cawoodni01 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 This new budget theyre bringing in next year is based on co2 emissions. The beloved VR6 being very lucky really, it slots into group J with 199g/km meaning the tax will rise to £260 a year in 2009 and £270 after 2010. 2g/km higher and it would have risen to £300!!The new tax bands can be found here http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/629/629/7293011.stmAnd this site finds the co2 emissions of your car model http://www.smmtco2.co.uk/co2search2.asp Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Please sign this petition asking the PM to scrap the retroactive application of the new, higher Road tax bands to older (2001-2006) cars: http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/UNFAIR-VED/ Over 2500 signatures already and it's only been up for a few hours. Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Even after 2009, original VRs ,registered before 2001, are not going to be CO2 banded, it will go on engine size either < 1549 or 1549 and aboveSection A97 http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/news/nol/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/13_03_08bud08_completereport.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
mike 6 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 260 is a fair rise aint it ? 70quid? Link to post Share on other sites
Jk* 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Bloody tax! Link to post Share on other sites
cawoodni01 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Oh yeah so it is, only cars registered after 2001 will incur the rise in tax, so looks like good news for the vr6 owners and not so good news for most of the r32 and 4motion owners then Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 R32 Mk5 gets a spanking Link to post Share on other sites
pimpcat 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 lol students that own 4mo's that miss the cut off date by a month also do Link to post Share on other sites
vr6madmike 0 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Ohh someone has learned something! Link to post Share on other sites
richievr 1 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 lol students that own 4mo's that miss the cut off date by a month also do :-p :-d perfect!!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 mk4 R32s and 2.8 4Motions registered between March 2001 and March 2006 get the biggest spanking - up from £210 to £440, a 110% increase. The biggest road tax increase in history..Second hand values of R32s dropped by £500 overnight. Thanks for that, Alistair. Much appreciated you f**king money-grabbing c*nt :@ My R32 went up for sale yesterday. :-( I love that car, but I'm not paying that bunch of w**kers that I never even voted another £440 a year just for being allowed to own it. It goes against all my principles.If anyone has a pre-2001 Golf 4Motion they want to sell, please let me know. Link to post Share on other sites
vr6madmike 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Thats a rediculous rise, Link to post Share on other sites
pimpcat 0 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 feel 4 u antera im thinkin of gettin rid of mine after this year nd gettin a gti tdi pd as i dont see how a car that produces 268 carbon per what eva it is, is in the same catagory as a lambo lp640 and enzo in emissions as i know they produce twice as much! money grabin cunt! Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 Even my girlfriend's pig-slow 2003 1.6 Astra has gone up by 70 quid a year FFS.The only good news is for people that own performance diesels. My brother bought his mk4 GTI Anniversary PD 150 two years ago for £9500 with 40k on the clock. It's now got 70k on the clock, is two years older and he's had people offering him £11,000 for it.The budget, combined with irregular fuel taxation has turned the second-hand car market upside down.Thankfully all you people with mk3 VRs are immune. A**hole Darling has committed to only increasing VED on pre-2001 cars in line with inflation. Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 LPG it.....at least tax will be cheap for now Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 I'm seriously thinking about going LPG on my next car.LPG is taxed at less than half the rate of petrol & diesel. But eveyone knows this is only because there aren't enough people on LPG to make a big tax hike on this fuel worth the Government's time.People are put off by the the horror stories about exploding tanks (untrue), big hikes in insurance premiums for LPG-converted cars (usually untrue) and the extortionate price garages charge for the conversions (true).But if you can buy a car that has already been converted, you have nothing to lose. It won't help with the road tax, but will save you a fortune on fuel, especially if you do a big annual mileage. Link to post Share on other sites
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