How are new vans afforded?

[Powertrain]

I was looking at the report on the new Autosleepers Executive (Peugeot) unit and saw the price - £59000!!
Thats 30% more than I paid for my house and totally out of reach of retired engineers like me without public service inflation proof pensions or Banker's bonus.
So I got to wondering about the various strategies used by the owners of these new machines and decided that there were two possibilities:
1. Down-size the house, as the children have left, and use the 'profit' to fund the new 'van.
2. Be lucky enough to have a big pension pot to cash in and use the 25% tax free portion to fund the van.
Option 2 is not available to me having spent my working life changing countries and jobs and while Option 1 is possible I'm not sure I'll be able to fund the fuel if I spend anything more on a 'van
So I'll stick with my 2003 Executive with its wooden cupboards and nice simple diesel engine - contentment is being happy with what you have!.

 

[Firefox]

Build your own. That's another option, and as an engineer you could walk it.

You avoid the dealer's margin and the converter's labour, ending up with something to your spec and that you'll know inside out how to maintain, so avoiding future costs.

 

[Dezi]

I was looking at the report on the new Autosleepers Executive (Peugeot) unit and saw the price - £59000!!
Thats 30% more than I paid for my house and totally out of reach of retired engineers like me without public service inflation proof pensions or Banker's bonus.
So I got to wondering about the various strategies used by the owners of these new machines and decided that there were two possibilities:
1. Down-size the house, as the children have left, and use the 'profit' to fund the new 'van.
2. Be lucky enough to have a big pension pot to cash in and use the 25% tax free portion to fund the van.
Option 2 is not available to me having spent my working life changing countries and jobs and while Option 1 is possible I'm not sure I'll be able to fund the fuel if I spend anything more on a 'van
So I'll stick with my 2003 Executive with its wooden cupboards and nice simple diesel engine - contentment is being happy with what you have!.

Hi, My first house - brand new 3 beds with garage cost £3,600..

The last Murvi cost £43,000 thats nearly 12 times more. The difference being one was in 1966 & the other in 2009. The other difference is that in 1966 I earned £1,500 a year and in 2009 I was retired.

Oh bu**er thats the logic just gone out the window.

Dezi

 

[maingate]

Dezi, you forget that most members are honest, decent and hardworking.

I know that your team of Lawyers will ensure that you will never see the inside of a Courtroom but please try not to substantiate your present level of wealth.

BTW, I am a retired engineer who made his money overseas. That is the only way that I could afford a decent van. If I downsize in the years to come, it will be a selfbuild.

 

[Dezi]

Dezi, you forget that most members are honest, decent and hardworking.

I know that your team of Lawyers will ensure that you will never see the inside of a Courtroom but please try not to substantiate your present level of wealth.

BTW, I am a retired engineer who made his money overseas. That is the only way that I could afford a decent van. If I downsize in the years to come, it will be a selfbuild.

I am potless I tell you potless.
The only way I can afford a van is by getting the grandchildren to send out begging letters on my behalf.
I tell them that if they slacken or complain then I will consider the birthday presents situation.

Dezi

 

[guyd]

although we are in the incredibly lucky posistion of being able to buy a brand spankers new dingly dangly mh - with all the sticky out sides and every mod con you want - they are all a) horrible and american style - b) have sattelite tv etc etc and c) not disabled accessible (the mrs is in a wheelchair) - so I have chosen to build my own - at a massive saving.


also an ex engineer - not old enough to retire tho'