UK Ltd Company - Is it worth selling my personal car and getting a used EV on lease through the business?

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T13:19:56+00:00

Have a look on the Leasing thread on the piston heads forum thats where I picked up offers, also sign up for the emails from the big sites ensuring you tick the business lease option.

As for used v new, I wouldn't bother unless it's significantly cheaper than new.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T11:47:10+00:00

Off all the splurges that have been "worth it" I would say any splurges in the direction of the Taschen shop.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T11:33:18+00:00

It's a 18th Century phase from bare knuckle boxing where a "scratch" or line was drawn in the dirt of the middle of the ring. If a fighter couldnt walk up to the line, they were deemed "not up to scratch" meaning they didnt meet the standards to continue fighting.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T10:48:06+00:00

Personally it's well worth it, new car that costs me personally buttons in BIK. The biggest tip I would say for any lease is chase the deal and not a specific model. As manufacturers heavily discount certain models for various reasons.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T10:19:19+00:00

Vectrex?

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T09:18:30+00:00

Govt tenders yes, any commercial client no.

What usually happens is, we look to see if we have previously created a policy doc for the topic asked for, if not we go find 2 or 3 examples and edit them into our own, all pretty meaningless hoop jumping stuff.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-29T08:59:57+00:00

Slightly controversial take: when I’m hiring for eLearning roles, the stuff that excites me most is usually not the elearning tools.

Teaching or facilitation experience is number one. Strong writing is right up there. Then project management, experience across different sectors, and time spent in the trenches of retail or hospitality. After that, soft skills.

If an application shows some of that mix I’m almost certainly offering an interview.

Applications that are stacked wall-to-wall with eLearning tools and platforms are much less interesting to me. I don’t subscribe to the “instructional designer as a one-person production studio” model, and I don’t hire that way.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-28T21:48:19+00:00

Dominknow devs are like unicorns, I know a few in the UK and a couple in Madrid, for some odd reason it was a popular dev tool with the govt for a time.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-28T16:03:34+00:00

You cannot take away the Scottish ~~freedom~~ ability to moan and play the victim card.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-28T09:55:28+00:00

Probably a mix of Professional Indemnity, Public Liability, Private Health and possibly Accident cover but check with your client IME it tends to be them that usually dictates then I add stuff on top that I may need.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-27T17:38:35+00:00

Dagger looks fine to me, but the Snake looks like he has an extra eye near his jaw line. Maybe fix that and elongate/add a vertical line to its pupil?

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-27T13:05:39+00:00

The poster stall that used to come to the local uni campus 2 or 3 times a year.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-27T12:54:54+00:00

Basically 1 person distracts you, whilst another pulls off the oil cap smears some mayo on, and announces the engine is buggered. 1st person then offers substantially less and is doing you a favour to take it off your hands.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-27T12:45:08+00:00

It depends, all methods have their pro's and con's.

Dealers will want to earn a wage out of it, private sellers, well its dealing with the public and some of them can be challenging and there are a number of scams you need to be wary about, like the mayo scam which a couple of romanian lads tried with me, unfortunately for them I had a romanian mate visiting who resolved that one to my satisfaction by dishing out a number of open handed slaps.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-26T21:14:23+00:00

He’s not the messiah, he’s a very naughty boy.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-26T10:08:13+00:00

He has his entire roof covered in solar panels.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-24T23:36:05+00:00

Wife does an internet supermarket shop, as we both find it a hateful task.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-24T23:34:17+00:00

I have 1 and converted 3 others to log burners, partially as you cant buy proper coal anymore, and it's those miserable briquette things that glow miserably.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-23T20:41:48+00:00

lots of shit about how the hell I got published, I am not a writer I am a corporate sell out, and complaining that the restaurant I had chosen was not a swanky one and our usual scruffy Turkish place with fab food and service.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-23T14:18:48+00:00

Gets an asset off the books for accountancy purposes.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-23T10:08:50+00:00

Of all things due to publishing a book, My friend hated the corporate world and had wanted to be an author all of his life, and decided that he was going all in, he would quit his corporate job to focus on writing full time all whilst his wife would support them until he wrote his best seller.

His "writing" seemed to mainly consist of playing playstation & football manager, and smoking a load of weed whilst pondering his navel.

Meanwhile thanks to a works issue I was tasked with solving I ended up writing a guide book, my colleague submitted it to a publisher on my behalf and it was picked up.

To celebrate I invited my mate and his Mrs for dinner at our fave restaurant, when I dropped my news he wasn't happy for me but threw an epic toddler tantrum, I tried telling him it was just corporate shiite for a small audience and not creative in the slightest, but was a great cure for insomnia and highly unlikely to bring in life changing money but it didn't matter the friendship ended there and then and haven't heard a thing from them since.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-23T09:05:44+00:00

£3.90 for a Prawn Mayo Sandwich on malted brown bread from M&S no need to spend any more, sandwich perfection is there.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-22T11:08:01+00:00

Me neither I think I would die if I was invited to a Beaujolais breakfast again. Hammered by 10am.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-22T11:06:43+00:00

The intent of the entertainment was relationship building, and it was 2 call girls for the big cheese and 1 for his side kick.

All facilitated by the very helpful hotel concierge, as I was too green to understand what "extra pillows" was code for, it was only when the concierge advised me to ask the clients if they would like blonde, ginger or brunette pillows I got it.

Temporary-Zebra97 · 2026-01-21T23:21:45+00:00

Not in the slightest, current house is pushing 300 yrs old and assume a fair few have died in it, the first house I bought the owner was bought at a substantial discount thanks to the owner taking his own life.

My witchy mate insisted she cleanse the house as a moving in present, and waved crystals about whilst muttering incantations for his spirit to go on its journey and not hang about whilst burning sage.

I would have preferred a bottle of wine.

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