ouch - road tax

[ratewhore]

My 4x4 is only going up a bit so not too bad overall...

[Katie]

My car is going up by £5 a year and that is post 00 reg.

[milanbenes]

correct me if I am wrong,

these rules don't apply to cars older than 2001 which will stay at 200£ adjusted for inflation each year of course

this would suggest the people who will get hurt in the long run are the car manufacturers and the fleet on britains roads will become really old like in Sweden

never seen so many bangers as in sweden

This will be excellent for second hand values of older cars

maybe the whole plan is actually one of conseration to get people to run their cars for longer before s/c/r/a/p/p/i/n/g them

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

A 2nd hand car is very environmentally friendly. A lot of energy and materials are need to make a new car.

[lilelvis2000]

What beats me is how vehicles that cost 5X more than what a family saloon costs only pay 2X the tax? and £400 for a Mondeo seems quite steep.

My sympathies to my neighbour who has four kids and drives a minivan.

Looks like whatever he gets in Tax Credit will be taken back by the road tax.