iank
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 11:10 PM |
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Cost of SVA going up, and new rules on VIN numbers
From http://www.totalkitcar.com/home.php
SNIPPETS 2........The cost of a standard car SVA test is set to rise from £158 to £205 if new proposals are passed. MSVA will rise from £74 to £78.
Oh, and our ‘guru’ of such matters tells me that local VROs have been told not to accept VIN numbers with the letters ‘Q’, ‘I’ and ‘Z’ in them, so
beware of that when registering your kit.
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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Macbeast
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| posted on 14/2/08 at 11:15 PM |
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How is it that the inflation figure stays at 3% when the cost of everything is going up by 33% ??
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donut
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 06:58 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
How is it that the inflation figure stays at 3% when the cost of everything is going up by 33% ??
Yep, seems to happen to
almost everything...except Hammersmith and Fulhams council tax which is going down again this year.
Andy
When I die, I want to go peacefully like my Grandfather did, in his sleep -- not screaming, like the passengers in his car.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/andywest1/
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iank
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 07:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Macbeast
How is it that the inflation figure stays at 3% when the cost of everything is going up by 33% ??
Because the official measure of inflation doesn't include those things. It's carefully chosen to measure only those things they
can't get away with leaving out.
In fact the only purpose of the damn number I can see is when it's trotted out at pay review time to keep you from punching your managers lights
out by not making it look quite so terrible.
edit: If they put cynicism in the Olympics I'm a gold medal challenger 
[Edited on 15/2/08 by iank]
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Never argue with an idiot. They drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience.
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02GF74
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 08:17 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
our ‘guru’ of such matters tells me that local VROs have been told not to accept VIN numbers with the letters ‘Q’, ‘I’ and ‘Z’ in them, so beware of
that when registering your kit.
ARRGGGGHH!H!!!! ARRRGGGGHHH!!!! NURSE!!! SEDATE ME!! FDLEOK DFLKDFK G !!!
Please see
As soon as the bod that tells me how to scan, I'll post.
Until then, ARRGGGGHHHH!!! ARRAAAAARRRGGGGHHHHHH!!!!!!!
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Paul TigerB6
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 09:08 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by iank
Because the official measure of inflation doesn't include those things. It's carefully chosen to measure only those things they
can't get away with leaving out.
In fact the only purpose of the damn number I can see is when it's trotted out at pay review time to keep you from punching your managers lights
out by not making it look quite so terrible.
edit: If they put cynicism in the Olympics I'm a gold medal challenger
[Edited on 15/2/08 by iank]
Agreed - typical government fiddled statistics (just like the unemployment rate). A truer cost of living increase in to use the Retail Price Index
which is around the 5% mark - generally 2% higher than the "official" inflation figure which excludes mortgages, petrol etc. Its all just
a big con used by these politicians - you know..... those people in power who give tiny payrises to public sector workers who really deserve it on the
premise of keeping down "inflation" and then vote to give themselves huge pay increases themselves.
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02GF74
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| posted on 15/2/08 at 10:14 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Paul TigerB6
those people in power who give tiny payrises to public sector workers who really deserve it on the premise of keeping down "inflation" and
then vote to give themselves huge pay increases themselves.
So are you joining me on that rocket to Mars?
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