I don't think it will filter through to you for a couple of years, the global economic machine is like a big boat and it's got enough momentum to keep going a while even when it's run out of fuel (metaphorically). The people playing with big numbers are feeling the changes now, the bloke on the street won't see it for a while.
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Well, you're lucky... I have lost around half a year's income. Training doesn't pay well, and half of not much is fuck all.
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2020 actually ended up being a good year for me, I got a better job on more money and changed my work-life balance for the better quite a bit. A little ironically I actually put in more hours than I ever did, but the WFH thing now makes them fit around everything else much more easily. Now I often finish mid-afternoon and pick things up again after the little one is in bed for example.
I agree with Iccy's general point though, 2021 onwards is potentially gonna be nuts. That's a non-trivial part of why I changed jobs and started working in Electric Cars, I figure if anything is gonna be stable over the next few years that's near the top of the tree!
I agree with Iccy's general point though, 2021 onwards is potentially gonna be nuts. That's a non-trivial part of why I changed jobs and started working in Electric Cars, I figure if anything is gonna be stable over the next few years that's near the top of the tree!
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You're self employed in a minority activity at the best of times, of course something like this would hit you hard. But the vast majority on here are employed drones, so largely unaffected judging by most postingsThe Spin Doctor wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 3:03 pmWell, you're lucky... I have lost around half a year's income. Training doesn't pay well, and half of not much is fuck all.
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Prices of used vehicles is going through the roof in the US. Driven partly by a shortage of chips & also by what some are saying is a 40% inflation rate. Prices of everything is going crazy here. Lumber is up 300%, beef is up 100%, corn has almost doubled, soy too, which put the cost of ethanol up. When fuel costs increase everything else follows.
Good possibility of hyper inflation in the VERY near future.
Good possibility of hyper inflation in the VERY near future.
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Neighbour did that with his house. It sold in a week.
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What's driving it ?ZRX61 wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:55 pm Prices of used vehicles is going through the roof in the US. Driven partly by a shortage of chips & also by what some are saying is a 40% inflation rate. Prices of everything is going crazy here. Lumber is up 300%, beef is up 100%, corn has almost doubled, soy too, which put the cost of ethanol up. When fuel costs increase everything else follows.
Good possibility of hyper inflation in the VERY near future.
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Prices of vans has gone crazy here, we used to be able to walk into Ford and away with a new van at a good discount. Now it’s a 4 month wait and list price. Second hand ones are more than a discounted new one was before lockdown if you can find one. Cycles are the same if you can find stock, cycle spares are non existent for some items. Campers and day vans seem expensive too but I’ve only really took notice of vans as we need a couple.
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The US printing money like it's going out of fashion with nothing to back it up. They'd already been propping up the bond market to the tune of SBillions a year since before Trump came on the scene.
The US admits to a national debt of around $30Trillion, but the real number is closer to $200Trillion when you add in all the unfunded pensions & debts etc due in the future. I thought it would all come crashing down under Trump, now I think the DNC picked Biden to take the fall.
California alone has $2.6Trillion of debt & a third of that is pensions that don't exist now & won't magically exist in the future when people want to collect. Meanwhile we have Newsolini giving everyone in the State $600 saying it comes from a "unexpected budget surplus".. when what he really means is that the fucking taxes are too high.
It's all been unsustainable for years, eventually someone will try to kick the can down the road again & it won't move.
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Yup, I can vouch for that, all seems to have gone very silly price wise, and main dealers were even telling me that they are struggling getting sensibly priced secondhand ones, and not getting part-exs in as individuals can get a lot more and quick sales selling them privatelyCouchy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:41 pm Prices of vans has gone crazy here, we used to be able to walk into Ford and away with a new van at a good discount. Now it’s a 4 month wait and list price. Second hand ones are more than a discounted new one was before lockdown if you can find one. Cycles are the same if you can find stock, cycle spares are non existent for some items. Campers and day vans seem expensive too but I’ve only really took notice of vans as we need a couple.
Having said that there still are one or two bargains out there though- after buying a secondhand and apparently decent nick, but soon discovered as not, shall we say, as described VW Crafter a week ago, I've rejected and returned it and bought new- bargains are without doubt hard to find, but there are still one or two out there if you're flexible on spec and colour and I think I got one, lovely spec with 145hp, SatNav, aircon, cruise, alloys etc - brand spankers with over 30% off list
It's being ply-lined today and delivered tomorrow in time for Donington on Monday and Cadwell tuesday - I think I'm more excited about the van than the Trackdays
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Oh wow, I look forward to this story.
Feel free to do the running in miles collecting the zx6 ha ha.
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I’m excited for you I love new vans which wheelbase and roof height ?Tricky wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 3:01 pmYup, I can vouch for that, all seems to have gone very silly price wise, and main dealers were even telling me that they are struggling getting sensibly priced secondhand ones, and not getting part-exs in as individuals can get a lot more and quick sales selling them privatelyCouchy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 8:41 pm Prices of vans has gone crazy here, we used to be able to walk into Ford and away with a new van at a good discount. Now it’s a 4 month wait and list price. Second hand ones are more than a discounted new one was before lockdown if you can find one. Cycles are the same if you can find stock, cycle spares are non existent for some items. Campers and day vans seem expensive too but I’ve only really took notice of vans as we need a couple.
Having said that there still are one or two bargains out there though- after buying a secondhand and apparently decent nick, but soon discovered as not, shall we say, as described VW Crafter a week ago, I've rejected and returned it and bought new- bargains are without doubt hard to find, but there are still one or two out there if you're flexible on spec and colour and I think I got one, lovely spec with 145hp, SatNav, aircon, cruise, alloys etc - brand spankers with over 30% off list
It's being ply-lined today and delivered tomorrow in time for Donington on Monday and Cadwell tuesday - I think I'm more excited about the van than the Trackdays
Local Ford dealer can’t get any small vans no matter the spec, same with ones I’ve called. I want a transit connect swb. I can get the car version with all the extra seats windows etc cheaper than the van version which is madness even allowing for vat. If I can find a black car version I’ll just remove the interior and line it instead of buying a van and getting it lined and carpeted
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LWB/L2 (which of course is just about the same internal length and width as my old MWB LT and the MWB Crafter) - it's standard low (H1) roof though which is a compromise, would have preferred a higher roof, which means is a bit claustrophobic/ I need to bend down when strapping them in and I'd need to remove the screen of a Multistrada etc to get it in, but transported that size bike would be rare, I can still squeeze 3 sports or off-roaders in which is what I want, and the deal was just too good to refuse.Couchy wrote: ↑Thu Jun 10, 2021 4:51 pm
I’m excited for you I love new vans which wheelbase and roof height ?
Local Ford dealer can’t get any small vans no matter the spec, same with ones I’ve called. I want a transit connect swb. I can get the car version with all the extra seats windows etc cheaper than the van version which is madness even allowing for vat. If I can find a black car version I’ll just remove the interior and line it instead of buying a van and getting it lined and carpeted
I gave up with main dealers and used a guy called Richard Bunn @ whitehotvans.com (catchy eh)- easy to deal with, and cracking price- dunno if he'll have or be able to get any Connects but he was listing Caddys and Nissan/Citroen small vans - maybe worth a try if you're stuck
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Our industry (Construction) is often seen as a good thermometer for the economy - it's recovered well despite the ongoing pandemic and things appear good but in the short to medium term there are massive materials shortages that are stopping projects going. After all, who is going to want to spend a small fortune putting foundations in the ground if they can't get the materials to put on top of them to finish the project until early next year (and sometimes longer)? The picture then for developers/investors in every sector may well be very different so, unsurprisingly, projects are already going on hold. If this happens enough then we're into recession very, very quickly (output still isn't back to pre-Covid levels!).
That's just construction, there's obviously already been a lot of discussion about electronic components for cars - but that's also affecting plenty of other consumer goods. There's a real danger of a slowdown so whilst life is "pretty much exactly the same" at the moment, it's significantly more precarious than it has been.