new road tax bands for the elise

[steve1968]

Can anyone tell me how the new bands will effect the elise ?
I am currently considering buying a late s1 or early >03 S2.

thanks steve

[piooly]

not sure but my tax for the S1 sport 160 cost me £210 for 12 months. Even my vectra 2.5 V6 is cheaper at £185 !!! cant be right...?

[robbieduncan]

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

[Strugs]

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/

[wacattack]

Cost me £185 for 12 months (98 S1).

Supposed to be going up to £200 by 2010

[shangani]

robbieduncan said:

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

Yup - £145 for the year 1 weeks ago.

[robbieduncan]

shangani said:

robbieduncan said:

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

Yup - £145 for the year 1 weeks ago.

And only rising to £180 for the 2010-2011 year.

[kambites]

One of the many reasons that the S2 111S is the best Elise.

[steve1968]

Strugs said:

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/

Thanks for that , might make a difference to what i buy next , wifes got a car and i use my KTM as much of the year as possible so don't really want to pay £400 + for a car to be sat in my OWN garage .

steve

[piooly]

shangani said:

robbieduncan said:

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

Yup - £145 for the year 1 weeks ago.

cant believe that, so unfair !!!!!

[RobM77]

piooly said:

shangani said:

robbieduncan said:

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

Yup - £145 for the year 1 weeks ago.

cant believe that, so unfair !!!!!

What I noticed yesterday was that, whilst I pay £145 for my daily driver, my Dad pays £180 a year for an MGB that my Mum uses for about 1500 miles a year!! Crazy system..

[Strugs]

steve1968 said:

Strugs said:

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/

Thanks for that , might make a difference to what i buy next , wifes got a car and i use my KTM as much of the year as possible so don't really want to pay £400 + for a car to be sat in my OWN garage .

steve

No probs..

It meant the difference in buying a V6 4Motion Golf and a GT TDI Golf for the wife's/our 'sensible' car (although she went for a GT TDI Polo in the end!)!!

[DamienCBR]

piooly said:

not sure but my tax for the S1 sport 160 cost me £210 for 12 months. Even my vectra 2.5 V6 is cheaper at £185 !!! cant be right...?

Piooly,
My Sport 160 is £185, just paid up for the year. Also the parkers website suggests £185

[piooly]

DamienCBR said:

piooly said:

not sure but my tax for the S1 sport 160 cost me £210 for 12 months. Even my vectra 2.5 V6 is cheaper at £185 !!! cant be right...?

Piooly,
My Sport 160 is £185, just paid up for the year. Also the parkers website suggests £185

WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shall be looking into this !!!! not a happy chappy...

[DamienCBR]

piooly said:

DamienCBR said:

piooly said:

not sure but my tax for the S1 sport 160 cost me £210 for 12 months. Even my vectra 2.5 V6 is cheaper at £185 !!! cant be right...?

Piooly,
My Sport 160 is £185, just paid up for the year. Also the parkers website suggests £185

WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shall be looking into this !!!! not a happy chappy...

Not sure if date has anything to do with it? Yours is a 2001, mine was registered in Sept 2000.

D

[rfoster]

DamienCBR said:

piooly said:

DamienCBR said:

piooly said:

not sure but my tax for the S1 sport 160 cost me £210 for 12 months. Even my vectra 2.5 V6 is cheaper at £185 !!! cant be right...?

Piooly,
My Sport 160 is £185, just paid up for the year. Also the parkers website suggests £185

WHAT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I shall be looking into this !!!! not a happy chappy...

Not sure if date has anything to do with it? Yours is a 2001, mine was registered in Sept 2000.

D

Yup - date dependant. 2001 and onwards was co2 based - prior it was engine size from memory!

[piooly]

that would explain things...

[screem]

RobM77 said:

piooly said:

shangani said:

robbieduncan said:

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

Yup - £145 for the year 1 weeks ago.

cant believe that, so unfair !!!!!

What I noticed yesterday was that, whilst I pay £145 for my daily driver, my Dad pays £180 a year for an MGB that my Mum uses for about 1500 miles a year!! Crazy system..

Not that crazy once you realise that the road tax system has nothing to do with pollution and everything to do with milking the nation out of as much cash in taxes as possible.

[tom_allen]

shangani said:

robbieduncan said:

Get a S2 111s. It's officially rated at 163g/km so it nice and cheap to tax...

Yup - £145 for the year 1 weeks ago.

Gutted, my S1 111S has the same engine and emissions yet costs more to tax!

Would love to know who worked the tax system out, I'd slap them in the face.

When are we going to stop getting ripped off?

[21TonyK]

Try an N/A Exige!! Something seriously wrong with this system. I can run a dirt belching diseasal 40K a year and pay less tax