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Road Tax
Hi All
Just out of curiousity has everyone noticed the sneaky road tax rises I thought it was meant to be frozen what the bloody hell are the government playing at did they think we wouldnt notice its now £460.00 for 12 months and if you have an older D3 its now £260.
I think people have now had about enough of this crap its high time we all did something about this it isnt a fair system and would be better if it was done on a scale
Say for instance
0ltr to 2.0ltr £100
2.0 to 3.0 £200
3.0ltr upwards £400
Any vehicle that uses the road should pay road tax and should not be excempt whether they are electric or not does the powers that be not realise that if we all end up with electric vehicles there will be no road tax therefore no money earned
What does everyone else think
cheers
8th Jul 2011 10:32 am
crwoody
Member Since: 09 Mar 2009
Location: Littleborough
Posts: 2109
We already pay a tax based on usage and how economical our vehicles are - it's called fuel duty and in all honesty, it's probably the fairest way.
Trouble is though, it's just not enough for the greedy bu66ers that set the rules and spend the collected cash and whatever you or I or any other driver says, they will always find a way to justify it.Clive
8th Jul 2011 10:40 am
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Mike totally agree.....but as you say,if we all switch to electric they will just find some other way of bleeding us road users dry......subsidies for wind turbines are already drying up...won't be long before electric car incentives go the same way...
Many years ago there were very few diesels,and the duty was much smaller.....then we started buying diesels so guess what ?...yup.... they whacked the duty up to such an extent that diesel is now more expensive than petrol....
Successive Governments have decided it is the job of road users to pay for the NHS,unemployment benefit and the like...and they now rely on these hidden taxes to avoid the big,dangerous, headline-grabbing tax increases such as an increase in income tax.......
Fair..??...of course not....Inevitable??.... undoubtedly......
Would the French stand for it...no chance....will we..?.....probably "Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
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8th Jul 2011 10:43 am
DiscoDunc
Member Since: 08 May 2006
Location: Bristol
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taxed both of mine for 1st July
2.7 D3 : £460
3.0 D4 : £445
plus two services and one MOT
on the upside : need to tax the Aygo this month - £25 whoohoo Duncan
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8th Jul 2011 12:35 pm
rnlisg
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once they get us all in lectric cars the idiots in charge of the asylum will suddenly realise there is not enough leccy to go round as all the nuke stations will be closed s/steel side tubes,door trims with bright inlay,front and rear light guards,half chrome mirror caps,mud flaps,chrome finishers on boot and rear bumper step,chrome finishers round gear shift and cup holders,chrome door handle covers.d/4 grille conversion,chrome foglamp bezzells,parrot bluetooth.***sadly missed**********
8th Jul 2011 7:03 pm
geoff.
Member Since: 24 Jan 2010
Location: West kent
Posts: 8531
Anybody thought about an electric D3 now theres a thought
Geoff
8th Jul 2011 7:49 pm
packingstrips
Member Since: 24 Mar 2010
Location: uk
Posts: 435
We already pay a tax based on usage and how economical our vehicles are - it's called fuel duty and in all honesty, it's probably the fairest way.
I think its a total load of to be honest with you.
I may own ( i dont ) a little 700cc super mini that does 80 mpg but i might drive that vehicle 20000 miles per year....whilst my next door neighbour has a 3ltr Range Rover but only drives 2000 miles a year...whos poluting the atmosphere more? If my supermini emits less that 100g/km then its still free. They need to stick it on the fuel...that way even people who think its ok to drive around with no road tax will have to pay.
8th Jul 2011 8:19 pm
Jimbo85
Member Since: 08 Jul 2011
Location: London
Posts: 12
i know
i had a 320D before the Range and was loving the tax band!
although as land rover keeps bragging "when the new evoque comes out 2 tax bands £155 or first year free and then £90 a year after"
ill stick to my gas guzzler - i love the MPG because my smile is even bigger than its consumption 2008 - TDV8 HSE Sport 3.6
8th Jul 2011 9:54 pm
camelrock
Member Since: 11 Oct 2008
Location: north yorkshire
Posts: 446
Slightly smug, as mine is an 05 model only pay £245
8th Jul 2011 10:33 pm
Jimbo85
Member Since: 08 Jul 2011
Location: London
Posts: 12
camelrock wrote:
Slightly smug, as mine is an 05 model only pay £245
nice2008 - TDV8 HSE Sport 3.6
9th Jul 2011 12:39 am
NickJ
Member Since: 11 Oct 2010
Location: there's no f in point
Posts: 2137
Here in Guernsey they abolished road tax a few years ago and put it onto the fuel. Our petrol/diesel used to be half that of the UK's now it's only slightly behind. Probably a fair method - the more you drive the more you pay.
Not fair on those of us with uneconomical cars though
9th Jul 2011 5:24 am
euangibson
Member Since: 24 Dec 2010
Location: Borders
Posts: 11027
Remember "Dave" saying he was going to halt the "war on the motorist" ?..
Its an oldie but a goodie ..."How can you tell a politician is lying....thats right...his lips are moving..""Better to remain silent and be thought a fool,than to speak out and remove all doubt" ?.....what rubbish...
Locking rear E-diff
RLD spare wheel protector & sump guard
Extended roof rails
Series 111 mudflaps
Black side tubes,grill and vents
Timed climate remote
Hids4u interior lights
D4 Firenze my2012 HSE
D3 Java 2005 SE manual (sold,sadly,thanks for the memories)
1966 '88 Series 2a....still starts in the morning better than I do...
9th Jul 2011 5:49 am
mike23118
Member Since: 01 Oct 2010
Location: North Wales
Posts: 1028
Just taxed the Honda £56 That's still more than the daughters bloody fiestaNow Renault Trafic
D4 gone
D3 gone
9th Jul 2011 11:15 am
Pedros
Member Since: 25 Jun 2011
Location: Cumbria
Posts: 454
There's only two certainties: Taxes and death. Now death isn't something to enjoy or indeed look forward to, but at least it's a constant. You die - that's it! But taxes.....Death of a thousand cuts!!
Hope that cheeers you up.
9th Jul 2011 11:28 am
bambi
Member Since: 10 Apr 2009
Location: south yorkshire
Posts: 2059
Did anybody read in one the papers t'other day about the fact that so far fuel tax income is i think £640million down on expected revenue due to people driving less.
Made me smile, so if we all stop driving for a month or two and not fuel up we could bankrupt the government oh what fun we could have.
the above figures could be wrong as i have a sieve for a brain.
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to be honest with you.
