Why is it so fucking expensive to own a vehicle in the UK? I get hypothetical quotes into the thousands to insure an absolute shitbox (which is new enough to conform to your emissions regulations mind you). Without getting a magic box fitted.
This is all before road taxes and TV licenses and all that other shit.
Do they just hate cars on the roads or what?
I was watching that Motorway Cops show on Netflix...first off UK..lol. Second, not having insurance seems to be a very common thing.
Yes but you get fined and points for not having it. In my native country you don't even have to have insurance, just a warrant and registration.
If you don't have insurance they can legally seize your vehicle.
because your government gives out money to flunkies like halloween candy.
>26 years old
>£35 a month on a modified Audi TT
tl;dr don't be a teenager.
Cars are just as expensive in America, the difference is Americans complain less so you think it's cheaper.
I've seen people say they are paying upwards of $200 a month.
And?
Shitbox costs like 200, insurance for said shitbox would cost 2000. They can seize it 10 times a year
Because the UK is a shithole and you should be using the money on a car to move to a country that isn't using 1984 as an instruction manual
>Every country in Europe has exactly the same problems
>Australia, Canada and America wont let you in unless you're black, brown or a chink
>The third world is the third world
Where move to?
New Zealand.
Get a shitbox cefiro and drive around with your .308 in the boot
What if I don't want to heard sheep?
Then you get to enjoy living in a muslim filled, pedo run shithole that won't let you watch porn and forces you to pay yearly if you own a TV.
Think I'd rather do that than heard sheep 2bh
Targeted taxation to force you onto public transport so you can be mor easily tracked if youre a filthy racist
Migrating to New Zealand still requires a billion certifications unless you're a shitskin just like Australia.
>get tourist visa
>find under the table job
>never leave
Iirc I read that there's over a million expired visas in nz and no one really cares
That's fine if you want to do bar work for the rest of your life.
I'd be leaving a £35,000 job behind.
>£35,000
>$58,149aud
And?
You can make that here or in NZ unclogging peoples toilets.
Here's a fun game:
Go see how much it costs a 23 year old male to insure a twin turbo toyota soarer (or failing that, an R33 skyline) in the UK.
Costs me right around 425 UK rupees a year.
Probably because there's nothing to crash into in New Zealand. Do you even have cities?
The north island has some of the best driving roads on the planet, the twisties are all grippy as hotmix and the corners are actually properly cambered.
They also have no import laws, so japanese shit is everywhere and cheap as chups
Makes up for the lack of anything happening there.
>Why is it so fucking expensive to own a vehicle in the UK?
It's expensive to get a sporty vehicle when you are under 24, that's all.
Be patient, buy something nice after you turn 25, don't crash into anything and your insurance rate will drop like a brick.
>Taking the dick up your ass isn't too bad, just spit on it every now and then
>I want to have my cake and eat it
>I want to drive a 1.0 Clio for nearly 10 years before I can afford anything fun
M first car was an e46 323ci, insurance is cheap if you don't live in London
>I don't want to spend 10x or the value of my car a year just to drive it
You know, like every other not shit country on the planet.
>>Every country in Europe has exactly the same problems
lol no
t. northern european
My point exactly.
The people you hear bitch and moan about insurance prices on Veeky Forums are 19 year old students living in town and they actu surprised that they get shit rates when they want ton insure something valuable and/or powerful.
No, we just hate poor people and kids.
>Why is it so fucking expensive to own a vehicle in the UK?
It's not.
2014 BRZ costs me £260 a year fully comp, any modifications covered up to 320 bhp.
>Americans complain less
Ameripoors bitch about the cost of Gas all the time.
>northern european
You're literally more fucked by Muslims than us mate
Half right there pal, age is effectively the only thing insurance companies care about, if you want something ludicrously fast, you just can't get insurance, even the slowest, shittiest car will cost thousands to insure if you are young. Honestly we should get rid of mandatory insurance, the rates would drop like a stone if there wasn't a captive market for them.
Protip for under 20s who need transport, get a motorbike, rates are an order of magnitude cheaper, because you're less likely to kill someone if you crash.
>be young driver who just passed test
>buy 1.2l fiesta shitbox
>£800 insurance
>£140 tax
>bank account now single digits
Wait till you have a mortgage, council tax, gas, electricity, water rates and a phone to pay for.
What about buying a more "classy" car like a Mondeo(fusion) apparently small shitboxs cost a fortune to insure because kids keep crashing them into historical stuff that cost a fortune to restore.
thats because its a shitcunt country
+TV licence, Food costs, MOT cost
26 years old
6 points
3 blameworthy accidents
Driving 6 years
163 pound a year
Shitboxes will fall apart and destroy other cars, or understeer into bridges. Newer cars are cheaper to insure.
You have ZERO no claims bonus. You need some to prove you're not a moron.
You're also probably a teenager, since you don't understand it, and your idea of a 'shitbox' probably has an American-sized engine, which is also going to be expensive on insurance.
Nor do you have a job in the UK, which affects the insurance as well.
You basically need to drive a car with a tiny engine for a couple of years of not crashing it as you drive to and from work outside of rush hour.
Otherwise, it's expensive to run one because the government treats motorists as cash machines.
Why am I explaining this to a troll thread?
One guy crashed a Toyota Starlet into his local mosque, but it was a terror attack by the "Terrible Terror Trap" and he was going too slow to do any damage. The vehicle disintegrated into a cloud of rust on impact.
And zero no claims