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Bacon wrap walleye chunks right Ben!!!Well bacon wraped anything for that matter!

FYI if you not a heavy duty TV watcher ask Shaw or that other company who shall remain nameless,for one of the packages that they don`t actively promote because they are a good deal for the consumer and not so good for the company,well probably as good a deal as your gunna get, Shaw= digital indulgence & digital indulgence lite!!!

I will be posting (sunday/monday) for sale a gently used Stratos 176XT with a 75 Optimax. I hate to do it but it`s just one of those tough things that we sometimes have to go through in life!

Is Turkey your nic name Ben? Congrats on the cover!

Oh goody another towing thread! Saw a guy towing/launching a 16 foot Crestliner with a 50 on it with a Mazda 3 once!

Sensational has usual Mike!

You might try Sobey`s sorry couldn`t resist!!! Good luck in your quest!

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been discussed a 1000 times do a search and you will have hours of reading!

For me the Liberty is as close as I could come to the perfect tow vehicle in my price range and for what I am towing, my Stratos 176xt and the 75 Opti come in at 1600 lbs add all the other weight that goes into the equation and I am well under the 5000 Lbs. If anybody is at the 5000 or close to it should not be talking about Liberties or Rav`s as tow vehicles!

I am sure the Rav is a fine vehicle but when it comes to this segment of the truck group the Liberty is more of a truck than the Rav is and of course that is IMHO! As far as short comings in my life not sure but if I find one I`ll be sure to buy a Tundra!!!

I think 25 mpg on the highway in the south would be about right but up north on those long stretches without stopping is a different story,set the cruise for 90/95 and relax! Fuel mileage ratings vary obviously but under ideal conditions can be attained unfortunately ideal conditions are rarely a reality, I am assuming the 22 mpg the op stated was a US figure and of course the US gallon is 20% smaller.

I think your numbers are for the itsy bitsy US gallon and I don`t know how 29/30 mpg is 1000 km`s a tank perhaps that new fangled new math , 16 gallons x 29 = 464 miles or 742 km`s the 2008 Liberty is rated as 29 mpg hiway and has a 16 imperial gallon tank and if memory serves I did indeed average 29-30 miles per gallon which in all honesty surprised me...but I wasn`t driving 120-130 kmh or passing a car every 5 minutes pretty easy to getgood mileage figures on that stretch of hiway. City mpg is another story!

Well I have had mine for more than two days and I have no problem with the room and I have no problem with power, I guess if you normally drive a vehicle with 300-400 h.p the 210 h.p of the Liberty might be considered tame but for me and I would suspect for most drivers it`s fine! My Liberty tows my 18 foot Stratos with very little effort in fact you hardly know it`s there, I did a round trip last fall to Nakina and back and the Liberty was jammed and averaged just a hair under 30 mpg and the vehicle is pretty comfortable no sore back or butt after that Nakina jaunt. I am more than happy with my 2008 Liberty and you couldn`t beat the price I think I paid 15K or so and that was with a real nice extened warranty a set of snows and 32k`s on the odo. Comparable vehicles from other mfg`s were running 8-10 grand more and I figured that money buys a lot of gas. Did anyone mention a Rav 4 is not really a truck a but a grocery getter!!! Judging by Dan`s avatar he looks like a pretty big boy and I can understand his comment on the room but I am only 5-7" so I fit fine!!!

How can I claim the gas/reimbursement as a tax deduction?, I have paid and been reimbursed now your saying claim the gas a second time? Can`t CRA being okay with that!

The vehicle is used 85-90% for business and I do keep a log and thats how I calculate my deduction for automobile expenses, when I use the vehicle for personal use I use my own gas money. I do provide reciepts to my company for gas, I have no problem paying a reasonable amount of tax for stopping to get a hair cut on the way home but to taxed a your marginal tax rate on the whole amount is ridiculous. I did find CRA form T4130 that clearly states that reimbursements for gas etc. is not to be included as taxable income.

yes and thats what I am having a hard time swallowing! You`ll have to come up to dalrymple one saturday Rob and get your share of said taxable benefit....do you think you would have to claim that as a taxable benefit?

Yes my a car allowance is a taxable benefit and I can and do write off the associated expenses but can somebody show me some documentation stating that my company paying me back money that I spent on gas to do company business is a benefit to me and therefore I should pay tax then fine, I will make sure I get my moneys worth out of this so called taxable benefit. Guess who`s gonna be paying the gas for the Jeep and the Stratos this summer.

I am going to talk to my boss Monday regarding this matter and if it`s not resolved to my satisfaction then I will get creative!

yes the portion that relates to business use including,insurance,license etc.etc.

That`s how I see it Wayne there is no reason for this to have gone on the T4 as a taxable benefit, I have searched all available CRA documents regarding company vehicles/car allowances etc. and I can not finding anything explaining this.

I understand that allowances are taxable but in the case of the gas it`s not an allowance I am just being reimbursed for money out of my pocket, if I spend 500 a month my company gives me a cheque for that 500 hundred but the gov deems this a taxable benefit and thus I pay tax.

I have been a sales rep for more years than I care to remember anyways up until a few years ago I always had a company car and company gas cards no issues, now I recieve a car allowance and I am reimbursed for the gas I use to conduct company business thats all fine and dandy until this tax year when the nice folks at revcan decide to make the gas reinbursments I recieve from my company a taxable benefit and thus I have to pay tax on this so called benefit so for every dollar I spend on gas to do company business I recieve 65 cents back. The way our company accountant explains this to me is revcan figures if I stop off at walmart on the way home then I should pay for this which I agree with but the 2000 dollars I get dinged in tax buys a lot of gas. I think I am going to have to think of a creative way to get my 2 grand back!!! End of rant

Wouldn`t be speeding in a snow storm,wouldn`t be on the Simcoe when weather warnings are present,and what ever you want to do to a convicted impaired driver is alright by me!

The guy that has been rescued numerous times should pay the whole tab perhaps that will help that little light bulb that should be going on!!! Assuming that light bulb didn`t burn out years ago!