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Car Tax - Any Ideas?

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  • nick74
    nick74 Posts: 829 Forumite
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    Wig wrote: »
    To anewman,
    I don't know how the test is done, But I suspect it is done by simulating the car running a long journey at 60mph possibly on a rolling road. They then measure the emmissions over the period.

    It seems to be done basically using the Urban fuel consumption test, which is why I mentioned using the official fuel consumption figures as a comparison to arrive at a rough CO2 figure for older cars.

    As a general rule the CO2 emitted is directly proportional to the fossil fuel burnt, so as a rough guide if one car uses twice as much fuel as another car, it also produces about twice the amount of CO2 as the other car.
  • MarkyMarkD
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    The MOT test tests Carbon Monoxide levels, not Carbon Dioxide, so any MOT figure is entirely irrelevant.
  • Peugeot 106 with a 1.1L engine is £115 for 12 months.
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