Vechicle Exise Duty

[WTFH]

BMW3 series options?
You mean like indicators and an off switch for fog lights?

[AtW]

I'm thinking about the £140 per year, not the £310. So, you get a car that pumps out 230g/km, instead of paying £1700 first year VED, you save that money.

Eh? New stuff applies only to cars first registered from 1 April 2017 onwards - you still have to pay crazy first year rate of £1700, after that you'd pay £140 plus £310 because in 2017 a car that emits 230 g/km is likely to be worth more than £40k - 911 Turbo S emits 227 g/km.

My car currently costs £510 and I recon they'd increase it at some point again inline with "rare of inflation", real savings on similar motor would be just fifty quid a year - half a tank of fuel, I am very glad though that they started shafting "normal people" who bought ecocars - maybe they would get a clue that high taxes might first start with those "well off", but they inevitably come down to fook over everybody else.

What they should also do is tax cyclists - £2000 first year registration, £140 per year normal fee plus £310 if they wear lycra...

[Chuck]

What they should also do is tax cyclists

Make the bastards pay for the shiny new cycle lanes that they don't use and that are causing so much disruption in London at the moment.

[seanraaron]

Shoes would surely bring in more revenue? A per-foot charge from the moment you start walking seems like a sure-fire revenue stream!

[AtW]

Shoes would surely bring in more revenue? A per-foot charge from the moment you start walking seems like a sure-fire revenue stream!

Legs even better.

You pay up or you get kneecapped...

[seanraaron]

Legs even better.

You pay up or you get kneecapped...

That sounds harsh, I was going to suggest a "boot" that prevents you lifting your feet.

[AtW]

That sounds harsh, I was going to suggest a "boot" that prevents you lifting your feet.

It's a higher cost option, requires more training for installers and lacks minimum necessary deterrent required in this situation.

HTH

[SueEllen]

Make the bastards pay for the shiny new cycle lanes that they don't use and that are causing so much disruption in London at the moment.

Emm the person who designs most cycle lanes not normally doesn't cycle otherwise they wouldn't put them in the most stupid place possible.

[AtW]

Emm the person who designs most cycle lanes not normally doesn't cycle otherwise they wouldn't put them in the most stupid place possible.

They probably put a psychopath to do the job...

[SueEllen]

They probably put a psychopath to do the job...

I love autocorrect on phones.