WRichter wrote:

Here in France, our f***ing socialist government has invented a new tax : 6'000 Euros for all the new defenders ! That the programmed end of Defender in France, far before the DC100.

Peter Td4 wrote:

Here in Belgium it is even worse
A new Defender, registered as a car, will cost 10.000€ to get it on the road.
Only when you buy a utility model (DCPU, HCPU, etc) you can avoid this heavy tax.

Rumors are that soon also this will change ....

And in the Netherlands it is even worse!
A Ninety Hartop will cost you € 25.200, = without tax, but including all taxes it will set you back € 39.761,= !  Cheers, Vincent
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VeeTee wrote:

Peter Td4 wrote:

Here in Belgium it is even worse
A new Defender, registered as a car, will cost 10.000€ to get it on the road.
Only when you buy a utility model (DCPU, HCPU, etc) you can avoid this heavy tax.

Rumors are that soon also this will change ....

And in the Netherlands it is even worse!
A Ninety Hartop will cost you € 25.200, = without tax, but including all taxes it will set you back € 39.761,= !

twopoint6khz wrote:

Other than a money-making exercise for the government, what's the point of that? To make people buy smaller cars?

The French don't need point to do anything. They do as they please because they are French and believe they are above all else. Generally speaking they do not like the British, a poke in the eye to our industry is fair game. Plus, why would you need to buy a foreign car when you can buy a Peugeot

They are without doubt the strangest breed on this planet, nothing they do surprises me anymore. Actually that's no true, it still surprises me that they can actually function as a country. Nick

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K9F wrote:

Blimey Surrey! Say what you think why not? I spend quite a considerable amount of time in France in St Malo and in mitigation find it a beautiful place. If it weren't for the fact I have commitments here, there would be an oportunity to be France based and I would give due consideration. Bang for buck....your money goes a lot farther there than here, so it's not all bad....there are good and bad to all sides.....

lol, maybe a bit harsh. I have a house there and family, I know it well. I have over a long period of time been ground down by their sheer stupidity and quite frankly bizarre ways. Still it's their country and I am but a visitor. Lovely place though, until you want to get something done  Nick

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Surrey Rover wrote:

Lovely place though, until you want to get something done

Agree totally... I have a mate of mine who is a builder. He often heads to France to carry out building/renovation works and he is in such demand. Even the locals don't like the French builders 'ethos' when it comes to getting a job done professionally and expediently.
Laid back? More like horizontal he says.....  If you go through life with your head in the sand....all people will see is an ar5e!!

Treat every day as if it is your last....one day you will be right!!