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22 March 2006, 01:16 PM
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Anyone know yet how much we are going to be paying in road tax? They have changed the road tax system form £0-£210 depending on how much the car pollutes? 
Also reducing cleaner fules by 35p I am guessing this will be LPG?
Also reducing cleaner fules by 35p I am guessing this will be LPG?
22 March 2006, 01:25 PM
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Originally Posted by cookstar
I was wondering that, how are they going to differenciate between different types of 4x4
Robbing B45tards will look at getting every penny they can.
Why differenciate when you can make a LOT more money by tarring everyone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle with the same brush
22 March 2006, 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by WRX_Dazza
my log book doesn't say 4wd anywhere, so i'm going to blag it!!!
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Mind you all thought Subarus were called "all wheel drive"
22 March 2006, 01:57 PM
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Originally Posted by NPeckt
IMO they won't.
Robbing B45tards will look at getting every penny they can.
Robbing B45tards will look at getting every penny they can.
thats what me & a bloke said at work this morning
just heard its £210 Now
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22 March 2006, 02:02 PM
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Originally Posted by NPeckt
IMO they won't.
Robbing B45tards will look at getting every penny they can.
Why differenciate when you can make a LOT more money by tarring everyone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle with the same brush
Robbing B45tards will look at getting every penny they can.
Why differenciate when you can make a LOT more money by tarring everyone with a 4 wheel drive vehicle with the same brush
Your post is exactly the effect they are trying to get. They want people to be angry and stop buying 4x4s ... or if you do decide to buy one they want you to be hit by a tax which says THIS CAR POLLUTES!
It is the right way to do it if you ask me ... take cigarettes for example. They have realised that to put warnings and other ****e on the boxes does nothing, so instead they are going to keep raising the prices by silly amounts so that it gets to a point where some people have to stop smoking because they can't afford to.
Same principle with the road taxation.
I don't agree with road tax but I think that putting this large charge on heavily polluting vehicles is the right way to tackle the problem - from the governments perspective.
22 March 2006, 02:09 PM
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Originally Posted by baz69birds
thats what me & a bloke said at work this morning
just heard its £210 Now
just heard its £210 Now
and £210 is the max but they actually made no referance to cars being 4X4 just how polluting they are, and made a quote saying "People who spend £55k+ on their big gas guzzelers can afford the extra £30"So what is the official MPG on a scooby?
Have sky news on in the shop so will try and keep you as up to date as poss
22 March 2006, 02:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Gangsta Smurf
Your post is exactly the effect they are trying to get. They want people to be angry and stop buying 4x4s ... or if you do decide to buy one they want you to be hit by a tax which says THIS CAR POLLUTES!
Same principle with the road taxation.
I don't agree with road tax but I think that putting this large charge on heavily polluting vehicles is the right way to tackle the problem - from the governments perspective.
Same principle with the road taxation.
I don't agree with road tax but I think that putting this large charge on heavily polluting vehicles is the right way to tackle the problem - from the governments perspective.
i just want them to be CLEAR when it comes to making new tax's/rules/laws
But it is the goverment & its to hard to make things clear.
22 March 2006, 02:58 PM
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Breaking news
lol
£210 is only for brand new "gas guzzlers" and £190 for those currently owned this is nothing to do with the fact that the car is 4WD but reflects the CO2 emmisions targeting large enguine cars ie LARGE 4X4 and LUXURY cars..
lol
£210 is only for brand new "gas guzzlers" and £190 for those currently owned
this is nothing to do with the fact that the car is 4WD but reflects the CO2 emmisions targeting large enguine cars ie LARGE 4X4 and LUXURY cars..
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22 March 2006, 02:59 PM
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Originally Posted by baz69birds
IM not getting ANGRY,
i just want them to be CLEAR when it comes to making new tax's/rules/laws
But it is the goverment & its to hard to make things clear.
i just want them to be CLEAR when it comes to making new tax's/rules/laws
But it is the goverment & its to hard to make things clear.
they need to plug the massive overspend somehow ... road tax keeps the green vote happy and also generates a few extra billion to plug whatever black holes Mr Brown has in his Balance Sheet!
22 March 2006, 03:07 PM
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Spending under this government is over £100 Billion more a year than under the Conservatives and there has been no proportional increase in services due to the overspend.
Taxing my money and spending it badly (Spunking up the wall) is juist a sign of the times that people too readily accept as reasonable.
Taxing my money and spending it badly (Spunking up the wall) is juist a sign of the times that people too readily accept as reasonable.
22 March 2006, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
Its for cars 2001 onwards
So Sti's will fall in to the £210 bracket
So Sti's will fall in to the £210 bracket
. They have not said what the level of CO2 is for the £210 bracket but we will porb see bigger cat on cars from now on to get below this?
22 March 2006, 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
Its for cars 2001 onwards
So Sti's will fall in to the £210 bracket
So Sti's will fall in to the £210 bracket
I thought the reason behind this was to get large cars off the road. A Scoob is the size of a normal saloon!
22 March 2006, 04:30 PM
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Your post is exactly the effect they are trying to get. They want people to be angry and stop buying 4x4s ... or if you do decide to buy one they want you to be hit by a tax which says THIS CAR POLLUTES!
or subtract the length of the car from the height of the owner!! (or the other way round !)
- should stop a few mum's round here blocking the road!!
22 March 2006, 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Her at the back
what about 1993 classic?
http://www.sky.com/skynews/article/0...216258,00.html
22 March 2006, 05:04 PM
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not all mums, just the one's who overtake parked cars leaving about 20ft gap, because they cant judge the edge of their paris-dakkar shopping machine
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not all mums, just the one's who overtake parked cars leaving about 20ft gap, because they cant judge the edge of their paris-dakkar shopping machine
[rant mode off]
22 March 2006, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by phil_stephens
Its for cars 2001 onwards
So Sti's will fall in to the £210 bracket
So Sti's will fall in to the £210 bracket
Lucky I just renewed my tax for 12 months last month!
Gives me a bit of time! 
22 March 2006, 05:23 PM
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I personally think that they should tax on how many miles done per year, this would then calculate the amount of road usage and also how much pollution is put into the atmosphere, therefore for people that use their cars only at weekends or rarely don't get their ***** slapped the same amount as people that use their cars every day!!!!
No arguments please just my opinion
No arguments please just my opinion
22 March 2006, 08:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Mrs spec'c'57
I personally think that they should tax on how many miles done per year, this would then calculate the amount of road usage and also how much pollution is put into the atmosphere, therefore for people that use their cars only at weekends or rarely don't get their ***** slapped the same amount as people that use their cars every day!!!!
No arguments please just my opinion
No arguments please just my opinion
22 March 2006, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by NPeckt
It was worked out once, that if the Government abolished road tax altogether, and put ONE penny on a litre of fuel, they would be quids in, because all the people who don't pay tax, would have to pay in effect, if they wanted to drive their motors.
im in the wrong job
