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I'm in the ridiculous situation where I've been offered a 100k mile Lexus IS250 for a grand, but it's a pointless purchase because it's a 56 plate and the tax is £750 a year. The car isn't faultless, it has brake judder, I suspect it has a seized caliper, it needs a rear wheel balance, and the paint is far from perfect, but the fundamentals of the thing are sound, and I'd buy it in a heartbeat at that price normally. I could have it virtually mechanically and aesthetically mint for a few hundred quid.
This is the position you find yourself in when a Govt has not the vaguest idea of the damage it's doing with naive and ill informed attempts to apply tax to perfectly serviceable vehicles with little knowledge of the subject matter at hand. This is a car that is going to end up in a breakers yard for no good reason because an empty suit has reacted in kneejerk fashion to provide an answer to a question no-one has asked. The same car on a 2005 plate is £430 or so to tax.
What a waste of a quality vehicle.
This is the position you find yourself in when a Govt has not the vaguest idea of the damage it's doing with naive and ill informed attempts to apply tax to perfectly serviceable vehicles with little knowledge of the subject matter at hand. This is a car that is going to end up in a breakers yard for no good reason because an empty suit has reacted in kneejerk fashion to provide an answer to a question no-one has asked. The same car on a 2005 plate is £430 or so to tax.
What a waste of a quality vehicle.
soad said:
Must be a manual, as autos usually cheaper to tax?
Some say: 57 plate-onwards are able to run on E10.
Auto. Some say: 57 plate-onwards are able to run on E10.
Edited to add, after another look, you might be right. I need to get the reg, but I might have been a bit premature about the tax band. Thanks for the heads up.
Edited by Heaveho on Wednesday 25th March 09:24
I ran one for a bit and have a soft spot for them, however there simply isn't much demand for a compact saloon that gets low 30s mpg and is embarrassed in the traffic light GP by an average fiesta.
The mechanicals will go on forever but that isn't as important to the UK buyer. It seems to be a car more valued in the US where they want a car to do mega miles with just regular oil changes.
The mechanicals will go on forever but that isn't as important to the UK buyer. It seems to be a car more valued in the US where they want a car to do mega miles with just regular oil changes.
Edited by eth2190 on Wednesday 25th March 09:53
I really liked mine.
Built like a tank.
I also thought that it was pretty quick for a heavy car. Only 200bhp but the auto box was pretty swift.
My average MPG was 26.9mpg with an equal split of A road/town driving. I remember that figure as I swapped it for a Jag XK which got 22ish to the gallon and made me realise that the increase in performance was well worth losing 4mpg for. Lol.
Built like a tank.
I also thought that it was pretty quick for a heavy car. Only 200bhp but the auto box was pretty swift.
My average MPG was 26.9mpg with an equal split of A road/town driving. I remember that figure as I swapped it for a Jag XK which got 22ish to the gallon and made me realise that the increase in performance was well worth losing 4mpg for. Lol.
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