Road Tax. Why is a 1.8 Elise £260 for 12 months and a......

[liller]

in the grand scheme of things, road tax is not too bad when you compare it with all the other taxes and stealth taxes we pay every day. At least we can pay it in 2 instalments!

[MJK 24]

liller said:

in the grand scheme of things, road tax is not too bad when you compare it with all the other taxes and stealth taxes we pay every day. At least we can pay it in 2 instalments!

You can pay in two installments but they'll charge you 10% extra!

[andyps]

MJK 24 said:

liller said:

in the grand scheme of things, road tax is not too bad when you compare it with all the other taxes and stealth taxes we pay every day. At least we can pay it in 2 instalments!

You can pay in two installments but they'll charge you 10% extra!

In APR terms it is a lot higher than 10% - it is 10% for each 6 months which works out at a pretty high APR, too late in the evening to work out the exact rate though!

[liller]

MJK 24 said:

You can pay in two installments but they'll charge you 10% extra!

they are cheeky though, I actually only got 5 months tax for the price of 6 as I bought it on the 28th of the month. damn them.

[deltashad]

Vladimir said:

Our 122bhp Defender was £460 a year. Which it partly why its now sold.

Which is, not it. Learn how to spell

[k-ink]

It should be scrapped and added to fuel costs. But that would be too transparent, totally eliminate those who avoid it, thus saving millions of pounds, clearly making far too much sense. Far better to make it as complex as possible thus allowing for fraud and vast waste. As you were.

[the_lone_wolf]

deltashad said:

Vladimir said:

Our 122bhp Defender was £460 a year. Which it partly why its now sold.

Which is, not it. Learn how to spell

Ever get the feeling something is... unfinished?

[abbotsmike]

Even top rate (£460?) is less than £9 a week. Doesn't make it any cheaper I know, but it's small fry in the overall cost of running a car really...

[Lordglenmorangie]

abbotsmike said:

Even top rate (£460?) is less than £9 a week. Doesn't make it any cheaper I know, but it's small fry in the overall cost of running a car really...

It's the inequality of it that boils my urine , cars doing thousands of miles per year causing congestion and wear to the roads paying little or no RFT . Were as enthusiasts doing 2 to 3 thousand miles are paying £475 new rates in April.

Now if every body pays the £475 and they spend it on the roads I would by a happy bunny

Note: I say spend it on the fkING ROADS

[k-ink]

Don't you get a warm glow knowing all your tax fund is spent on windmills and fags for the professionally idle?

[Bitzer]

the_lone_wolf said:

ver get the feeling something is... unfinished?

[bebee]

k-ink said:

Don't you get a warm glow knowing all your tax fund is spent on windmills and fags for the professionally idle?

The professionally idle are gay?

[Ozzie Osmond]

Don't get too excited - the government's review of tax discs announced in the Budget will very likely bring to an end the "cheap" category for personal imports and pre-2001 cars. Who knows, they might even sweep pre-1973 back into paying real cash money!!

[skene]

I was pissed off last night to find that I pay the same road tax as a Ferrari 360 for my fiesta!

[RB Will]

5.7l 12mpg £215 for 12 months.

[The Black Flash]

Ozzie Osmond said:

Don't get too excited - the government's review of tax discs announced in the Budget will very likely bring to an end the "cheap" category for personal imports and pre-2001 cars. Who knows, they might even sweep pre-1973 back into paying real cash money!!

Cheap my arse. Just taxed the MGB for 6 months and it was 120 quid. s.

[soad]

tr7v8 said:

This is why the entire fleet on our drive is now pre-2001

Sounds good to me.