Out of date and unfair Vehicle Excise Duty (road tax) system

[thinfourth2]

kwak said:

I think cars should be taxed based on weight. That way, the fun cars stay cheap, and they can still pretend to do it for green reasons.

It is an excellent idea

[mrdelmonti]

Sifly said:

I hate seeing horses on the road too! Not only are they dangerous (saw one 'right off' two cars in the street and seriously injure the rider once) they have legs, not wheels and should be in the fields or on country tracks in my view. If they must use the road (and crap all over it), they should be paying. I guess the fee would be fairly low though due to their emissions output?!!

You realise horses were using the roads long before the car came along though?

[Wax1234]

I had my V reg 1.6 Octavia MOT'd a few weeks ago, the emissions for CO2 were only 0.02, yet my road tax is £215, doesn't seem fair!

[Sifly]

mrdelmonti said:

You realise horses were using the roads long before the car came along though?

Of Course! But I believe that was before they were tarmac with kerbs, road markings, road signs, traffic lights, roundabouts etc, and before they were packed with cars, trucks, busses, bikes! All of which pay heavily for the use of such infrastructure!!

It's only the same as country (horsey) types whinging about people taking their 4x4's off-road and ruining the countryside?!

[Astra Dan]

Wax1234 said:

I had my V reg 1.6 Octavia MOT'd a few weeks ago, the emissions for CO2 were only 0.02, yet my road tax is £215, doesn't seem fair!

You mean CO?

[GroundEffect]

madbadger said:

GroundEffect said:

madbadger said:

GroundEffect said:

madbadger said:

GroundEffect said:

One that bugs me:

I'm in the market for a Z4 Coupe; the 3.0Si costs £260 per year but the 3.2 M costs £460 with outputting less than 25% more CO2

That annoys you?

BMW 3.2 = 292g/km = £460
TVR 3.6 = 425g/km = £210

I don't mind so much about older cars as I had an Integra Type R that I was paying very little for compared to my Clio Cup.

Not just the older ones. All TVRs do it. Some will be exactly the same age as the M.

How's that work?

Low volume regs, so taxed as a 'plg' which costs the same rate as a pre 2000 1.6l.

We'll call it the 'At least my car isn't trying to kill me' tax.

[Wax1234]

Astra Dan said:

You mean CO?

Opps yeah sorry!