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jimbo
 Post subject: 2025
PostPosted: Sun Jul 02, 2017 6:43 pm 
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2025. Like eight years from now.

Not a lot of people know this,but.

By 2025, every member country has to be in the euro.

Good time to leave, eh?

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jimbo wrote:
2025. Like eight years from now.

Not a lot of people know this,but.

By 2025, every member country has to be in the euro.

Good time to leave, eh?

Think we made a rather big step last year. :D

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Nidge2
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 4:11 pm 
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jimbo wrote:
2025. Like eight years from now.

Not a lot of people know this,but.

By 2025, every member country has to be in the euro.

Good time to leave, eh?



A worthless currency.
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grandad
 Post subject: Re: 2025
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Nidge2 wrote:
jimbo wrote:
2025. Like eight years from now.

Not a lot of people know this,but.

By 2025, every member country has to be in the euro.

Good time to leave, eh?



A worthless currency.

Doing better than the £ though.

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edders23
 Post subject: Re: 2025
PostPosted: Mon Jul 03, 2017 9:39 pm 
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grandad wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:
jimbo wrote:
2025. Like eight years from now.

Not a lot of people know this,but.

By 2025, every member country has to be in the euro.

Good time to leave, eh?



A worthless currency.

Doing better than the £ though.


exactly a much stronger and less volatile currency that the pound

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Nidge2
 Post subject: Re: 2025
PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 4:48 pm 
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Doing better than the £ though.



It won't be for long, the £ will rally again.
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captain cab
 Post subject: Re: 2025
PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 7:48 pm 
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It won't be for long, the £ will rally again.


the bottom will fall right out of it when there's no brexit deal and the deals we have through the EU are gone.

On the bright side Mark Cavendish broke his shoulder.

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jimbo
 Post subject: Re: 2025
PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 8:22 pm 
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captain cab wrote:
Nidge2 wrote:


It won't be for long, the £ will rally again.


the bottom will fall right out of it when there's no brexit deal and the deals we have through the EU are gone.

On the bright side Mark Cavendish broke his shoulder.



On the A46 Lincoln bypass this morning I passed three car transporters. One full of Audis, one full of Mercedes, and one full of Beamers. They all come into immingham docks. Do you really believe that will all stop in 2019?

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captain cab
 Post subject: Re: 2025
PostPosted: Wed Jul 05, 2017 9:16 pm 
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On the A46 Lincoln bypass this morning I passed three car transporters. One full of Audis, one full of Mercedes, and one full of Beamers. They all come into immingham docks. Do you really believe that will all stop in 2019?



No, because the British public will buy European cars whatever - they'll just pay more - as much as the Nissan Leaf is a mean motor, I can't see it replacing Mercedes or Audi :wink:

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captain cab wrote:
jimbo wrote:
On the A46 Lincoln bypass this morning I passed three car transporters. One full of Audis, one full of Mercedes, and one full of Beamers. They all come into immingham docks. Do you really believe that will all stop in 2019?



No, because the British public will buy European cars whatever - they'll just pay more - as much as the Nissan Leaf is a mean motor, I can't see it replacing Mercedes or Audi :wink:


Mercedes and Audi will have hybrid versions of all their newer models on the market within 5 years and the business community will always buy them because they have the most toys

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Japan has massive import taxes, Scottish whisky used to cost double the UK price......theres the game plan

Nissan, Toyota and Honda build here as does JLR

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wannabeeahack wrote:
Japan has massive import taxes, Scottish whisky used to cost double the UK price......theres the game plan

Nissan, Toyota and Honda build here as does JLR


what you trying to say?

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captain cab wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Japan has massive import taxes, Scottish whisky used to cost double the UK price......theres the game plan

Nissan, Toyota and Honda build here as does JLR


what you trying to say?


that we are the thickest country in the world everyone else successfully has import protection tarriffs except us #-o

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 Post subject: Re: 2025
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edders23 wrote:
captain cab wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Japan has massive import taxes, Scottish whisky used to cost double the UK price......theres the game plan

Nissan, Toyota and Honda build here as does JLR


what you trying to say?


that we are the thickest country in the world everyone else successfully has import protection tarriffs except us #-o

We do have import tariffs. The problem, if that is what you want to call it, is that they are set by the EU. I used to import cars and parts from the USA. There was an import duty of 10% added to every item and then VAT on the total price including the duty.

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grandad wrote:
edders23 wrote:
wannabeeahack wrote:
Japan has massive import taxes, Scottish whisky used to cost double the UK price......theres the game plan

Nissan, Toyota and Honda build here as does JLR


what you trying to say?

that we are the thickest country in the world everyone else successfully has import protection tarriffs except us #-o

We do have import tariffs. The problem, if that is what you want to call it, is that they are set by the EU. I used to import cars and parts from the USA. There was an import duty of 10% added to every item and then VAT on the total price including the duty.



I would think ours are lower than japans or China's though

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