Am I crazy or is this the worst time ever to buy a vehicle?

[killramos]

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Did you tell him how stupid he is for buying an overpriced vw?

Are there correctly priced VW’s?

[redline]

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I've said it before, and I'll say it again, once you find a saleperson who will deal with you over email, and who doesn't lie to you, you should use that person. I have one of them at Cam Clark Airdrie if he wants a referral, he can send me name, email, cellphone and I'll set it up. He gets $500 from me if he buys or leases.

Now if he's really picky about options, and he needs a truck right away, then he has no leverage, and the salesbros are smart enough to know that.

Can confirm ES sales bro at Cam Clark is good, would deal with again

[BavarianBeast]

So, what does everyone think… will luxury tax be around forever? If we can elect a conservative federal government will we see it go?

Definitely a tough pill to swallow.. throwing away 10% of the cars total value because of our hopeless government.

[Buster]

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So, what does everyone think… will luxury tax be around forever? If we can elect a conservative federal government will we see it go?

Definitely a tough pill to swallow.. throwing away 10% of the cars total value because of our hopeless government.

There is very little incentive for the conservatives to eliminate taxes.

[shakalaka]

Yea...now that it is in place I don't see any govt. including the conservatives getting rid of it. Ultimately it is a good thing from the govt.'s POV and for conservatives it's perfect that they weren't the ones to put it in place and since they sure would be able to use the extra $$, I don't see why they would try to get rid of it (unless it's an actual promise during elections or some shit).

[ExtraSlow]

Not impossible to imagine a conservative government removing that specific tax, but it would be pretty low priority. Like maybe in 2nd term or something.
So yeah, be a decade at least bros.

[max_boost]

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So, what does everyone think… will luxury tax be around forever? If we can elect a conservative federal government will we see it go?

Definitely a tough pill to swallow.. throwing away 10% of the cars total value because of our hopeless government.

Tough to swallow but you swallow cuz you can bro lol

[Buster]

we all say we prefer consumption taxes...until they put in consumption taxes.

[killramos]

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we all say we prefer consumption taxes...until they put in consumption taxes.

Prefer implies instead of, not in addition to.

[ExtraSlow]

I personally LOVE this version of consumption tax because I am poor.

[killramos]

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I personally LOVE this version of consumption tax because I am poor.

People are generally supportive of making other people pay for things they want.

[npham]

I completely forgot about the luxury tax when I was looking at building an Emira yesterday. Perhaps a new government will increase the threshold for it because it's absurdly low.

[ExtraSlow]

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People are generally supportive of making other people pay for things they want.

Exactly.

[Buster]

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I completely forgot about the luxury tax when I was looking at building an Emira yesterday. Perhaps a new government will increase the threshold for it because it's absurdly low.

Bracket creep is a feature not a bug.

[BavarianBeast]

The LT on an Emira is negligible..

It would be nice to see a cap on vehicles or at least be able to get a portion back come tax season. I guess it is what it is for now. Got to pay to play. Not sure I’ll ever stop feeling nauseous giving the government 15% of my next cars value on money that’s already been taxed to shit. Canada is turning into such a bullshit country haha

[mr2mike]

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Bracket creep is a feature not a bug.

Yes! Set it now, they knew inflation was coming in hot.
Every optioned out "gas guzzler" will fall into the category soon.
But not EV's because they'll offer that incentive of no luxe tax.

[Buster]

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The LT on an Emira is negligible..

It would be nice to see a cap on vehicles or at least be able to get a portion back come tax season. I guess it is what it is for now. Got to pay to play. Not sure I’ll ever stop feeling nauseous giving the government 15% of my next cars value on money that’s already been taxed to shit. Canada is turning into such a bullshit country haha

Canada has been a bullshit country for a LONG time now.

In some ways, the luxury tax is the gov't getting in on vehicle inflation - no different than a dealer market adjustment. Why should the secondary market capture all of the value of scarcity in the chain?

[ercchry]

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The LT on an Emira is negligible..

It would be nice to see a cap on vehicles or at least be able to get a portion back come tax season. I guess it is what it is for now. Got to pay to play. Not sure I’ll ever stop feeling nauseous giving the government 15% of my next cars value on money that’s already been taxed to shit. Canada is turning into such a bullshit country haha

Montana plates are the best red plates…

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Go buy property in Montana lol That’s a boss move rage2 style

[BavarianBeast]

It doesn’t do you much good if you’re buying from a Canadian dealer anyways. Also seems like a lot of the US dealers are charging ADMs on just about every new car.. So it’s just fuckery everywhere and I agree now, it is the worst time to buy a car.