AndySpak

Cool! Will you be needing my address then?

3K !!!! Why have you even got it? I can do that in mine in a month!

I'd have given her a shot of Sarnie batter How is that a skiing pun?

Hi Ian - Is the A5 still tempting you?

I had a Beemer for a short while as a company car and I didn't wash it, hoover it or care for it at all. If a car wants me to spend some of my precious time with it, it better provide me with better thrills or a bigger smile than a Beemer can

No rise announced this time... the predicted 2p/litre rise is coming in October now

Its not really capped if your employer is paying it, the statutory rate is currently about £310 for every full year of service. The reason its set as a limit is because you can claim it from the government if your employer ceases to exist and has no money to pay you themselves. Its paid out of your NI contributions. Lots of people on old contracts will have enhanced redundancy such as a month's salary for every year worked, but this won't get paid out if the company has no funds (i.e. goes into liquidation). When this happens, staff redundancy becomes one of the many items on the creditors list who may get back 5p in every pouind they are owed... apart from the £310 for every year worked that is guaranteed by the government.

I ban eating and drinking in all of my cars. Girlfriend drives me mad when we stop for petrol and she sneaks a bag of crisps into the car

Because down south we pay for electricity and don't rely on the local windmill More fool you then!

P3 Service at Chorley's Nissan in Wigan is £180. Why are you suverners paying so much?

Do you think it could be the VW version of this: http://www.automobilemag.com/future_car ... index.html

I think the problem is that Vicki is a bit weird, the camp fat guy with ridiculously named children (did you catch that episode? ) is really boring and the young fella who is that forgettable I forget his name just aren't up to dealing with cars in an entertaining fashion. Plato is simply a **** and Tiff needs someone else who's good to make him shine. Couple all that with the fact that they have no creatvie talent working behind the scenes and you get a pretty dire hour of weekly television.

Car looks lovely but I think its crying out for those orange front bumper reflectors to be swapped!

The protests we had a few years back (2000-1) were because the UK price of petrol was far higher (due to tax) than it was in Europe which made hauliers uncompetitive if they were based in the UK. There is still an element of this but its not as bad as it was then, the main reason for the hike has been the cost of oil going up (now well over $100 per barrel). After tomorrow, their may be more to say on the matter though, we'll have to wait and see... hmm... according to recent articles the price of oil has recently dropped but the price at the pumps has in no way reflected this From a news story on FT.com posted at 1pm this afternoon: Nymex April West Crude Intermediate crude oil prices fell 78 cents to $104.37 a barrel while ICE April Brent crude oil fell 72 cents to $101.66 a barrel. Still f%&king expensive if you ask me!

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The protests we had a few years back (2000-1) were because the UK price of petrol was far higher (due to tax) than it was in Europe which made hauliers uncompetitive if they were based in the UK. There is still an element of this but its not as bad as it was then, the main reason for the hike has been the cost of oil going up (now well over $100 per barrel). After tomorrow, their may be more to say on the matter though, we'll have to wait and see...

Where are you based and have you got any pics of your car?

I'm not sure about Q1 but Q2 is almost certainly going to be a result of lead-foot syndrome and rain There are some traders who will no doubt be posting a message in a minute regarding the Nismo stuff. I bought a UK car and got two keys and remotes so I don't know about Q4 either. Enjoy it anyway

Hi Mark, Firstly, let me say that I sympathise with you having been through something similar a few years ago with a previous employer. A word of warning though, Constuctive Dismissal is one of the hardest things to prove and also one of the hardest things to make a claim worthwhile. I'll explain why... 1. You can't claim for damages, only what you can prove is a legitimate loss. The tribunal panel will also expect you to mitigate your losses too so if you leave, start a Constructive Dismissal claim and get a better paid job, you won't get anything in the way of a pay off. If you get a slightly lower paid job, you can claim the difference. If you don't get a job at all, you can legitimately claim for full loss of earnings but the panel will want to see evidence that you have tried to get another job but have been unsuccessful. If you are an IT professional, I think it will be tough to get away with this one as there are lots of IT jobs advertised all the time. 2. The legal costs of an employment tribunal can not be claimed from the losing party (unless there are exceptional circumstances). This might seem unfair but its there to protect you in case you lose. Your employer can probably afford £10K for their solicitor if they lose but can you afford the same? Also, if it goes far enough that you do end up at a tribunal, it will probably cost you about £10K just for yourself even if you win so you better make sure your claim amount justifies it. 3. Its a really stressful time and will probably take 9-12 months to get resolved (if it goes all the way to tribunal). I was at a point where I could only justify £8000 in losses but I had a legal bill of £5,700 and this was before the tribunal had started. If it had gone to tribunal and I won I would have been lucky to come away in the black. If I had lost I would have been about £8K down. Fortuantely we settled at 5pm the day before the tribunal started so I was up a lttle bit but if I'd known the hassle and stress I was going to go through to get approximately £2500 I don't think I would have bothered. If you are dead certain that you want to go ahead with it then you must keep a record of everything that you think would be useful, as Gixxer has said. The other thing you must do is go through your company's formal greivance procedure. If you leave and go to tribunal claiming Constructive dismissal but did not fully exhaust the grievance procedure you will lose immediately. Your employer will claim that if you had followed the procedure they would have sorted things out (even if you know deep down they wouldn't have done, it will be too late then). Ask HR for a copy of the Company's Greivance Procedure (if they don't have one or can't produce it in a timely manner this is good news for you). This is likely to involve the following sort of stuff... 1. Raise your concerns verbally with your line manager. 2. Await his/her response. 3. If issue is still not resolved, put your issues in writing to your line manager and submit a copy to HR. 4. Escalate/appeal to your manager's line manager in writing (copying in HR who will probably be managing the process by now). 5. At this point if it can't be resloved, you have to either like it or take things legal. When I reached this point, I resigned immediately on the grounds of Constrctive dismissal (keep your resiganation letter in your jacket pocket when you have your appeal meeting) . I would recommend asking if the audio at the meetings can be recorded as well as asking HR to minute them. Make sure you keep a copy of the audio yourself, do not trust the company to hold on to it. If you get to the point where you want to make a deal, or at least entertain the idea, always start your letters or the conversations by stating that the discussion is "Without Prejudice". This will prevent them from being able to make it look like you were just looking to profit from the situation if it gets to a tribunal. I'm not a solicitor, I'm a cowboy salesperson really but this consumed my life 3 years ago so hopefully its advice that will be worthwhile. Just don't come chasing me if it all goes pear-shaped! Good luck EDIT: If you are going to appoint a law firm, don't go cheap. Find out who your employer uses and use a simlar sized firm. The solictors involved will likely know each other and if you have a respected firm working on your behalf they are less likely to get pushed about by a senior partner at your employers lawyers

Thats nonsense, its fantastic fun in the rain as long as you turn the ESP off Each to their own Andy but much rather drive in the sun than rain! I like driving it in the rain because you can slide it at much lower speeds and without going through tyres like there's no tomorrow.

Thats nonsense, its fantastic fun in the rain as long as you turn the ESP off

I think its a bit steep asking for £85. I only paid £89 for one brand new from a main dealer a couple of months ago (they gave me a manual too ). Good luck with the sale though.

I'd have thought you'd have wanted any team other than Barnsley??? After they demolished Liverpool and Chelsea, Cardiff should be a walk in the park for them! (I'm assuming you are a Cardiff fan)

and that'll be 124.9 after the chancellor has finished his speech tomorrow

I couldn't part with £55K knowing it was a Nissan.