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rmgill · 03-28-2006, 11:45

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Originally Posted by M35A2

I can tell you one thing that you know about, and that's the tax issue. We are taxed to death in the UK. It's a disgrace. Most of us over here would give our right arms to be able to move over to the US.

Funny, I was just talking to Ian Hughes about this. He'd like to move to the US as well. I suggested they start a US office of their company and then he'd be set. "I hadn't thought of that..." was his response.

Hopefully, we'll see a branch of their company over here at some point. It'd be nice to see someone that really know's thier stuff on Daimlers and Rootes group vehicles here.

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I can't believe that you don't have vehicle safety checks every year. The reason why everyone buys pre 1960 trucks here is because they are MOT exempt. The trouble with this test is that if your vehicle fails, then you are not allowed to drive it again until the defects that were found are rectified.

Well, we have an arm of law enforcement officers (LEO) federally and in each state that check trucks. States typically require an inspection periodically for the CMVs, or at least before they're registered. They'll also check them on the road and go over them. Some else on this forum noted however that the collector trucks tend to be better cared for and the DMV cops can usually look closely at a truck and tell if it's in good mechanical order at a glace or if it needs a closer look. I towed my Dingo on a beaver tail trailer up from Atlanta to Fort Indiantown gap just 2 weeks ago and the DMV cops that pulled me to the side did so to check the rig out, ostensibly for "gee, that's kinda cool!" purposes, but I suspect to give me a quick looksee over. They were nice the whole time and I'm sure their trained eyes were able to go over my trailer arrangements, spot check my tires and look for any other issues with say my load bindings and such. I did a quick walk around on the truck too and they were happy and cheeful the whole time. Even asked for pictures politely.

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Here is a run down of the cost to run my 3 vehicles.
Total cost to keep on the road each year (without repairs, fuel, etc,etc) is:£553 or $967.48

I paid about $200 last year for:
'60 Daimler Ferret ($3.87)
'42 Daimler Dingo ($1.55)
'76 Monte Carlo Muscle Car (400 cu in engine)

($1.55)
'72 M35A2 ($1.55)
'01 Honda Insight ($184 ad valorem, my most expensive)

Insurance is a bit more for me. I probably pay around $1200 a year for all my vehicles that are on the road. The Monte Carlo is currently not road legal (no insurance as I haven't driven it in a long time so I took it off the policy).

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Fuel cost's 0.95 pence per liter for Diesel and 0.91 pence per litre for petrol. (I hate using metric, I work in imperial, but everything is being changed so we are the same as Europe. Most people can't stand the Europeans here)

Kick the socialist out and you'd be better off I think. Less Labor, more Thatcher types.

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PS. You have a fantastic collection of British Army vehicles. They must have cost you some cash!!

They cost more here than they do over in Blighty, that's for sure. I wish I could get them for the cheap prices you lot have them over there. If I traveled over there more often, I'd have sold these, visited beltring, Jim Webster, Ian/Clive Hughes and Richard Farrant and bought things from them or through their friends for less and I'd have more of a collection.

I'm really jonesing for a Blitz Cabbed CMP from that Dutch fellow, for a Leyland Hippo and for a Morris CS8 or similar 8cwt truck. But, I have no place to put them at this point...sooo the collection stays the way it is for now.