Car Tax Risen sharply

Butterfly_Brain

Got my car tax reminder this morning and it has gone up from £80 for 6 months to £104 for 6 months and from £180 per annum to £190 per annum :eek: Always said when they forced people to give up smoking the motorists would pay!!!!!!!!!!!!

jaydeeuk1

Be known for some time. £180 to £190 is hardly massive.

My tax is going down, so I don't agree

Coveredinbees!!!!

Got mine this morning, 190 quid for a 2000 Peugeot 306 utter rip off when they only spend about tuppence out of that on the roads. I have been looking to get a newer car but I just don't understand the car tax rules any more and don't know what to get and what to avoid.

Inactive

Coveredinbees!!!! wrote: »

Got mine this morning, 190 quid for a 2000 Peugeot 306 utter rip off when they only spend about tuppence out of that on the roads. I have been looking to get a newer car but I just don't understand the car tax rules any more and don't know what to get and what to avoid.

I may have missed something, but I thought that year 2000 cars were not affected by the changes.

kaya

just brought myself a mitsubishi shogun, £455 per year !!, as i understand it only affects cars registered after april 2006

LandyAndy

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

Be known for some time. £180 to £190 is hardly massive.

My tax is going down, so I don't agree

So is mine so I agree with you.:T

drew2k9

my car tax is free,

and my 125cc bike is £15 a year!

flyingscotno1

I take it this is these rates- http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_172916

If so on my next tax disc I save £30.

snowmaid

I have been watching people buy huge 4x4's because they have been going 'cheap'....:cool:

OH wanted to buy one too! I told him that this is what was planned. Now I can say 'I told you so!'

Coveredinbees!!!!

Inactive wrote: »

I may have missed something, but I thought that year 2000 cars were not affected by the changes.

It's gone up a fiver, if it was due 1 day later it would be £205 or 11%. It's like being punished for having the cheek to own an older car. However you look at it it's a rip off, the road outside my house has more potholes than road surface.

sunshinetours

Not exactly news though is it? These rates are published well in advance and really aren't that hard to follow.

We changed my wifes smalishl 4x4 last year and bought a hatchback which is now about £30 a year cheaper on the Road Tax and that gap will probably only widen (obviously the £30 wan't the reaon we changed it I hasten to add!)

Buy something with lower CO2 and you know your running costs are going to be less - siimple