Aardvark
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Living in soggy 22 and still wondering what's going on.
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Post by Aardvark on May 22, 2023 15:37:03 GMT 1
No, the future is where it's at. I know comfort can be found in the past, and God knows I wish I could turn the clock back, but generally speaking going forward provides hope. Or despair. |
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on May 22, 2023 16:10:16 GMT 1
Or Shorting Futures…..
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exile
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Post by exile on May 22, 2023 16:36:24 GMT 1
And life can't be that bad for people who can afford to replace a two year old car. I think the mathematical part of your mind missed that the new car is going to cost only £500 + trade in of said 2 year old car. You cannot hire a decent car for a fortnight for that, so £500 for 2 years driving has to be one of the bargains of the century. That is a situation that cannot last so grab the advantage while you can. |
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Post by ForumUser2 on May 22, 2023 16:46:51 GMT 1
And life can't be that bad for people who can afford to replace a two year old car. At £500 depreciation over 2 years? Can't afford not to! |
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Post by mangetout on May 23, 2023 6:32:41 GMT 1
That is an unbelievable deal. What make of car is it?
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Post by ForumUser2 on May 23, 2023 7:05:08 GMT 1
That is an unbelievable deal. What make of car is it? The one I'm selling is a Skoda Superb iv estate which I bought for £31.5k (list price 39.5k but this was just before the car market went crazy) . The new one is a BMW X5 e50 phev. New car discounts are rare these days but I got a token 3% discount. The dealership group has a Skoda arm which is why, I think, they can take the car for a good price. |
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Post by mangetout on May 23, 2023 11:32:22 GMT 1
Nice. Enjoy the X5.
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Post by Nutty on Jun 14, 2023 14:25:43 GMT 1
We in the UK aren't very good at medium and long term planning - we tend to leave that to market forces. We should develop a cross-party group plus the brightest and best of town planners and thinkers to look at what the country's needs will be in 10, 20, 30 years ahead (on a rolling basis) - and develop a national plan that all parties could sign up to. Otherwise, we'll be for ever playing catch up and addressing the problem of urbanism, working from home (and perhaps paying people not to work), infrastructure, clean air, electric (or other) vehicles, in a fragmentary non-coherent fashion.
It would be not be easy - that's for sure - but if we don't attempt to define our own future, then we'll be at the mercy of events and all we'll see will be a jumble of policies that address the "Problème du Jour".
I remember reading once that the French formed a high powered group in the immediate post-war years to address this very problem. One of the solutions they emerged with (for Paris) was to form a dedicated area for high rise office blocks - La Défense - a unified business centre with rapid transport links (autoroute inc the périphérique and the RER).
It was SNCF who pioneered high speed rail in Europe with the launch of the Paris-Lyon service in 1981 and it didn't just happen by accident.
Meanwhile across the Channel, generations of rail consultants have grown fat on the proceeds after decades of advice and studies for Govt and we still don't have a high speed train in the UK (apart from Eurostar). As a nation, we seem to have forgotten how to bring in large projects on time and to cost and quality. (I had first hand experience of this - and could write a book on it)
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