Wouldn't that be newer cars or are cars registered pre-2001 considered classic already?
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Road tax - "green tax" rise for older cars
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Originally posted by dang65 View PostAlways wanted one, never quite been in the position to go for it. It'll happen one day. Probably the day after oil runs out or something.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAnyone here with a car registered after March 2001 that emits more than 225g of CO2 per km is now going to have to pay £300 pa for road tax and £430 pa from 2010.
Add to this a 2p increase on fuel duty, and it's "fair" to say you'll be doing your bit to keep green.
New Labour, tough on C02, tough on the causes of CO2.
Churchill - In "Junior Hacksaw at the ready" mode!Comment
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I nearly went to a dealer today to get 2.5 ( 203 CO2 E issions ) Petrol Engine. The ground being "If I don't drive one today I might never anymore !". But then realizing that 203CO2 Emissions might be impossible to sell I balked.Comment
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Clearly a tax on families...as we have to buy larger vehicles to carry our progeny around in. Unless we buy two C1's and a small trailer....McCoy: "Medical men are trained in logic."
Spock: "Trained? Judging from you, I would have guessed it was trial and error."Comment
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Originally posted by sasguru View PostFuel prices are rocketing too, haven't you heard?
Fair enough I say, it's a tax on stupid people who think a big car gives them "status". Most of them have got a loan out to pay for it as well.
Ah well, it's only money.
No pockets in shrouds...Comment
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Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View PostClearly a tax on families...as we have to buy larger vehicles to carry our progeny around in. Unless we buy two C1's and a small trailer....
Your little darlings are breathing out CO2!!!!Comment
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Originally posted by lilelvis2000 View PostClearly a tax on families...as we have to buy larger vehicles to carry our progeny around in. Unless we buy two C1's and a small trailer....
We used to have a Land Rover Defender with ten seats, then a Honda FR-V with six seats, which were both great for big family camping expeditions but, as I say, the vast majority of the time there were no more than four people in the car at any one time, if that.
On the rare occasions when all six of us go away for the weekend together now, we use two cars. Which seems a bit mad, but the savings week after week justify odd moments of madness (I think).Comment
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It is cheaper to run a small car and then hire a big people carrier for the odd family holiday than it is to buy a people carrier that sits on the drive 99% of the time or goes round with two people in it.Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostIt is cheaper to run a small car and then hire a big people carrier for the odd family holiday than it is to buy a people carrier that sits on the drive 99% of the time or goes round with two people in it.Comment
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