ROAD TAX

[Kernow-Z4]

There was an m couple for sale a while ago that was initially registered in the Isle of Man so had a lower tax rate... £295 from memory?

As for insurance, I'm 22 years old living in Cornwall and pay £380 a year for a m couple, pretty good I reckon!

[PerryGunn]

Ok, so thats blown the road tax. It would only be a weekender, so whats insurance like?

If you want high-performance and lower running costs - have a look at the Alpina as there's no ///M tax - Alpina are classified as a small manufacturer and the older cars are taxed as PLG rather than by emissions, so VED this year is £230 and servicing costs are the same as the 3L Z4. This year my insurance was under £160 (fully comp, protected no claims, low-risk postcode area, old bastard discount)

Although with only 167 RHD cars made, they're not that common and finding a good one can be difficult...

[tspar]

My roadster costs me £45 a month to tax. To some people its extortionate. To me its far less than a Sky subscription and i get far more joy out of it that watching some American rubbish on a channel i have never heard of................ I would love to take anyone with a Sky subscription out in the Zed and let them hit 5,000 revs and then tell me Sky is a better monthly option

[JAD]

My roadster costs me £45 a month to tax. To some people its extortionate. To me its far less than a Sky subscription and i get far more joy out of it that watching some American rubbish on a channel i have never heard of................ I would love to take anyone with a Sky subscription out in the Zed and let them hit 5,000 revs and then tell me Sky is a better monthly option

That's quite interesting. I recently dropped Sky from a wildly bonkers £87 a month to £28 a month (and not noticed a difference!!), and thus have not bothered to SORN my car over Winter just in case we had a few days like the last couple of weekends, i.e. wonderfully sunny, if a little on the slippery side!

[mattyp]

My roadster costs me £45 a month to tax. To some people its extortionate. To me its far less than a Sky subscription and i get far more joy out of it that watching some American rubbish on a channel i have never heard of................ I would love to take anyone with a Sky subscription out in the Zed and let them hit 5,000 revs and then tell me Sky is a better monthly option

[markeg]

Ok, so thats blown the road tax. It would only be a weekender, so whats insurance like?

If you want high-performance and lower running costs - have a look at the Alpina as there's no ///M tax - Alpina are classified as a small manufacturer and the older cars are taxed as PLG rather than by emissions, so VED this year is £230 and servicing costs are the same as the 3L Z4. This year my insurance was under £160 (fully comp, protected no claims, low-risk postcode area, old bastard discount)

Although with only 167 RHD cars made, they're not that common and finding a good one can be difficult...

keep an eye on this thread if interested

[goon]

If you are after an exclusive performance car then the z4m fits the bill, z4m for sale on AT-29 onPH-28, m3 for sale onAT-711 on PH-535. Obviously some adverts will be duplicated but you get my drift.

[-Tom-]

I guess running costs will be pretty similar but I imagine servicing at a Porsche dealership would be slightly more expensive.
Prices bottomed out around 2012/2013 from what I've seen but I would say they are sensitive to mileage, correct servicing. As they get older I think the affect of this will reduce somewhat.

Not so sure about that, I think servicing is about the same, maybe even more expensive in comparison to a mate's Boxter S, if i remember rightly . M servicing prices are an absolute joke (dealership prices).

Edit ... I'm hungry and grumpy. I will rephrase that. Servicing prices are steep, a little labour intensive due to having to measure valve clearances certainly adds to the costs. But I do feel they make up figures for the M cars in general, because they can.