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  1. Adam,

    if you are coming all the way from the states to watch F1 @ silverstone then I suggest you look at getting a helicopter to the track, yes it will be relatively expensive but will save 2-4 hours of being stuck in traffic jam. They typically shut down a dual-carriageway (a43) so people can get in quicker,

     

    If not look at camping at silverstone to save all the travelling.

  2. You still pay for private fuel, but you should be able to claim back business mileage. If you do more business miles than personal then you will likely have a bigger allownace than you are taxed on your personal ones. (assuming you are not spending more than 40p per mile in fuel)

     

    Polarbear,

    Make you you are claiming the allowance/offset back as I should get approx £1000 cheque from the nice Tax Office.

     

    Err, wassat then???

     

    Me (plus my accountant) follow the rules in that private fuel is a taxable benefit therefore you pay as if the gross cost was part of your salary, so you pay the chancellor 10%/22%(soon to be 20%)/40% of this at the various breakpoints.

     

    Am I missing something???

  3. For Le mans 3 years ago I fitted 2 people, 6 man tent, blow up beds, all the kit to go with and clothing for 2 people (do not take suitcases.). not a lot of room left.

     

    More room than you think but you will not see anything out the rear window.

     

    Following year had to fit 3 man tent in the caterham, but no wife that year so passenger seat used.

     

    Elkona,

    If you seriously cannot fit everything for Le Mans in your car this year let me know as will be taking the bimmer estate, wil be there Thurs to Sunday night. (Abbeville track day on Monday if you want to stop off on the way back and see some elise/exiges go round a track.)

  4. Polarbear,

    Make you you are claiming the allowance/offset back as I should get approx £1000 cheque from the nice Tax Office.

     

     

    I just like to be nice to my baby as work pays for my fuel :blush:

     

    ...so does mine, but (a) they get touchy about premier fuels, and (B) I still end up paying 40% of it as a taxable benefit :rant:

  5. Chris,

    Your company will always sent it to tthe Tax Office and give you a copy.

    Then when you fill in tax form you fill in the details from the P11d.

    They should match. They will then treat it like "unearned income" and tax it at your rate, likely to be 40%.

     

    Then on your tax return you claim back your business miles, 40p for first 10,000 miles as an allowance. This is then offset against the tax bill.

     

    To cut a long story short, if you do 8,000 business miles then its worth filling in forms. The offset value is likely to be bigger than the tax on the fuel and then the nice tax man sends you a cheque instead of a demand for monies.

     

    Chris

    My works pays for fuel also but still put 95 most of the time.

     

    Anything that work pay for is likely to be on your P11d and therefore you get taxed on it. So really your are likely to be paying only 40% of the difference between 95 and 97 but you will be paying. I am closer to £5k of fuel now and therefore a 10% saving is worth it.

    [numpty_hat] OK, probably me being dumb, but I havent ever filled out a P11d. Would they somehow be doing this for me and then that being added to my tax code for PAYEE?

    [/numpty_hat]

  6. Chris

    My works pays for fuel also but still put 95 most of the time.

     

    Anything that work pay for is likely to be on your P11d and therefore you get taxed on it. So really your are likely to be paying only 40% of the difference between 95 and 97 but you will be paying. I am closer to £5k of fuel now and therefore a 10% saving is worth it.

  7. Starting the off with Zed with 97. Then after six months tried 95 and did not make much difference, about the same difference as fitting spills grounding kit.

     

    If you are doing a track day or dyno run and you want max performance then just fill up one tank earlier and by the time you do the track day it will be setup for the 97.

     

    I would put money on most people spend less than 5% of time on the road at redline (max revs) so you are never using the extra power it gives. If I want to go faster with 95 in the tank I just press the pedal harder and it goes faster 95% of the time.

     

    Therefore 95% of the time I am saving money by running with 95Ron..

     

    PS it used to have a link on the Nissan site saying it would not harm your engine running 95 all the time, just said you would lose some power.

     

    PPS do you think I like the number 95.

  8. DJ did not say you where speeding, just saying that they are clamping down on people posting videos. All started with people filming their speedo's over 120 and erratic driving, then the idiot near me in oxford/witney does 174mph on a dual carridgeway winds them up.

     

    Just offering friendly advice as it took me less two mins to also find another vid of yours with the reg number on it. If a copper is determined he will get you for something as they always can. Crossing the centre line near a corner and the road on your side has "SLOW" printed on it might be enough. Just would not be me posting it, thats all I am saying.

  9. To be honest not the kind of vid I would post as some plod may put 1+1 together and get 3. Certain police forces are trolling web for speeding vids.

     

    BUT the car does look good and nice drive out.

  10. Is this a Zed only meet.

     

    Just wondering if taking a 4 seater fire truck would be an issue with anyone.

    Would like to take a few pics as you cannot help reminisce about the Zed.

     

    Not a definite yet want to gauge if I should try re-arranging things or not.

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