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320 Sport Plus or pay a bit more and get 330
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08-11-2011, 04:20 PM | #23 |
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No, it is a company car
£200 a month tax for the 320d, £305 a month for the 330d = the £105 extra. I have an allowance of £680, or I can take £680 a month as extra salary (of which I then see about £395 net after tax and NI is taken off). You are right I can pay £300 income tax or lose £300 off the allowance taking as extra salary. Either way, it's £700 a month in my pocket and run my own car (which is what I am doing at the moment in the 130i) or not have £700 and have a fully expensed 330d. Problem is, I am doing 30000 miles a year, about 25000 of which is commuting. Or, a 320ED optioned up and pay about £150 a month tax instead of £300 (to give an example of a more tax friendly alternative to a 330d)
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That's it; the last four things you list do add up quite quickly (plus depreciation) based on driving 30000 miles a year hence I am looking at company cars rather than running my own. I had a couple of unforeseen repairs needed recently too. Quote:
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08-11-2011, 04:47 PM | #26 |
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So the question is against identical spec E92s?
Do they both have auto? I suppose resale value is irrelevant if its a company car, but auto suits both the 320d and 330d. I don't know about company cars - so if I understand correctly the 330d will actually cost you £330/month (305 tax+25 topup) + insurance + servicing, but the 320d would be only £200? Do you pay for fuel? From a running cost point of view it might be worth getting the cheap service pack. For only £30 delta a week, the 330d is well worth the extra IMO. Test drive them back to back. I did, went in looking for a 320d Edition model - came away knowing only a 330d would do.
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2. Both would be manual. 3. Resale value completely irrelevant to me. 4. 330d will cost me £700 (£305 of this is tax I pay for the benefit, £395 is money that I would have in my wages if I didn't take the company car) a month total, 320d will cost me £570 (£180 of this is tax I pay for the benefit, £395 is money that I would have in my wages if I didn't take the company car) a month total (these £ values are including servicing, insurance, tyres, maintenance, road tax, everything). 5. I do pay for fuel and of course the 330d will not be quite as good on fuel as the 320d! 6. Service pack not relevant to me as I don't pay for servicing. 7. I think I agree with you, for £30 a week DELTA the 330d is worth it.
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Yes, no fuel card!
But of course they pay the fuel for the 5000 miles which is business mileage that I do; visiting customers, meetings etc. If you drive really sensibly on business you can actually make a bit of profit on those trips!
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If you thrash a 320d, the mpg is not that much better than a 330d - equally sit at 70mph in a 330d and it'll do high 40s.
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30K miles a year
![]() You going to be buying a one possibly two sets of tyres a year, depending on how you drive. Bear in mind the rears for the 330d are around £230 a piece. ![]() |
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