tom27111

Oh man, you've well lost me #prayfor izzy

And @Izzy if I'm messing about with wiring, i dont isolate where im working, i shut the entire building down! Your kids are similar age to mine, trust me, them losing wifi for 20 minutes and bitching at you is better than getting the wrong switches. Theyll find a reason to moan at you anyway

Electrics and plumbing are genuinely my biggest fears. I did however manage to install light fittings with the help of the good people on here. With totally different wiring. @Strokes more than made up for his tile drill bit faux pas I think you can do it mate. If it's a straight switchover, even easier. Give it a go. You've got a circuit board that'll trip out for safety reasons if you make that much of a mess of it!

Mate, seriously? You've not asked @Strokes? He's got his own hashtag on here #strokesknows

Yeah, that's depressing and on the board. You certainly can't blame the players who have short careers.

Still one of my favourite ever players to wear our shirt. Yes, things went sour, but what a player. And you can't tell me you don't love him for that single moment on the evening of May 15th 2021. Another one to add to the list that we were fortunate enough to have playing for us. Cambiasso, Mahrez, Kante....

And just a reminder that my tattoo appointment to get the man himself inked on my leg for the rest of my days is booked for February 26th No. Seriously. It really is.

He'll do it next season. If we stay up, there's no way he doesn't stay one more year. He's still starting every game. Different story if we go down.

Always!

In my experience, when I had a PHEV as a company car, those long journeys will absolutely kill you on fuel. My brother in law is of the same opinion, he's getting out of his Golf GTE. A PHEV will probably quote an electric range of 30 miles. It'll be more like 20 and even less cold weather (probably not something you need to worry about) The one that stick in my mind is when I took mine from Northampton to Liverpool to watch us lose at Anfield. It cost me about 80 quid in petrol to get there and back. Had I taken our 2 litre diesel that we had at the time, I probably could've done it for £30. If you're doing 10 miles to the office and back a day, maybe consider one, otherwise, don't even think about it.

What are your typical journeys? I wouldn't go anywhere near one, personally. You'll probably see your fuel consumption get worse.

Just to hammer home what I'm saying, this is a car that'd cost you around 50k brand new. It's just over 6 months old and being sold by a main dealer, with warranty and all the substantial prep costs that a main dealer spends on prep to make sure everything is tip top. Plus, bear in mind, we're making profit on it.

I'd sell you a pre-reg that has 14k off the list price! Or one that's up to 2 years old where the depreciation has already hit. It isn't just a Nissan problem, it's an EV problem. Literally yesterday a customer came in, looking to px her 2 year old Leaf to go to an Ariya. Her settlement figure was 19k. Her Leaf is worth 10k at trade value. She needs to give me 9k before I can even think about looking at her getting a new car. If it was an ICE Juke or Qashqai, I could have worked out a deal. EV, not a chance. The car market can fluctuate wildly, but the only thing guaranteed at the minute is the huge depreciation of EV's. Various factors are contributing to it, but it means you can't go wrong buying a used one.

Short answer, no. If you buy a new ICE/Hybrid on PCP, you've still got a good chance of having equity towards the end of your finance term. If you buy a new EV, it's probably the worst financial decision you could make. I've not seen anyone in a non-EV with an unsustainable amount of negative equity. I sell Nissans. To give you an example, we're a main dealer, selling 3 year old Leafs for around 12k. They retailed at 32k brand new. That's an outrageous difference. Buying one second hand is incredible value for money right now. But the person who bought it new has lost so much money.

In a bit more depth to @ozleicester aside from some potentially bad financial implications... I would 100% buy one myself, I'm seriously considering it at the minute Ince the right thing comes along. My company car at the dealership is a petrol and I'm being taxed through the roof on it. Even more so because my company only decided to tell HMRC I had a company car in September, rather than at the start of the tax year. An EV would be perfect for me, I'd have a company car contribution of £250 a month if I buy one from my company. I drive 40 miles a day and could charge at work. So with zero cost for fuel/charging, £250 contribution and company car tax saving, I could enter a finance agreement for about £380 a month and be saving money. Even though I'd have to pay my own insurance. I think they're great to drive, so smooth and quiet. Instant power. There's nothing that isn't to like. The only thing stopping me right now is the fact I can only get substantial staff discount on a new car, not a used one. You can't buy a brand new one. It's financial suicide.

That's @Milo He usually has my back when we team up against @Izzy for a round of golf.

I'd highly recommend not buying a brand new one. The depreciation is absolutely ridiculous. To the extent that I've had customers who are in 14k negative equity after 2 and a half years. If you're looking brand new, lease one, don't do anything where you're liable for ownership, but be aware you're tied in to it for the whole term. Look at stuff up to 2 years old if you're financing on a PCP/HP or buying cash. Then the majority of the depreciation has hit. There's really good value to be had on used EV's.

They have, haven't they? Loads of empty seats tonight and I'm being bombarded with emails to try and get me to buy tickets.

We're down. If we weren't already, that's pretty much confirmed it.

We aren't far off being one of the worst sides ever in this league. Woeful. Not even putting up a fight.

Some shameless self promotion... If anyone is looking for a brand new car, give me a shout. Nissan are offering some mad deposit contributions at the minute. At least a grand extra for every model in quarter 1 of this year. That saves you about £23 a month. Some models are getting £4500! Just gone back in to work today after a week off. It was utter chaos. We're only open 10 till 3 and I dealt up 4 people.

Was thinking of you today mate. Hope all went well. Absolutely admire you totally for organising it and doing a speech. Also hope it gives you and your family some closure. And share that Just Giving link on here if you haven't already. ❤️

You can drive on the private plate until you receive notification from the DVLA of what plate will go back on the car (which is usually it's original plate, unless it was first registered with the private plate, in which case, they allocate an age related registation). I've never done it myself, so not 100% sure if they notify you immediately when you put your own plate on retention online, if not, it will be when you receive your V5C (logbook). I do know that a few people are struggling to do it online and the DVLA are asking for it all to be done by post, which delays the process. Sorry, that probably isn't much help. Don't forget to notify your insurance company of the players change.

Bit cold this morning for my 8.30 tee time. Greens were as receptive as concrete. I hit at least 3 approach shots that were all over the pin, then they bounced 20 foot in the air and went 30 yards over the back of the green! The new heated gilet was a genius move by myself though