This is a bit off your original topic, but what the hell as it's in the Mess anyway and Ball, Spinning, Geoff, Mk.1* can always give me a bollocking as appropriate.

As for the fuel costs, I just save it up over the winter to provide summer playing, we don't socialise much and don't drink so the money goes on other pastimes.

For the UK:
No, in fact in most cases the licence is free if the vehicle can be proven to be made before 1973.

We have a stringent annual inspection/test of the vehicle systems by law as you will see referred to as the "MOT", heavy goods vehicles have an even more detailed test but many army trucks fall between the weight limit stools being too heavy for a car test but too light for a full HGV.

With a licence (the "tax disc") and an MOT cert as needed you can drive them to your hearts (and pocket's) content.

The (my) Stalwart is accepted as "untestable" because of its dual purpose amphibious nature and the peculiar all wheel drive. This is fortunate as the test would be expensive and it would likely fail several technicalities of the Construction and Use regulations.

We do need a special licence class for tracked vehicles, but its not too difficult to pass the test once you get the hang of the peculiarities of these types. Finding a loan tracked vehicle and space to get acquainted is the problem.

A specialist company, but its unbelievably cheap. The Stalwart is £90pa fully comprehensive, whereas my car is £425. http://www.footmanjames.co.uk/site/default.asp
http://www.roadsure.ltd.uk/millitary.htm
To name two.

It just depends for most of us what you choose to waste it on

Incidentally if you can read the scan of the paper previously, don't believe it all; to the media anything in OD camo and large is "a tank", anything that goes in the water is "a landing craft".

R.