Mase
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Registered: 16th Sep 01
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Originally posted by Ian
I may even buy something old and smokey and run it on home grown bio diesel if a new car gets too expensive. Less tax, less fuel duty, more pollution and I stay selfish and comfortable. Way to go Gordon.
Thats the way I'm thinking at the minute. I was going to go for as newer car as i could afford this summer to lessen the risk of bits going wrong, but if theres a chance it would be subject to these higher tax prices, i may as well get a crappy old diesel, run it on anything i find in the kitchen and chuck loads more crap into the atmosphere. After all i only need it for the summer... it all sounds slightly arse about, in that its cheaper to run a more inefficent car that could quite possibly chuck out more crap than the most pollutant RR sport etc.
Mase
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Volkswagen Golf Hatchback (97-04)
1.9 GT TDI (130ps) 3dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
18 Jun 2001 – 1 Jan 2004 £66.00 £120.00 C
Nice 
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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same as mine
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Colin
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Agree with whats been said about bunging Road Tax onto fuel, surely if its getting based on emissions then it should be on how much you produce through your mileage, not how much your car has the ability to produce. Someone might do 100k miles in a Group A car paying feck all roadtax while someone else in a High group only using the car at weekends does 4k a year but is having to pay £1000.
Im sitting now wondering what a kit car would be classified as.......Caterham anyone? 
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Colin
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Registered: 4th Apr 02
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Jesus  Wont be getting one of these now!
Honda S2000 (99 on)
2.0i GT 2dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
15 Mar 2002 – 23 Apr 2006 £115.00 £210.00 F
23 Apr 2006 – £220.00 £400.00 G
Rates effective from March 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
15 Mar 2002 – 1 Feb 2006 £228.25 £415.00 L
Rates effective from March 2010
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months First Year Rate Band
15 Mar 2002 – 1 Feb 2006 £236.50 £430.00 £750.00 L
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Mine is going up from 115 to 120 
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Colin
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How many peoples Road tax is going to virtually double thats really shocking!! Shouldnt be able to slap 100% rise on a car someone has had previous to the budget!
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X 60RSA
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Someone had written on the back of a dirty bus i was following today, it said. ''Crime Rules thanks to the PM''
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Jesus Wont be getting one of these now!
Honda S2000 (99 on)
2.0i GT 2dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
15 Mar 2002 – 23 Apr 2006 £115.00 £210.00 F
23 Apr 2006 – £220.00 £400.00 G
Rates effective from March 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
15 Mar 2002 – 1 Feb 2006 £228.25 £415.00 L
Rates effective from March 2010
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months First Year Rate Band
15 Mar 2002 – 1 Feb 2006 £236.50 £430.00 £750.00 L
Where you getting this from Colin, wana see if mine is going up.
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John
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parkers
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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£300  Great stuff.
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
Location: Lancashire
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Vauxhall VX220 (00-06)
2.0 Turbo 2dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Mar 2003 – 17 Jun 2005 £115.00 £210.00 F
Rates effective from March 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Mar 2003 – 17 Jun 2005 £165.00 £300.00 K
Rates effective from March 2010
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Mar 2003 – 17 Jun 2005 £170.50 £310.00 K
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Carl Gillespie
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Looks like small and diesel is the way to go.
Watch the prices rocket!
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Joe
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Join the club Adam.
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mwg
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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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I do actually feel sorry for the people thats tax has gone right up. I imagine a lot of people with high emission cars will be thinking of selling up now
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Colin
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300-400 is a fair chunk of cash just to have able to produce. Not sure if it will see off people buying those cars though?
Kind of makes older Pre-2001 cars seem ever more appealing.
[Edited on 14-03-2008 by Colin]
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
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its a poor do when your gona have to save up just to tax your car, as Colin said its alot of money at once. I won't be selling up though.
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Adam_B
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Registered: 13th Dec 00
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I think £300 is fair for the amount i use my car, if i only did a few thousand miles a year i would be really fucked off.
Bet this leads to more people driving around without insurance as well.
[Edited on 14-03-2008 by Adam_B]
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Joe
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How many a year do you do Adam? Roughly.
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Adam_B
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Location: Lancashire
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10k
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dan_c4rsa
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Registered: 12th Dec 06
Location: North Yorks Drives: MK3 Seat Cupra
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185 a year for my nova
woo
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Carl
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Registered: 9th May 04
Location: Jimmy Bennett's la la land.
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Yeah, vote conservative, sell even more playing fields off, then stand back and scrath your heads when all the kids are fat fucks. Result.
Doesn't matter who is in power,they are all as bad as each other.
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Gareth
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Registered: 2nd Mar 00
Location: Derby, Drives: EVO VIII MR & pug 308
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Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VIII (03-05)
2.0 MR 4dRates effective from 13 March 2008
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Apr 2004 – 2 Apr 2004 £115.00 £210.00 F
Rates effective from March 2009
Date of Registration 6 Months 12 Months Band
1 Apr 2004 – 2 Apr 2004 £242.00 £440.00 M
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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This is beyond a joke
Vote Conservative!
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Paul_J
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Registered: 6th Jun 02
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quote:
Originally posted by Adam_B
I think £300 is fair for the amount i use my car, if i only did a few thousand miles a year i would be really fucked off.
Bet this leads to more people driving around without insurance as well.
[Edited on 14-03-2008 by Adam_B]
Thing is, when I get my ferrari, I'll blatently only use it for the odd blat on a sunny weekend, I don't want to have to fork out £950 to just have it sit in my garage ... they're proper cunts.
The main reason they've upped the prices like this, is that when they decide to re-try to implement the pay as you drive scheme it'll look like a bargain in comparison!
then they'll have tracking in every car...
then... auto nick you for speeding etc.
Big brother is watching They want us all to have ID cards / chips too ...
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