Road Tax.........am I Reading This Right?

[winkie]

It would be nice if there was a viable option to 'let the train take the strain'.

[keef]

Yes. Your use of a vehicle is progressively being costed to recognise the damage it causes to others - think of it as me collecting a tort without having to sue you personally.

Do you go out of your way to be such a complete tosser or is it your actual character?

[Pindar]

Not only that, but have you considered the other additions to the cost of ownership, courtesy of the good ol' EU:-

http://www.r2rc.co.uk/home/content/view/27/97/

They will make it illegal to have your car repaired by an independent garage and force you to take it to the main dealer if anything goes wrong with it.

[King Stromba]

get a smaller car.

Or get an older car

[Guest Parry aka GOD]

Do you go out of your way to be such a complete tosser or is it your actual character?

In support of happy? he is one of my favourite posters. He's eloquent and polite yet quite a forceful character. He's also intelligent and well balanced. Unlike your truly here.

[Executive Sadman]

Or get an older car

Or a 'grey' import type. buy a new Hummer H2 and import it road tax still £185. After two tankfuls i guess the benefit would dissapear though.

[domo]

Much more economical to get a 1.2 and drive it in a way that it gets 30mpg than buy a 1.8 and drive it in a sensible fashion?

[blankster]

Get a TVR Cerbera. No emissions recorded an you'll piss off the tree huggers.

Think of all that lovely fuel tax the government would get from you and all the money the garage man will get fixing the Cerbera when it breaks down each week! Cerbera drivers tend to be tree-huggers anyway - they like to wrap their Cerberas round trees.

[profitofdoom]

At present i am paying £215.00..................Am i looking @ £400+ in 2011?

http://www.whatcar.com/car-news/road-tax-2...-charges/231720

Mike

You don't say what your car is or the year.Cars over 225gm/km and registered post March 1 2006 -"06" plate onwards will rise steeply.From march 2001 "Y" reg on I understood the rates were not going to £400 but staying £210 + the small budget rise.

[Guest happy?]

It would be nice if there was a viable option to 'let the train take the strain'.

There is - work locally. Commuting vast distances to work by car is a late 20th century phenomenon. Prior to the building of suburban railway systems the overwhelming majority of people lived within walking/cycling distance of their workplace.

The economics of commuting is unsustainable - peak-oil will see to it as none of our political leaders will enforce it.

[Guest Parry aka GOD]

There is - work locally. Commuting vast distances to work by car is a late 20th century phenomenon. Prior to the building of suburban railway systems the overwhelming majority of people lived within walking/cycling distance of their workplace.

The economics of commuting is unsustainable - peak-oil will see to it as none of our political leaders will enforce it.

I commuted to work the week before last. 24,000 miles in 6 days.

With the sh1ts may I add.

[Guest X-QUORK]

I commuted to work the week before last. 24,000 miles in 6 days.

We need to talk about that carbon footprint P.

[Guest Parry aka GOD]

We need to talk about that carbon footprint P.

Oh feck it's huge. Destroys a lot of the planet this running around saving the planet lark.

So, to try and make up for it. Tonight I shall not ride the moped thing to the girly bar 15kms away and shall have a w@nk instead.

[jonewer]

You don't need to be a genius to work-out that we have moved to an unsustainable form of lifestyle. The warnings were obvious to all during WW2 - we needed food convoys then just as we do now.

No. We just want them. Apples from NZ anyone?

[AteMoose]

No, the article is wrong the new tax is £245

The K band also applies to cars built before 2006, the gov explains it here

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/Ownin...hicle/DG_172916

[jay67]

I have an old 1.3 Toyota Yaris(86 bhp)with road tax of £120..the new 1.33 Yaris(100 bhp)has road tax of £35.

[AteMoose]

I have an old 1.3 Toyota Yaris(86 bhp)with road tax of £120..the new 1.33 Yaris(100 bhp)has road tax of £35.

arent you tempted by scrappage?

[Guest absolutezero]

Oh feck it's huge. Destroys a lot of the planet this running around saving the planet lark.

So, to try and make up for it. Tonight I shall not ride the moped thing to the girly bar 15kms away and shall have a w@nk instead.

Anyone else getting visions they really don't want?

[jay67]

arent you tempted by scrappage?

No..I've only owned the car 2 years,and it's done 51,000 miles now..plenty more life left in it.

[Rare Bear]

Before you get the usual 'we pay the highest' BS, check out the cost of car tax in Ireland. They have only recently started using emsissions as a guide. For cars registered AFTER 01/07/08

Band A: cars that produce 0-120g/km CO2 - €104 road tax;

Band B: cars that produce 121g - 140g/km CO2 - €156 road tax;

Band C: cars that produce 141g-155g/km CO2 - €302 road tax;

Band D: cars that produce 156g-170g/km CO2 - €447 road tax;

Band E: cars that produce 171g-190g/km CO2 - €630 road tax;

Band F: cars that produce 191g-225g/km CO2 - €1,050 road tax;

Band G: cars that produce 226g/km CO2 and over - €2,100 road tax

For cars registered before July 2008, it's on cc of the engine:

CC Cost - €

Not over 1,000 172

1,001 to 1,100 259

1,101 to 1,200 286

1,201 to 1,300 310

1,301 to 1,400 333

1,401 to 1,500 357

1,501 to 1,600 445

1,601 to 1,700 471

1,701 to 1,800 551

1,801 to 1,900 582

1,901 to 2,000 614

2,001 to 2,100 784

2,101 to 2,200 823

2,201 to 2,300 860

2,301 to 2,400 895

2,401 to 2,500 935

2,501 to 2,600 1120

2,601 to 2,700 1164

2,701 to 2,800 1204

2,801 to 2,900 1248

2,901 to 3,000 1293

3,001 or more 1566

BLOODY HELL!

Edited: I painstakingly put gaps in the above list to make it more readable but the editor removed them when I submitted the post. Sorry.

Wht do you expect, they did vote the Geen Rats into power.