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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by crisis [/i]
[B]Hate is too strong a word for how I feel about those things anyway. The Earliest mass produced car in Australia was the 48-215 Holden sometimes referred to as an FX (1948- 1953). In the eyes of a lot of Australians it is the classic Australian car although it was obviously influenced by US designs. the Holden car company came from a background of horse carriage building and is now owned by GM. I dont know if I can explian my lack of interest in classic cars. I genuinely like the look of modern designs better with some exeptions but I also look at things pragmatically and believe modern cars do nearly everything better than older designs. [/B][/QUOTE]
Yes I knew about the Holden, and when I saw the picture it reminded me of the Buick that SL500 just posted above. The car looks like a plain Chevry, brushed up with a Buick grille. I think you do have a point that modern cars do (not even nearly) everything better than classics, but somehow there is the charm that you can experience how it was once and enjoy that. Being pragmatical pays off in Holland for classics as they are tax exempt when over 25 years of age.
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by henk4 [/i]
[B]Yes I knew about the Holden, and when I saw the picture it reminded me of the Buick that SL500 just posted above. The car looks like a plain Chevry, brushed up with a Buick grille. I think you do have a point that modern cars do (not even nearly) everything better than classics, but somehow there is the charm that you can experience how it was once and enjoy that. Being pragmatical pays off in Holland for classics as they are tax exempt when over 25 years of age. [/B][/QUOTE]
I like the tax exempy bit for cars over 25 years. I dont understand how the government rationalizes it though. Cars over 25 years, unless carefully and lovinlgy restored , are generally run down boxes of shit. They invariably produce more emissions and are less economical and less safe. While all of this doesnt particularly stress me, I thought that these factors would be more than enough reason for any government to find an excuse to charge a premium if anything. I thought you Europeans were especially environmentally concious. Our bunch of tax feinds cant get enough of our money. You pay GST on top of a 4% stamp duty. Tax on tax. And it occurs every time a car is sold.
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[QUOTE][i]Originally posted by crisis [/i]
[B]I like the tax exempy bit for cars over 25 years. I dont understand how the government rationalizes it though. Cars over 25 years, unless carefully and lovinlgy restored , are generally run down boxes of shit. [/B][/QUOTE]
In our country every day cars hardly last for more than 10 years, if they don't arrive on the scrapyard, they will be exported to Africa or Eastern Europe. What is left are indeed the cared-fore ones, that are used scarcely. Some older cars can be fitted with LPG installations, which burns very clean, others have to be converted to allow the use of lead free petrol. As they overall don't con tribute too much to the general pollution levels, the Government does not care too much as well.