is generally the only car out there of this type at the moment SUV Fast, decent all round power, good ride, fairly cheap to run, £599 for 5 year servicing. So far I have got to pretty well 50MPG over the 1500 miles I have had it. It is a Complicated Beast and still a learning curve atm, but overall I am really pleased, give it a year though and there will be loads of others around, possible better cars.

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