I just feel this is going to far, renewal came through today, £260 for a car i dont even do 3k a year in. There was a time car tax was there to help pay for upkeep of roads. Irrespective of what the emissions are, one car or another will still help to damage the roads, so surely its about time we started to pay according to how many miles you do, in other words stick it on the fuel, surely it would only amount to a penny a litre, which at todays costs you would hardly notice. Just feel hard done to on this !
£260 Car Tax !
- Thread starter Paul.P
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Have to agree mate, it`s not as if they ever spend any of it on road maintenance, the government are so obsessed with taxing us that they`re unable to see the bigger picture, numpties
£260!!! Are you driving a 2001 plate mate? as mine is only £215 this year and mine is a 2000 plate V6. I am with you that they should reduce road tax and shove it on fuel as I am the same as you and do much less than 3000 miles a year in mine, as I average about 1500 miles a year. This is why I bought the Mondy, so I would be putting the mileage on that instead. It is a very unfair system. However, it's not just basd on CO2 emissions. If your car was registered before March 2001, it goes on engine size, not emissions. If your car was registered after March 2001 then yes, it is based on emissions:
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524
So, looking at this table I can deduce that yours is a 2001 registered vehicle, kicking out 210 - 225g/km of CO2.
Simple answer:
Buy yourself a pre 2001 plate! lol
.....running for the door........
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524
So, looking at this table I can deduce that yours is a 2001 registered vehicle, kicking out 210 - 225g/km of CO2.
Simple answer:
Buy yourself a pre 2001 plate! lol
.....running for the door........
At the end of last month I bought a 6 month ticket, it's gone up from the the £112 I paid 6 months ago to £118. Daylight flippin' robbery.
I'm the lucky one (were is the smug git smiley) 
mine is £215 this year (well £217.50 as i'm gonna have to stick it on the credit card not the debit card) because my car was registered in January 2001 so I escaped the tax on emmisions, I only dojust over 6000 in mine a year. It is expensive though (hence why I cant aford it and have to stick it on the credit card)
mine is £215 this year (well £217.50 as i'm gonna have to stick it on the credit card not the debit card) because my car was registered in January 2001 so I escaped the tax on emmisions, I only dojust over 6000 in mine a year. It is expensive though (hence why I cant aford it and have to stick it on the credit card)
I'm the lucky one (were is the smug git smiley)
My car is registered on 25/05/2001 but I pay the higher amount on my car tax, how come this has happened then ?
We're an easy target. Doubly so since our vile habit - "driving" - is in the crosshairs of the money-go-round, pseudo-green agenda*.
And as per Paul's hilarious letter, we're even taxed on the tax we pay. The brass neck of it. No other loosely-knit group would ever put up with it and I don't understand why we're expected to.
:EDIT: Mako was born around my 26th birthday, apparently, (anyone know how to find out the exact production date?). Tax due at the end of this month will be £215.
*To be clear, I don't think it's wrong to use less resources. I think it's wrong for governments and organisations to cynically profit from forcing us to do so.
And as per Paul's hilarious letter, we're even taxed on the tax we pay. The brass neck of it. No other loosely-knit group would ever put up with it and I don't understand why we're expected to.
:EDIT: Mako was born around my 26th birthday, apparently, (anyone know how to find out the exact production date?). Tax due at the end of this month will be £215.
*To be clear, I don't think it's wrong to use less resources. I think it's wrong for governments and organisations to cynically profit from forcing us to do so.
Because your car is registered on 25/05/2001, Peter! The changeover from the old lower rate, based on engine capacity, to the new higher rate, based on CO2 emissions was 01/03/2001. Any car first registered before this date gets taxed at the old rate, any car registered on or after this date gets taxed at the new rate, simples.
PM me your VIN and I'll try and look it up. My Microcat database might have it. It has most 2000 and later built cars in it.
Yes guys, unfortunately my car was registered april 2001, although it was built almost a year earlier, so yes, although my car is the same as all those registered before 2001, & its a C1 as well, still gotta pay the extra, beurocracy gone flippin mad if you ask me. Read the letter, very funny, & very true as well !
Ah I see, I think I got it the wrong way around then. I should have bought an older car DOH !!!