FabSwingers.com forum: car tax! :'(

By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

Hiya, I just felt like a bit of a whinge.

They're putting my car tax up to £270 on my Alfa.

It's so unfair. What's carbon got to do with the roads?! I hardly use my car but I have to pay this. I don't even do 10k a year. Surely tax should be in petrol costs or in tyres.

Anyway, I guess I'm going to have to sell her soon. It's getting ridiculous! Haha! Brilliant car but not good on petrol and not good on tax either...

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By *UNKIEMan
over a year ago

south east

Not 1 to rub it in....BUT......30 quid a year for me .....

buggers wont allow me to get 6 months though

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hiya, I just felt like a bit of a whinge.

They're putting my car tax up to £270 on my Alfa.

It's so unfair. What's carbon got to do with the roads?! I hardly use my car but I have to pay this. I don't even do 10k a year. Surely tax should be in petrol costs or in tyres.

Anyway, I guess I'm going to have to sell her soon. It's getting ridiculous! Haha! Brilliant car but not good on petrol and not good on tax either...

You drive an Alfa... You don't need to complain lol. Have they just put it up..as I want a v6 spider for next year so if tax is going uup .. prices will go down

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

Haha, ill be joining you soon. It's just that I don't want to do the downgrade.

I'm thinking of getting a diesel mito bit they are really expensive.

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"Hiya, I just felt like a bit of a whinge.

They're putting my car tax up to £270 on my Alfa.

It's so unfair. What's carbon got to do with the roads?! I hardly use my car but I have to pay this. I don't even do 10k a year. Surely tax should be in petrol costs or in tyres.

Anyway, I guess I'm going to have to sell her soon. It's getting ridiculous! Haha! Brilliant car but not good on petrol and not good on tax either...

You drive an Alfa... You don't need to complain lol. Have they just put it up..as I want a v6 spider for next year so if tax is going uup .. prices will go down "

Haha! V6 spider! Have you seen the 3l one? It's insane!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Get a Ford Focus 1.0 ecoboost, nae road tax at all! For the moment of course!

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By *innamon!Woman
over a year ago

no matter

Think mine was £245. when I retire I will buy a no tax no congestion charge car like a convertable smart car.Until then I will deal with what I have.

guess we all have to pay the price to drive a more expensive car. I dont even cover 6 k a year on the roads.

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By *lthomasMan
over a year ago

Wolves

£170 for my 330 BMW

£30 for wife's 1.6 golf

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"Get a Ford Focus 1.0 ecoboost, nae road tax at all! For the moment of course!

I was looking at those earlier but I see inside and everything then I think ill keep my car!

lol

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"Think mine was £245. when I retire I will buy a no tax no congestion charge car like a convertable smart car.Until then I will deal with what I have.

guess we all have to pay the price to drive a more expensive car. I dont even cover 6 k a year on the roads.

You're right I suppose.

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"£170 for my 330 BMW

£30 for wife's 1.6 golf"

Only £170??? How?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Which engine is it (JTD, JTDm, JTS or Twin Spark)?

I only run mine though the summer now (156 JTS) my last tax was £156 for 6 months.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Which engine is it (JTD, JTDm, JTS or Twin Spark)?

I only run mine though the summer now (156 JTS) my last tax was £156 for 6 months."

Saying that I've got my eye on a 156 GTA 3.2

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By *eaboMan
over a year ago

marden

car tax hasn't been about roads for a few years now. It doesn't go towards roads either. It is now an emissions tax, so cleaner running engines mean less tax.

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By *andy_tomMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

"£170 for my 330 BMW

£30 for wife's 1.6 golf"

£280 for my Honda CRV .

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"Which engine is it (JTD, JTDm, JTS or Twin Spark)?

I only run mine though the summer now (156 JTS) my last tax was £156 for 6 months."

It's TS... I'm beginning to wish it was a diesel though. Lol.

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By *razilnutsMan
over a year ago

York

I pay £225.00 for my Land Rover Defender 90, and barely do 5000 miles per year on it.

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"Which engine is it (JTD, JTDm, JTS or Twin Spark)?

I only run mine though the summer now (156 JTS) my last tax was £156 for 6 months.

Saying that I've got my eye on a 156 GTA 3.2

Haha, nice!!! I bet that is a fun car!

I must be getting old now because I just want a more economic car. I can't downgrade from an Alfa though! Haha! I've tried the golf and a few others but they feel so gutless.

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"car tax hasn't been about roads for a few years now. It doesn't go towards roads either. It is now an emissions tax, so cleaner running engines mean less tax. "

Yeah, I see... I think its to drive sales to be honest. There will always be a more efficient car. They just want me to sell my Alfa and buy a new one I think! Then so the same with that in 5 years!

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By *ohnjones3210 OP Man
over a year ago

Chester

"£170 for my 330 BMW

£30 for wife's 1.6 golf

£280 for my Honda CRV .

You beat me by £10!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Which engine is it (JTD, JTDm, JTS or Twin Spark)?

I only run mine though the summer now (156 JTS) my last tax was £156 for 6 months.

It's TS... I'm beginning to wish it was a diesel though. Lol."

There's things you can do to make it better. An ECU reset will help also the V6 intake mod and regular doses of Redex. I got mine from 31mpg to 36mpg with that and it cost about £15...

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By *ussyGalore and Mr OCouple
over a year ago

A House

Get a smaller less gas guzzling car then

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Hiya, I just felt like a bit of a whinge.

They're putting my car tax up to £270 on my Alfa.

It's so unfair. What's carbon got to do with the roads?! I hardly use my car but I have to pay this. I don't even do 10k a year. Surely tax should be in petrol costs or in tyres.

Anyway, I guess I'm going to have to sell her soon. It's getting ridiculous! Haha! Brilliant car but not good on petrol and not good on tax either...

Bet that aint a good selling pitch

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By *teveanddebsCouple
over a year ago

Norwich

"Haha, ill be joining you soon. It's just that I don't want to do the downgrade.

I'm thinking of getting a diesel mito bit they are really expensive."

Don't do it!

If you are doing less than 10k a year a doozil can work out really expensive.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

£30 for my C220 Merc

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Haha, ill be joining you soon. It's just that I don't want to do the downgrade.

I'm thinking of getting a diesel mito bit they are really expensive.

Don't do it!

If you are doing less than 10k a year a doozil can work out really expensive."

couldn't agree more, bloody dirty things.

If you want a MiTo then look at the Multi-Air. They're great on fuel, £0 road fund license and there's some great finance deals on them at the minute.

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By *rightonsteveMan
over a year ago

Brighton - even Hove!

Tax discs will be going next year and replaced with automatic registration recognition technology and monthly direct debits.

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By *eryBigGirlWoman
over a year ago

East Yorkshire

I've no idea what my tax is as the disc just appears in the post when it's due but that's the joy of a lease car

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

135 quid for my Jag

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

I forgot to do my SORN declaration this just reminded me

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By *udistnorthantsMan
over a year ago

Desborough

"135 quid for my Jag

Snap

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

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By *haz and BobCouple
over a year ago

Eastbourne

Get yourself an EU plate then you don't need road tax

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