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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by debtrider[/i] [br]Hi I have been reading many posts on allowable car value by OR. Some say £2000 some say £3000, so there does not seem any clear guide on this. What i find hard to understand is if you are self employed and need a vechicle to earn a living, and probably do many thousands of miles on business.I do not believe going out and buying a car from a garage worth £2000 will get you a lot especially if you need a reliable car to last. I am not talking about a car worth £10000 or driving around in a rolls royce. I just think £2000 is not a reasonable amount for someone who uses the car for business and does above 10000 miles a year. Basically what it means is, if you have not got a reliable car for your business then you can not earn a living. I have a ford focus estate car registered in 2003 and I believe it would be worth around £2700 part exchange. I have had it serviced on a regular basis and it is reliable. I need and estate car for my work and travel around 12000 per year on business. If the OR says I will have to sell my car and buy a vehicle for £2000 then this would make no sense at all to me. I have seen the cars worth £2000 on the garage forecourt, small cars, or larger cars that have done well over hundred thousand miles. So this would be totally unexceptable to me. If I could get someone to buy the interest in my car would this be acceptable? Thanks Debtrider [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature. Check here to subscribe to this topic.