My celica is worth the same as a supra :(, Gotta vent lol Options

[Heindrik]

I love my Celica, And are planning on keeping it for many years had it for 2 years for now.

I dont know if anyone knows the country "Denmark". its in the scandinavien and we have the most expensive cars in the world.

By this i meen buy price lol. its hard to belive but we auctually pay for 2 cars extra each time we buy one, We have a whopping tax of 180% on cars, back in the days the goverment did this because to prevent people from buying too many cars (thats what i heard).

I got a 1995 Celica 2.0 GT. Now take a deep breath,

I paid 16294$ for this car, Had run 169.000, Had a broken water pump. When i bought it for 2 years ago, It was one of the cheapest on the market here in denmark, Around what you could import it for.

From new, When they was sold in 1994, It costed 81474$ without extra stuff. the 2.0 that is

Other examples:

a Mercedes benz C class. the lowest benzin model cost's 126738$ in denmark.

a Toyota / citroen / Peugot etc. Station car, with a decent Diesel engine cost's around 63369$ from new

For around 15000 - 18000$ you can buy a Supra Twin turbo in great condition used in denmark WITHOUT tax. then if its Left hand steering its 180 % Tax, If its right hand steered, its 160%. For some reason a right hand one is cheaper... Its outright stupid.

*Cries & Whines* Please show your sympaty :-D.

Wow its nice to vent out this crap country's policy on cars...

This post has been edited by Heindrik: Apr 3, 2010 - 11:43 PM

[D-Man]

here in america; some fcuktard decited to give free (gov't) money to the people to buy new cars (09+) because he was going green or some crap, then charged it to everyone else (people like me who dont want a new car).

on top of that, US govt also payed chevy's bills for em.

but there is a HUGE thread on that already.






FTMFW

[SwissFerdi]

^ Don't know about anarchy, but I'm definitely down for atheism.

OP, I knew you guys had very high taxes - around 30% if I recall? Yet your health care is fully socialized, if I'm not mistaken.

This post has been edited by SwissFerdi: Apr 3, 2010 - 10:52 PM

[Heindrik]

Our tax of our income is around 40-45 %.

We have free health care, To a certain degree, Dentist's are not free, Only from 18 years and below.

There is just no excuse for a 180% tax on cars, Go to sweden / germany or the UK, and we drive much older cars compared to them because they are so expensive, Its not good for the envoirement, they are less safe.

I think the whole country can agree that its very frustrating. I just hate to see all these great cars i could've had if the taxes was like in all other countries .

[RazorEdge]

Stop whining ;-) I'm from Norway, and we would actually save money if we import cars from Denmark.......

[SoDo]

here in america; some fcuktard decited to give free (gov't) money to the people to buy new cars (09+) because he was going green or some crap, then charged it to everyone else (people like me who dont want a new car).

on top of that, US govt also payed chevy's bills for em.

but there is a HUGE thread on that already.






FTMFW

General Motors is now Government Motors fyi. btw, where is this thread u speak of dman?

This post has been edited by SoDo: Apr 26, 2010 - 1:44 AM

[manphibian]

Yeah, does seem a bit excessive.

But a quick search reveals Average earnings are nearly 3 times higher than UK and other European countries.

[qatar11]

on top of that, US govt also payed chevy's bills for em.

... GM paid pack all the loans to the US Government.... 3 Years ahead of schedule.

[95CelicaST]

5 years ahead of schedule, according to the commercial I saw yesterday.

[SwissFerdi]

That commercial surprised me.

[qatar11]

Well a company the size of GM - if you (basically) reset the debt level to zero - you suddenly have buckets of cashflow that was previously paying interest.

[CelicaST_CALI]

Hahahaha bull**** they paid it back...did they pay back the Canadian govt also??

(fun fact-Canadian gov owns around 15% of GM)

[qatar11]

yes - the 1+ Billion to the Canadians was also repaid.