Car Tax ( Budget)
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Not unless you're buying a brand new one, which seems unlikely.
Edit: the BBC News website shows it far better than me:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/729301...
My Z4MC goes up from £400/yr this year to £440/year next year and £455/year the year after.
As the model Red-Ken ideal commuter (I get the bus, train and tube, or sometimes walk the last bit) I feel that I've been right royally stitched up.
Edit: the BBC News website shows it far better than me:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/729301...
My Z4MC goes up from £400/yr this year to £440/year next year and £455/year the year after.
As the model Red-Ken ideal commuter (I get the bus, train and tube, or sometimes walk the last bit) I feel that I've been right royally stitched up.
Edited by carl_w on Thursday 13th March 08:54
The way things seem to be going, in the years to come instead of thinking about transplanting LS1 engines, we'll all be clamouring to get a Golf Disel 1.9 Tdi fitted. 
It's all a load of anti-car b
ks anyway and just another way for HMG to raise money. Petrol is already taxed, so the more petrol you use, the more tax you pay - isn't that the fairest and most sensible way to hit the so called 'gas guzzlers' ?
It's all a load of anti-car b
ks anyway and just another way for HMG to raise money. Petrol is already taxed, so the more petrol you use, the more tax you pay - isn't that the fairest and most sensible way to hit the so called 'gas guzzlers' ?
JensenA said:
The way things seem to be going, in the years to come instead of thinking about transplanting LS1 engines, we'll all be clamouring to get a Golf Disel 1.9 Tdi fitted.
It's all a load of anti-car bks anyway and just another way for HMG to raise money. Petrol is already taxed, so the more petrol you use, the more tax you pay - isn't that the fairest and most sensible way to hit the so called 'gas guzzlers' ?
Or maybe the engine out of my Taxi - 3 ltr twin turbo pumping out 350bhp and 510lb/ft..... It's all a load of anti-car b
ks anyway and just another way for HMG to raise money. Petrol is already taxed, so the more petrol you use, the more tax you pay - isn't that the fairest and most sensible way to hit the so called 'gas guzzlers' ?
Jules.
julian64 said:
Yeah but what about my E39 M5. Born in March 2001?
anything from 1st March 01 onwards then you're buggered.. you'll be in the £440 bracket next year and then £455 by 2010. Cerbs, curr £180 will go up to £185 and then £200 for 2010. Wife's 2litre Alfa born June 01 will end up £310 or something stupid Edited by touching cloth on Thursday 13th March 10:23
It's very unlikely, most TVR's are not banded due to being small volume (I say most as I remember a Tuscan owner once once saying his was shown as band F on one of his renewals), most are merely listed as PLG. This will mean that they are governed by the pre-mar 01 price that being £185 for anyhing over 1.6litres.
touching cloth said:
About to buy a Smart Roadster for my wife Ben, thought I looked it up last night and it was in the £90 bracket (D?).. or is the roadster in a higher band than Fourtwo's.
Yep, higher tax due to the wheels I believe/higher boost specified, higher weight, no quicker and as fragile... lolFortwo's are the better car IMHO (predictable, but I could afford a roadster, I just prefer a modded fortwo..) Boost/wheels can be added later you see.
As an aside, make sure the mileage of the car is low, these things are only meant to be good for 40 or 50k before needing new turbos and the engines arent good for more than 80k between apparently?? The AJP is a bullet proof masterpiece by comparison... good characterful cars though, something that most modern stuff is devoid of. Also make sure its serviced by an independant so you dont get completely screwed by merc dealers - I do alot of the work on my car myself (everything except software stuff/services) so I know them inside and out, avoiding huge cost in the process... this has made it pretty inexpensive to run, but not amazingly so.
Let me know if you need any further pointers/advice...
carl_w said:
As the model Red-Ken ideal commuter (I get the bus, train and tube, or sometimes walk the last bit) I feel that I've been right royally stitched up.
I drive a Nissan Micra for work and have a 5.0L TVR engined RRC for weekends/dogs/wife's wheelchair/caravan as a second car, so I feel equally agreived at beeing punished for owning a big car even when I'm not using it.When it gets to the point where I can no longer afford to run both the Nissan will go, it simply can't do both jobs. If I were to give up the 'van and fly abroad every year then I'd be sqandering as much fossil fuel in a fortnight as I currently use all year.
Add to that my car is already twice the average age for scrapping a eurobox the issue of pulution is very grey indeed, a recent dust to dust survey proved that in real terms the toyota pious was worse for the environment than a hummer, simply because of how poluting they are to build and dispose of.
If they want to punish gas guzzlers then they should punish the ones guzzling all the gas.
No, it's about getting their hands even deeper into our pockets, like always. This gov't has ruined the country, just like they did before. We as a nation are massively in debt and now the time has come to tighten belts we are heading even deeper into debt. Expect more tax in the future guys, I don't see them sticking to their future projections on road tax at all.
Just for info this site has some Co2 figures for cerbs. My 4.5 is shown as 385g/km.
http://www.smmtco2.co.uk/co2search2.asp
Its all very unfare when you think that most Cerbs probably do less than 6000 miles a year so you can probably quarter the figure over a year compared to most cars!
http://www.smmtco2.co.uk/co2search2.asp
Its all very unfare when you think that most Cerbs probably do less than 6000 miles a year so you can probably quarter the figure over a year compared to most cars!
Phil, panic ye not, it's £185
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicl...
I'll bring your attention to
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicl...
I'll bring your attention to
DVLA site said:
Cars registered on or after 1 March 2001 (based on fuel type and CO2 emissions)
The rates shown only apply to cars that have been type approved in category M1 and registered on the basis of CO2 emissions measured in grams per kilometre (g/km) driven. These details are shown on the Registration Certificate.
The rates shown only apply to cars that have been type approved in category M1 and registered on the basis of CO2 emissions measured in grams per kilometre (g/km) driven. These details are shown on the Registration Certificate.
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