Moving to the UK

[MattRSK]

What a bunch of wet blankets! Its your life texmo. Go exploring find out for yourself. Dont turn out like these sad old fuckers!

[tomthepohm]

Says the 19 year old.... Yea sure you have had loads of life experiance mate...

[texmo]

Not going there to bike and I wont go for that long only about a year. I have no real intrest in getting a bike over there I would prefer a lambretta, maby find an old li150 with electronic ignition and when I leave bring it back with me.

[bugjuice]

Your moving to the UK whaahahah hahaha hahaha hahahahhhhaaaa.
Sucks for you....
lol

+1

[MattRSK]

Says the 19 year old.... Yea sure you have had loads of life experiance mate...

Yeah but I plan on it mate, and I wouldnt discourage anyone from doing their own thing either!

[tomthepohm]

I am not trying to put him off going there and traveling, i think thats great, just giving hime the heads up on the grizzly facts..

PS stay away from the northern women Texmo, they all crazy and will probably beat the shit out of you...

Whahaha ahahah hahahaha

[texmo]

Yeah I know vixxter was an eye opener. Will never forget cowpoos throwing her in the back of the cop car and her flashing them her tits while the van that just left said watch out for the blonde in the green top hahahaha

[moko]

Not going there to bike and I wont go for that long only about a year. I have no real intrest in getting a bike over there I would prefer a lambretta, maby find an old li150 with electronic ignition and when I leave bring it back with me.

If you can stay with relatives mate you`ve cracked it,biggest expense here is accommodation and running it.You can use your N.Z. licence here for a year,which will do you,and insurance for an old Lambretta wont be a lot,Carole Nash do cheap "classic insurance",just lie like everyone else when they ask where it`s kept and if you belong to the owners club,it`s in a garage(it is now)and the internet should sort you with details of any owner`s clubs.Old scooter scene is pretty big here,still loads on the road,often see a few at the local Sunday afternoon bike hang-out in Plymouth.So if you do pick up a scoot and want to have fun on it you`ll find mates fairly easily.Transport here`s pretty steep as well so running a vehicle might well be cheaper than using trains and buses.
I`d say see the sights then get out of London quick,place is a shit-hole full of psychopaths and thieves,a foreign accent will have you charged more by street traders e.t.c. without you even realising.Plenty more to Britain than London,hell of a job convincing many visitors though.You`ll pick up casual work quite easily if you use the job agencies,loads of foreigners use them and you`ll get to meet some good people.If you need any advice just drop me a pm anytime,bit of local knowledge can often save a lot of messing around.

[chris]

The cost of living being high in the UK is a myth

Not really, it's definitely true of certain places. Pay for bottle of Stella in a pub and then decide.

If I was on 50k in the UK I'd be living pretty fucking well

If you didn't have a wife and three kids to support, two cars to run and a very large mortgage.


If you're going to the UK, don't live in London, try Glasgow, Manchester or even Edinburgh.

[tomthepohm]

No take no notice of Dover, they are all the low life citys, go live in Bristol or Bath mate, you wont get beet up ever night there, just on sundays...

[sAsLEX]

Kinda like Texmo I am moving to the UK next year, but only for 8 months for a course in Portsmouth.


Now I was just going to buy a push bike for getting round myself with a car for the weekends and the handbrake during the week. But was thinking of getting a powered cycle instead now, my insurance will be the same as it is here in NZ as it will be subsidised *sp* over there ((before you say its too expensive Dover)).

And the actual question: Would it be worth getting a bike over there with the intention of returning with it? I mean do you get stung with GST on the docks here, re vinning etc compared to the costs of buying a bike over there, I get 2m^3 free sea freight coming back as well (good boss you see).

If I were to get a bike over there with the intention of bringing it back I would be looking at a newish/new bike, but if the extra costs are too much then I will flag it and maybe just get another NC30 over there.

EDIT: and how come this ended up here instead of a new thread mods??????

[The_Dover]

Not really, it's definitely true of certain places. Pay for bottle of Stella in a pub and then decide.


If you didn't have a wife and three kids to support, two cars to run and a very large mortgage.


If you're going to the UK, don't live in London, try Glasgow, Manchester or even Edinburgh.

If you drink that poofs beer then you deserve to be taxed.

I know plenty of people that have a bitch and 3 rugrats and can manage on 50 grand in the uk.

And don't try Edinburgh, it's as expensive as fuck and totally over rated. My sister lives there and it's full of poofs (who probably drink lots of bottled stella in the pubs) and druggies that'd kill you for a fiver.

And Tom, BRISTOL??? For fucks sake man, it's the Beirut of the west cuntry. Try Exeter, much nicer.

[Lou Girardin]

NZ is third world in comparison.

We're trying to become third world. Then we'll have a rail service.

[The_Dover]

We're trying to become third world. Then we'll have a rail service.

Tell me about it.

I'm getting the train to work these days and it's always full by the second stop (my stop) and I have arrived ten minutes late for the last two days.

A journey that took 30 mins by bike is now and hour an a half.

Fucking progress eh?

[McJim]

Best of luck - go for it - if you can get a job at GBP30,000 then grab it.
Expect to earn GBP50,000 if you are a Lawyer or a Tax Accountant - in Britain the average house price is only about 4 tiomes average wage in New Zealand its like 7 or 8 times average wage therefore you'll find your accommodation doesn't hit your pocket like it doeas here - most companies work a 35 hour week and will give you between 4 and 5 weeks annual leave straight away.

Seriously - My wife persuaded me to move NZ coz of the great standard of living - I haven't yet found it - I get less money, my house costs more than the UK, I'm paying twice the interest on my mortgage, my commute takes the same time as it did in Hertfordshire and I work about 300 more hours per year so I've forgotten what my sons look like - I have a house which 'Has great Indoor outdoor flow' which I've discovered means it's too cold in the winter and too warm in the summer coz of all the glass doors.

P.S. I'm saying all of this with a wry smile on my face as I am actually happy here.....coz the education system is still better here (don't laugh - it's really gone down the shitter in the UK!) I believe the opportunities for my kids will be better and the weather in Auckland is, quite frankly, spectacular. I can't believe you have whole days go by without rainfall and you still complain? You don't get minus 15 degrees for a week at a time.

The point I'm trying to make here is that you can actually live well on a salary of GBP25,000 - GBP30,000 please disregard the gbp50,000 equals nzd50,000 comment - it's simply so far from the truth that it'll cause you problems.

If you are a Lawyer or a seriously specialist Accountant or Surgeon then go for the gbp50,000 salaries upwards.