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[SWMBO]

I don't wanna get into politics but there isn't anyone that would make me vote at the moment.  Except maybe for Lizzie lol. I think her first law should be to reduce the tax on essential items all women need.

Re: tax increase on cars.., much as i complain about the time Jue spends under the bonnet of one omega or the other, I have to admit we got a good deal with our Elite (£495 for a car worth at least £1500 with LPG conversion already running on it  ) so we win on all fronts.  There's a compromise available with everything.

I have to be honest, I'd quite like a bigger car (volume wise anyway).., Landrover or Range Rover will do he he!  If tax does go up I reckon u could get paid to take one ha ha!  

Gotta keep an eye on LPG conversion kits methinks.

[sir moanalot]

i wont be looking at an lpg kit, look at the costs (around £1,500) and then look what happenned to diesel prices, alt fuel that became popular and costs more that petrol now!
i just do not trust these governments to start taxing anything they please .

[Martin_1962]

i wont be looking at an lpg kit, look at the costs (around £1,500) and then look what happenned to diesel prices, alt fuel that became popular and costs more that petrol now!
i just do not trust these governments to start taxing anything they please .

Diesel is now more expensive because they are making it out of other grades, it costs money to combine lighter hydrocarbons or crack heavier ones. Due to the big uptake in Diesel this is why it is in short supply, plenty of petrol around though - so it is cheaper (before tax)

[tunnie]

selling your car based on a small tax increase seams very stupid to me.

Over 100% is hardly a small tax increase.  
Am I right in thinking that you are the single bloke, with a good job, and lives with Mum and Dad, so no kids shoes to buy or lecky to pay for.............................we were all like that once, your time will come, unless you get over 5000 posts.......

Edit, oh you have, well enjoy...................

Its still a small increase when you compare to the general cost of motoring.

People are posting about spending £11,000 on a slighly more economical german oil burner.

£11k compared to a £200 quid increase in tax?

Infact any car change will prob cost you more money than the increase in tax, which may not happen.

The increase is in effect, 3 tanks of petrol!

Come on people, would you change your car just to save just 3 tank fulls of petrol?

[Andy B]

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The increase is in effect, 3 tanks of petrol!

Come on people, would you change your car just to save just 3 tank fulls of petrol?

 .... and little by little the government brainwashes us into their way of thinking! :-? Why not make it a 5 tanks of fuel? Such a nicer number than 3!      
         

[cem_devecioglu]

I buy a 5000 £ baby car for short trips and to rest the miggy  

[Kevin Wood]

I buy a 5000 £ baby car for short trips and to rest the miggy  

This is exactly what the current tax hikes, etc. will stop. If the costs of running a big car were related to usage (tax on fuel, road pricing, etc.) then I might consider something small as a runabout. However, having been stiffed for another 200 quid on the Omega I'm hardly going to fork out another 200 quid to tax a runabout (need to keep the Omega for towing any way).

Nope. Once my 440 quid is paid I'll be getting my money's worth out of the Omega and stuff the CO2 emissions.

Kevin

[cem_devecioglu]

I buy a 5000 £ baby car for short trips and to rest the miggy  

This is exactly what the current tax hikes, etc. will stop. If the costs of running a big car were related to usage (tax on fuel, road pricing, etc.) then I might consider something small as a runabout. However, having been stiffed for another 200 quid on the Omega I'm hardly going to fork out another 200 quid to tax a runabout (need to keep the Omega for towing any way).

Nope. Once my 440 quid is paid I'll be getting my money's worth out of the Omega and stuff the CO2 emissions.

Kevin

Here, tax of second hand small engine cars are negligible..Compared to miggys running costs, its nearly nothing..

and theres another factor , wife pressurizing me to drive a car

[Andy B]

...... However, having been stiffed for another 200 quid on the Omega I'm hardly going to fork out another 200 quid to tax a runabout (need to keep the Omega for towing any way).
 .....

You could always go for a Smart. £35 a year VED    

[CaptainZok]

...... However, having been stiffed for another 200 quid on the Omega I'm hardly going to fork out another 200 quid to tax a runabout (need to keep the Omega for towing any way).
 .....

You could always go for a Smart. £35 a year VED    

But Kevin isn't a hairdresser.

[ians]

I buy a 5000 £ baby car for short trips and to rest the miggy  

This is exactly what the current tax hikes, etc. will stop. If the costs of running a big car were related to usage (tax on fuel, road pricing, etc.) then I might consider something small as a runabout. However, having been stiffed for another 200 quid on the Omega I'm hardly going to fork out another 200 quid to tax a runabout (need to keep the Omega for towing any way).

Nope. Once my 440 quid is paid I'll be getting my money's worth out of the Omega and stuff the CO2 emissions.

Kevin

Kevin, What they really want you to do, eco warriors that they are (not), is drive your car to the tip and replace it with a new eco-car thereby generating them a load of VAT income oops what am I saying.  Never mind the eco cost of building the additional new vehicles.

Its an ECO stealth tax (love that expression) - Brown is a sneaky barsteward, always has been since day one when he introduced the closet tax on pensions.

[Danny]

there's a few eco cars about on £35 a year tax, i rate the corsa to be the worst though, only available in 1.0 form, which means sh*t slow, VW  and Peugeot both do 1.4s!

i'll be more than happy saving near on £1000 a year every year in overall costs with the corsa i'll have

a full tank on a corsa of about £45 will get me around 400 miles

[Kevin Wood]

...... However, having been stiffed for another 200 quid on the Omega I'm hardly going to fork out another 200 quid to tax a runabout (need to keep the Omega for towing any way).
 .....

You could always go for a Smart. £35 a year VED    

But Kevin isn't a hairdresser.

Kevin drove an MX-5 to work today so he will quietly ignore that point and mention that, as he doesn't play golf, he has no need for a golf kart. Certainly not one that costs £8K+.

I did see a Smart doing about 85 down the M4 the other day. Looked really stable - like if the driver so much as f@rted it'd have been up the embankment and into the bushes.

Kevin

[Kevin Wood]

there's a few eco cars about on £35 a year tax, i rate the corsa to be the worst though, only available in 1.0 form, which means sh*t slow, VW  and Peugeot both do 1.4s!

i'll be more than happy saving near on £1000 a year every year in overall costs with the corsa i'll have

a full tank on a corsa of about £45 will get me around 400 miles

Blimey! Just shows how things have changed in the last 18 months. I was getting 400 miles out of 45 quid's worth in my previous car before I got the Omega.

It was a 1.8 8v Renault Laguna.

Kevin

[Martin_1962]

I hated Brown since he stole from the pension funds