Car Tax increases from now to 2010

xpf

I don't think you can buy road tax more than a couple of weeks in advance (probably for this exact reason). I have heard of a few people that have said that they will declare their cars off the road (SORN) early next year and cash their tax discs in, then put them back on the road so they can get 12 months tax at the lower rate. This of course means that you will have to do without your car for a few weeks though.

xpf

zeon999 wrote: »

Nobody is making people keep these uneconomical cars and come on that guy further up even said when he renews his car he’s going to get the same again, where is the sense in that? Moaning about having to pay higher tax for an uneconomical car but then saying but I am going to get the same again.

No-one is forcing me to keep my car but the government and other circumstances have made it extremely difficult for me to get rid of it. I bought an MGZS (2.5 V6 - don't shoot me!!!) in September 2004. Unfortunately in April 2005, MG Rover went bust. This immediately sent the resale value of my car down the drain. The price of petrol, and now the HUGE increase in road tax now means that my car is worth peanuts. If I can't get any money for my car, I do not have any money to put towards a new one!

Mr_Angryman

Well come on. Waiting for the people that buy into the "more tax means the world will be saved!" argument to respond to my evil selfishness.

xpf

Mr_Angryman wrote: »

Well come on. Waiting for the people that buy into the "more tax means the world will be saved!" argument to respond to my evil selfishness.

I think we're all just jealous of you!!!

Maria575757

zeon999 wrote: »

Oh no here come the name callers. :rotfl:

Its not exactly back dating it though is it you dont have to pay extra for last years tax, you just have to pay more in the future if your car has high emmisions.

Which considering thats thje way things have been going for years anybody with any sence would think, you know what if I dont want to pay higher rates in the comming years I best get a low emmisions car.

No excuses sorry, I saw what was comming from back in the day when they taxed cars on the engine size years ago so why is it other people were not able to understand if you dont want to pay higher tax get a low emmisions car?

End of the day people moan and !!!!! about road tax yet to be honest that is the least of your worries, if your in a high emmisions band then your using more fuel also which has gone to crazy prices.

If you dont want to pay all this extra money answer is still very simple, get a low emmisions car. If you want a high emmisions car then thats upto you but dont moan that your having to pay big tax and fuel bills, no body made you buy the vehicle you did.

I am one of the guys who to be honest dont think it will make any real difference due to cars in the UK accounting for such a low percentage of pollution but, that being said this is what our goverment have decided, they want to encourage people to use low emmision cars by raising taxes so anybody who does not want to pay high taxes has the option to buy a low emissions car, I really dont get why everybody moans about it when there are other options open for you, nobody is making you keep you high emissions cars and pay higher taxes and fuel costs.

We have a Honda Civic - quite a mundane car, not a gas guzzling 4 x 4, but we are going to be hit hard. We bought the car last year in the hope of it lasting us well into our retirement - something that would be safe (we have a grandchild) and something that wouldn't use too much petrol. It's all very well saying what you say from your high horse, but we did not have that very useful thing 'foresight'. You say 'buy another car' - easy to say, not easy to do - we have lost most of the value of our car now so we will be stuck with it - don't know if you realise it, but Pensions have not gone up - in fact, taking into account how much food, electric, gas, & petrol have gone up our pensions have gone down. So before you come out with things like that it would be better to look at the whole picture.

bryanb

xpf wrote: »

I don't think you can buy road tax more than a couple of weeks in advance (probably for this exact reason). I have heard of a few people that have said that they will declare their cars off the road (SORN) early next year and cash their tax discs in, then put them back on the road so they can get 12 months tax at the lower rate. This of course means that you will have to do without your car for a few weeks though.

Sorry, the SORN rules are changing to prevent this.

hollydays

owch...............

OverlandLandy

Is it just me......

One of my cars is not on the list - Land Rover Defender!

My Nissan Qashqai is virtually unchanged @ £115 vs £120 at the moment (a £5 saving in fact!)

My other car is on a SORN- but its an old one from 1964 so its tax free at the moment.....!

mark55man

alialibi wrote: »

Hi - first time threader so be gentle with me please! Have been waiting for this discussion to rear it's head...I bought a 2001 Peugeot in 2002....I loved it, I wanted it and at the time - no I didn't take in to account the amount of CO2 emissions it created (call me stupid but this wasn't such an issue then....hindsight..) ... snip ...??

I agree

Is it just me, but does anyone seriously look at the predicted cost of car tax 8 years ahead when making a decision to buy.

I accept looking back it is a convenient peg to hang your current frustrations (apolitical - noone is going to change it to be cheaper). But in reality, back then, come on.

Finally, I do believe in the greening power of this, we are now hitting the point at which it bites - up to now it has been an extra cost but not enough to stop us doing anything. Now however, I have changed my driving habits, and get 25% better return on my petrol money (or save 25% of the petrol I use), and also negotiated to work at home part of the time.

If we just made everything cheaper again (give way to the naysayers and doommongers) - this light bulb moment simply wouldn't happen.

I spend less on petrol now than I did 6 months ago - GREEN GREEN GREEN

tomstickland

AdrianHi wrote: »

It is clever, represents good technological advancements and is an important stepping stone to plugging cars in overnight to recharge the batteries with cheap wind and nuclear generated electricity in future.
In the real world most people see around 44mpg.
There is a big heavy fast diesel saloon and estate around that is more economical these days and smaller saloon and estate petrol and diesel cars that are far more economical.

I don't call it the pious for no reason. I reckon the best fuel economy will come from a small car like a 106. In the midst of all the environmental stuff, people seem to miss that most modern cars are all horribly overweight and oversized.