How much is your car tax?

oap

Hello all,, and Happy New Year to you. I was not sure where to post this question, but know there is always someone on here to help.

We are aged 71 and 76, we own a ten year old Mercedes Benz Elegance, 1998 cc. We have had to pay this year £175 car tax. We do about three thousand miles a year or less. Our emissions are nil, yes nil on CO, and our mot reading is well below the requirements.

We now find out that friends of ours with bigger but newer cars are paying a lot less, and do not think this is at all fair, we have had our car six years and it has to see us out, it costs us nothing in repairs,is in fabulous condition, is still on the same exhaust system from new, (one owner before us) and does very well on petrol.

Do you think if we send a letter to the DVLC they would reduce our car tax?

HMMMMM, doubtful, but we cannot afford to change it, and do not want to change it. Seems unfair doesn't it.

Regards oap

catz747

In answer to the title, my other half pays £40 road tax per year in his suzuki alto Don't know if they would reduce yours if you write to the DVLC

marksward

£110 per year on my car. BTW who said your car had 0 emissions? No car (esp a big old merc) has 0 emissions. Its going to cost you much more than you'd save in road tax in changing your car, unfortunatly you'll have to take it in the chin

Do you use the car all year round? if not it may be worth doing an 'off road notice' for the months the car is off the road.

Nytehawk

oap wrote:

Hello all,, and Happy New Year to you. I was not sure where to post this question, but know there is always someone on here to help.

We are aged 71 and 76, we own a ten year old Mercedes Benz Elegance, 1998 cc. We have had to pay this year £175 car tax. We do about three thousand miles a year or less. Our emissions are nil, yes nil on CO, and our mot reading is well below the requirements.

We now find out that friends of ours with bigger but newer cars are paying a lot less, and do not think this is at all fair, we have had our car six years and it has to see us out, it costs us nothing in repairs,is in fabulous condition, is still on the same exhaust system from new, (one owner before us) and does very well on petrol.

Do you think if we send a letter to the DVLC they would reduce our car tax?

HMMMMM, doubtful, but we cannot afford to change it, and do not want to change it. Seems unfair doesn't it.

Regards oap

Hi I don't want to dissillusion you but I just went for a look on the vla.gov.org site and eventually it will as you the make and model of your car. In the emissions column of Mercedes cars (there are dozens of variants) the emission for each type of Merc is clearly ststed. There are no petrol/diesel cars that I know of to date that has no CO2 emissions. The Mercs that I scanned had emisisions that varied from 119 to 197. My own car is a nearly new Mazda and I pay £190 car tax

badmumof1

i pay 150 for a 1.4 vauxhall astra
It should have been 110 but my car missed the deadline by a week when registed in 2001.
your age and how much you use the car dont come into road tax

Bunny

I used to pay £110 on a 9 year old 1.2 Corsa
I now pay £100 on an almost 1 year old 1.3 Yaris

They used to work out the amount of tax according to the engine, which as far as i'm aware they will still do to your car, they then changed it to the emissions of the car, which only takes effect if your car was made after this rule change. This is how i understood and how i pay £10 less for a slightly higher engine

Madiba_2

I think my tax is £210 a year. I have a 2.5 Turbo. I'd happily pay more, cos its great fun to drive!!

I still think scrapping RFL (car tax) and sticking 1p on petrol is more fair.

save-a-lot

Hi

I pay £40/year on my Smart car and £120/year (I think) on our Ford Focus. To save on your car tax you maybe should consider changing your car

jennifernil

I would stick with the present car. You say it is reliable, costs nothing in repairs, not many cars can claim that. Like you we do not have high mileage, we drive an old Volvo which is ultra reliable, no expensive repairs, but to us the main thing is that it is a sturdy and safe car, gives us good protection. I would not change it for a small "economic" car.

oap

Thank you all for your input, no we cannot change the car, cannot afford to, and like you say its not costing anything, but will have another look at our mot certificate, will quote the read out when I find it again, maybe we have read it wrong? Maybe a fairer way would be to charge on mileage that we use the roads!! Regards oap

seven-day-weekend

How much would the road tax be on a 1998 Seat Alhambra 1.9 TDi?

Last time I taxed it in the UK I think it was £165