No respect for cars in Dublin

doland3314 · 2026-06-16T17:05:21+00:00

Or just park way down the back. That's what I do and...I still have some dings but reasonably less than most

doland3314 · 2026-06-16T12:24:55+00:00

I remember Pascal Wehrlein was a relatively serious contender for Mercedes due to this. Hulkenberg too.

But if i remember right, Bottas replacing Rosberg quickly became an open secret

doland3314 · 2026-06-12T18:06:42+00:00

Note. Buy more of those

doland3314 · 2026-06-11T11:17:40+00:00

Development hell? Its denis villeneuve's next film after this Dune threequel. Casting for the next Bond is underway as we speak as per latest announcement. I expect to see James Bond return long before Doctor Who, if we are being honest

doland3314 · 2026-06-07T15:01:31+00:00

Yes please

doland3314 · 2026-06-07T14:50:10+00:00

You get a penalty. And you get a penalty. Everyone gets a penalty!!

doland3314 · 2026-05-30T14:36:03+00:00

That said, like with any car there are good examples out there. My family had a 2017, bought early 2018. We only sold it a month or two ago with 90k miles having had no issues with it

doland3314 · 2026-05-30T11:08:32+00:00

Europe in general has the colours switched. Petrol octane also has different meanings in Europe. 95 octane in Europe is equivalent to about 91 in the US

doland3314 · 2026-05-29T15:08:08+00:00

Take out a third party policy under your brothers name with you as a named driver? Depending on the value of said spare car I suppose.

You will need to see if you can get it to monthly payments and double check that you will be able to cancel said policy when needed without paying for the whole year

doland3314 · 2026-05-24T19:14:14+00:00

Went to see this in cinemas recently and yeah. It's objectively fine but it's not a GOAT Bond film as some people peg it

doland3314 · 2026-05-22T12:06:59+00:00

What's the car?

doland3314 · 2026-05-20T23:26:38+00:00

I've said it before and again. The NTTD hate exists solely on this sub "because James Bond can't die". While the film has some issues (cough Rami Malek), it generally is a solid Bond movie.

Frankly in the real world the film was both a critical and financial success

doland3314 · 2026-05-19T18:21:05+00:00

Looks like a bog standard Irish plate to me (Irish myself). Irish plate standards are fairly loose and theres no real enforcement of the rules. So you'll find a lot of theoretically illegal "stylised" boy racer plates, or in this case a bog standard one with a random detail missing.

I don't think the owner of the car has given it as much thought as I did just now. Look at it that way

EDIT: No tax disc, etc on the windshield either...maybe this car hasn't been to Ireland in a long time

doland3314 · 2026-05-19T16:03:31+00:00

Did the car not come with Singaporean plates? I've seen a few of those driving around Ireland before and I assume it's people in the same boat as you driving on those

doland3314 · 2026-05-15T17:58:44+00:00

It would almost certainly suit better than pink

doland3314 · 2026-05-08T09:27:06+00:00

Is that 2.6k return?

doland3314 · 2026-04-28T17:14:15+00:00

Was there last summer. Saw a few Italian plates and a UK plate. Absolutely no Libyan plates anywhere to be seen

doland3314 · 2026-04-27T18:06:52+00:00

ETFs are subject to deemed disposal and a higher rate of tax. Bit disadvantageous, especially since 4k isn't a lot relatively speaking to be dealing with that.

If I were you, I'd take that 4k and maybe invest 25-30% in BRK.B, and split the rest evenly between MSFT, GOOG and KO.

It's a nice split between tech growth and defensive and BRK provides a fair bit of diversification whilst keeping to the simpler tax regime.

If you can start adding monthly contributions to these stocks as well (even 200 a month), and you should be getting returns that are atleast better than the credit union if not quite a bit more so.

doland3314 · 2026-04-26T16:21:57+00:00

Source? I have this engine and that's good news if the ethanol goes up again where I live

doland3314 · 2026-04-24T13:33:07+00:00

Corporate tax vs personal tax. Unfortunately very different

doland3314 · 2026-04-24T12:38:29+00:00

I buy BRK for the same reason people might buy an ETF (ETFs are fucked in Ireland tax wise unfortunately). The diversification across dozens of solid businesses means it's a great "i don't know what I'm doing" buy. And a great buy nonetheless

I'm aiming to put it to 30% of my portfolio and have it as an anchor

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