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I bought a new car last week – not because my sunroof fell off (that wasn’t me) but because I test drove my dream car and couldn’t resist. My existing car was also quite old so it gave me a bit of an excuse.
All this talk of the credit crunch supposedly led to people not buying as many cars, so I expected the dealership to be desperate for business. They weren’t though – the salesman said he’d sold 25 cars the week before and their sales weren’t really suffering. Maybe because they were a proper dealer backed by a big car company, and they offered good finance options and they sold nice cars. Whatever, it seems that I’m not the only one trying to prop up the economy with excessive spending.
When it comes to cars, military folk get the best deals. Did you know that if you’re in the army, or if you’re a diplomat, you get all the tax paid on your new car? If you’re posted abroad you get a tax free car too and that means you can save literally thousands. We pay so much tax on everything that when you take it off, things like cars seem incredibly cheap. I don’t think however that you’re allowed to join the army, buy a car and then leave. That would be cheating.