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Author: DougDoug Date: Jul 8, 2008 23:02
Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
"The cost of motoring has fallen by 18%% in real terms over the past 20
years, despite the price of fuel rising by 210%% in that time, an RAC
report says.
The motoring group takes inflation into account and says cars are now
cheaper overall and need less money spent on them than they did two
decades ago.
But 60%% of 1,116 people surveyed actually thought higher costs were
the biggest change in motoring since 1988.
The RAC's 20th Report on Motoring also reflects on the "menace" of
road rage. The report says roads have become more crowded and drivers
angrier since 1988...."
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Author: BrimstoneBrimstone Date: Jul 9, 2008 00:07
Doug wrote:
> Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
> are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
>
Yet another car thread Doug. When are you going to start behaving in a more
honest manner?
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Date: Jul 9, 2008 00:21
> Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
> are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
We'll never know, you didn't give a URL, again.
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Author: Tony DragonTony Dragon Date: Jul 9, 2008 00:49
Doug wrote:
> Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
> are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
>
> "The cost of motoring has fallen by 18%% in real terms over the past 20
> years, despite the price of fuel rising by 210%% in that time, an RAC
> report says.
>
> The motoring group takes inflation into account and says cars are now
> cheaper overall and need less money spent on them than they did two
> decades ago.
>
> But 60%% of 1,116 people surveyed actually thought higher costs were
> the biggest change in motoring since 1988.
>
> The RAC's 20th Report on Motoring also reflects on the "menace" of
> road rage. The report says roads have become more crowded and drivers
> angrier since 1988...."
>
> "Some 92%% believe we are more reliant on our cars than in 1988 ...
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Date: Jul 9, 2008 01:14
Tony Dragon btinternet.com> wrote:
> Doug wrote:
>> Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
>> are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
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>> "The cost of motoring has fallen by 18%% in real terms...
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Author: Derek GeldardDerek Geldard Date: Jul 9, 2008 02:07
On Tue, 8 Jul 2008 23:02:02 -0700 (PDT), Doug riseup.net>
wrote:
>Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
>are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
>
>"The cost of motoring has fallen by 18%% in real terms over the past 20
>years, despite the price of fuel rising by 210%% in that time, an RAC
>report says.
>
>The motoring group takes inflation into account and says cars are now
>cheaper overall
I must have been dreaming about paying £10,250 for Vauxhall Carlton in
1988. Funny that 'cos I've still got the invoices in that years
accounts. A similar today car would be the Ford Mondeo Ghia at £19K +
>and need less money spent on them than they did two
>decades ago.
My experience is that the cost of maintenance seems to have more/less
tracked the price of new cars. Except none have gone down.
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Author: AdrianAdrian Date: Jul 9, 2008 02:20
Derek Geldard miniac.demon.co.uk> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:
> I must have been dreaming about paying £10,250 for Vauxhall Carlton in
> 1988.
By 1990, that was the list price for a base-spec 1.4 Cavalier. A Cav GSi
list price in 1990 was over £16.5k
Hell, I remember my mother having a co.car budget of £7k - in _1982_,
when she got a new Cavalier SportsHatch...
The '90s saw new car prices drop _dramatically_ - because of all the
personal imports. Over the decade the Cit XM was available, the new price
of a top-spec v6 stayed about the same at around £30k, with the bottom
spec always around £20k. New prices haven't changed much since, either -
a top-spec v6 C5 lists at about £25k, the C6 at £30-40k. The C5 is
certainly closer in market & size.
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Author: TommyTommy Date: Jul 9, 2008 03:01
snip>>
then why not make a complaint about their biased reporting?
Oh hang on, you don't have any principles so no real opinion except take
against people who stand up to your bullying or point out your lies
(Young Mr IT help desk, bridge builder,retired, no car, upmarket 4x4, pro
anti GW)
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Date: Jul 9, 2008 03:10
> Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
> are undercharged
No , they say they are charged less than they were , not that they should be
paying more.
> and are a menace on our roads.
No , they say that people with anger management problems are a menace.
You do have some amazing problems with comprehension of simple english don't
you?
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Author: MortimerMortimer Date: Jul 9, 2008 03:28
"Tony Dragon" btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:1IedndhD7uAf8OnVnZ2dnUVZ8sLinZ2d@bt.com...> Doug wrote:
>> Now even a motoring organisation is agreeing with me that motorists
>> are undercharged and are a menace on our roads.
>>
>> "The cost of motoring has fallen by 18%% in real terms over the past 20
>> years, despite the price of fuel rising by 210%% in that time, an RAC
>> report says.
Interersting that they say the cost of motoring has fallen by 18%% in real
terms because the cost of fuel has certainly risen by more than inflation. I
don't have a typical price for fuel in 1988, but in 1993 I paid 47p/litre
for unleaded petrol. Using
http://img.thisismoney.co.uk/calculators/calcPriceInflate.html, today's
price would be 67p, as opposed to the actual price of about
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