£950 road tax.
Discussion
Don said:
Telegraph said:
The Government says that from April 2010, anyone buying a new car which sits in tax band M (thereby boasting a high CO2 g/km rating above 255) will pay £950, instead of the current £405, for a 12-month tax disc.
And that will affect cars like the Vauxhall Insignia!sidicks said:
Isn't this old, old news?!
Sidicks
Yes. Except that it kicks in tomorrow.Sidicks
Just before an election.
If you need to spend £405 to re-tax your car in April you aren't going to feel particularly pleased with the incumbent government.
If you want these tax-hiking, money-grabbing b
ds out? You have got to go and vote. And vote for the candidate most likely to oust Labour in your constituency.Save the planet through taxes - that will work then.
Exactly where does this extra tax go then? Wind turbines? Alternative energy sources? Research into saving energy, resources or other noble causes?
Or does it just disappear into a big black hole, never to be seen again while it pays for the likes of Brown and Blears to swan around in government supplied V8 Jags (well they were last time I looked!).
Exactly where does this extra tax go then? Wind turbines? Alternative energy sources? Research into saving energy, resources or other noble causes?
Or does it just disappear into a big black hole, never to be seen again while it pays for the likes of Brown and Blears to swan around in government supplied V8 Jags (well they were last time I looked!).
off_again said:
Save the planet through taxes - that will work then.
Exactly where does this extra tax go then? Wind turbines? Alternative energy sources? Research into saving energy, resources or other noble causes?
Or does it just disappear into a big black hole, never to be seen again while it pays for the likes of Brown and Blears to swan around in government supplied V8 Jags (well they were last time I looked!).
Do you really have to ask?Exactly where does this extra tax go then? Wind turbines? Alternative energy sources? Research into saving energy, resources or other noble causes?
Or does it just disappear into a big black hole, never to be seen again while it pays for the likes of Brown and Blears to swan around in government supplied V8 Jags (well they were last time I looked!).
Many apologies for cross posting, but my commenst on this in the electric/hybrid thread
I wonder where the line is, that once reached, the populi simply say "fk you, we're not paying" a la poll tax.
Even if the concept is that it is a one-off payment for brand new cars, it still amounts to nothing less than robbery. Plain and simple.
At least Dick Turpin wore a fing mask 
k you, we're not paying" a la poll tax.Even if the concept is that it is a one-off payment for brand new cars, it still amounts to nothing less than robbery. Plain and simple.
At least Dick Turpin wore a f
ing mask Edited by ApexJimi on Wednesday 31st March 12:40
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