Car tax reminder £205

[Cotty]

When did it go up? Last time I looked (could be bothered to take an interst) it was about £185

And before anyone say's it is not a tax its a road fund licence, the DVLA reminder says "Renewal reminder for a tax disk".

[cuprabob]

Went up at the last budget

[Mastodon2]

Mine is £179 for a 1.3L Fiesta - daylight robbery!

[missdiane]

Mastodon2 said:

Mine is £179 for a 1.3L Fiesta - daylight robbery!

Quite surprising, the old less efficient ones were only £125 a year

(My old X reg 1.25zetec was £125- bit of a difference!)

Edited by missdiane on Tuesday 28th December 18:49

[Cotty]

When are they going to start rolling out the no tax prior to 1971 thing? I might reach that in a few years

[Mastodon2]

missdiane said:

Mastodon2 said:

Mine is £179 for a 1.3L Fiesta - daylight robbery!

Quite surprising, the old less efficient ones were only £125 a year

Mine is an old, inefficient one, its a MK4 facelift. The ones that had Zetec engines were cheaper to tax as the Zetec engine was somewhat more efficient than the Endura engine that it was replacing at the time.

[missdiane]

Ah got it

[Lordglenmorangie]

£435

[cuprabob]

Lordglenmorangie said:

£435

£435 for me too plus £70 for my bike.

The joys :-)

[R1 Loon]

I've got two at £435, one at £200, one at £70 and one at £33.

The best part of £1200 for a year

[carreauchompeur]

My 300bhp, 4.2L planet killing carbons emission machine will cost me £205. As will my 114bhp panda=friendly car. It's all wrong!

I'm not looking forward to the point at which I have to "upgrade" to a newer thirsty motor, £435 would seriously hurt to pay out at once.

[Cotty]

carreauchompeur said:

I'm not looking forward to the point at which I have to "upgrade" to a newer thirsty motor, £435 would seriously hurt to pay out at once.

Its like they don't want us to drive cars like that will ever happen

[carreauchompeur]

Cotty said:

carreauchompeur said:

I'm not looking forward to the point at which I have to "upgrade" to a newer thirsty motor, £435 would seriously hurt to pay out at once.

Its like they don't want us to drive cars like that will ever happen

Exactly... Barstewards! It does have the unfortunate side effect of choosing a new steed carefully on the basis of pre/post 2000 though... A drop in the ocean with most car expenses, but a factor anyway!

[Cotty]

carreauchompeur said:

It does have the unfortunate side effect of choosing a new steed carefully on the basis of pre/post 2000 though

A 1999 Elise is on the cards then.

[northandy]

Cotty said:

When are they going to start rolling out the no tax prior to 1971 thing? I might reach that in a few years

Never... If anything I reckon it must be high on the list to be scrapped altogether.

[Cotty]

northandy said:

Cotty said:

When are they going to start rolling out the no tax prior to 1971 thing? I might reach that in a few years

Never... If anything I reckon it must be high on the list to be scrapped altogether.

Nooooooooooo I still want a 1966 mk1 Cortina and a 1930's Ford

[carreauchompeur]

Cotty said:

carreauchompeur said:

It does have the unfortunate side effect of choosing a new steed carefully on the basis of pre/post 2000 though

A 1999 Elise is on the cards then.

Not a bad suggestion, think the "fun" car might be on the cards for replacement this year

[Cotty]

carreauchompeur said:

Cotty said:

A 1999 Elise is on the cards then.

Not a bad suggestion, think the "fun" car might be on the cards for replacement this year

That looks the way I am hedding

[turbolucie]

What's depressing is the tax on my 1.6 MINI is more than on the OH's Sapphire Cosworth AND his 3.9 V8 Range Rover.

[Jasandjules]

My diesel estate is not too dis-similar to my 5.0 V8 Chimaera..........

Just another excuse to tax us to death.