£205 tax for 172 - why!

[R20 CWH]

just renewed tax and after reviewing the state of the M8 with pot hole city everywhere i wonder why we as the motoring public waste so much cash on road tax as the roads are a disgrace!!

 

[Ollie82.]

This makes even less sense....my friends Esprit V8 350 costs £190 to tax for 12 months.

Why does my 2.0 cost £205??!

 

[Rufstuf]

Absolutely f**k all of that money goes back into the roads, right in the chancellor's pocket

 

[Ollie82.]

Have to agree. The roads round here are dire.
Their idea of resurfacing is throwing all that sodding loose sh*t over the road, sweeping it into the holes and then letting every other inconsiderate tosser fling it at your car at 50 mph!!

 

[trailerparktrev]

Yep I pay the same amount as my father and he drives a Discovery 3.
The Aygo is starting to seem more appealing.... and I just only bought this one.

 

[GazCB]

This makes even less sense....my friends Esprit V8 350 costs £190 to tax for 12 months.

Why does my 2.0 cost £205??!

Probably the old tax system. Tax on my 330 is £190 too. Registered february 2001.

 

[Ollie82.]

Barsteward!

 

[GazCB]

Hehe, I'm picking up my new car on friday which is on an 03 plate, so no cheap tax for me any more!

 

[Middo]

have the tax bands changed then, as mine was only £180 for a year 4 months ago ?

 

[R20 CWH]

it was £195 for me last year so looks like up a £10er in the year

for feck all.

the whole thing is a joke, plus to make it worse they are redoing 5 weeks of resurfacing on the M8 again as they made an arse of, inevitably it will be paid for by the road tax - magic.

 

[Spark]

there was a review of potholes on the news like 6 months ago, fixin the potholes in scotland would take like 14 years, its shocking

 

[cat171]

Cars registered after March 2001 pay the higher rate.

 

[realnumber 1]

Have to agree. The roads round here are dire.
Their idea of resurfacing is throwing all that sodding loose sh*t over the road, sweeping it into the holes and then letting every other inconsiderate tosser fling it at your car at 50 mph!!

Arnt the council not meant to fix some of these with our ripoff council tax aswell. Roads my way are sh_t also . As for that loose stuff it aint great for your tyres either!. Cheap for them and passing the expense to us, TW_TS

 

[Graham Gooch]

Cars registered after March 2001 pay the higher rate.

They pay the A-F band.

Cars registered after March 2006 can also be grouped into G

Basically an Espace driver will from March 08 be paying £400 a year to tax his car

Piss take really.

 

[cat171]

On happier note, road tax for the vee is the same as a 172

 

[Graham Gooch]

Aye stupid rx-8 on 05 plate £205 quid rx-8 on 06 plate £300 going up to £400 in march

f**king stupid labour c***s.

 

[Ollie82.]

On an even happier note, V6 fuel costs the same as 172 fuel!

 

[Tigger]

Will 172 tax go up in March?

 

[Graham Gooch]

Wouldn't bet against it.

 

[GazCB]

have the tax bands changed then, as mine was only £180 for a year 4 months ago ?

My mistake, yes it was only £180.

Next car is only £205 though, I can live with that.

 

[Marshallahsram]

Ill piss you all off........my tax was £50 last year, and its gone down this year, to £35 :rasp:

 

[Fletcher]

On an even happier note, V6 fuel costs the same as 172 fuel!

On a not so happy note, the v6 is a thirsty bus :dapprove: :dapprove:

 

[Norris_309]

I just swapped to a 2002 golf 1.9 tdi & thats £115 a year to tax!.. nice
Although my 1997 pug 1.9 diesel is £200 (ish)a year to tax.
If registered Before March 2001, tax was worked out on engine size & after/now it's done on emmisions. (so i thought) so if buying an older car go for a small engine, if a newer one get a diesel
good for some, not for others!

 

[Neil G]

Yep....really f**ks me off as well paying over £200 for my 172 when it's a pretty economical car.

Surely there are lot of bangers on the roads causing far more damage to the environment but are being taxed less.

 

[R20 CWH]

whole thing reeks of profit for the government for sod all.

 

[Floodie]

how much would a year cost at this £400 bracket if you bought 2 lots of 6 months then?... £450? 500?... christ

 

[Alan]

I love it when you're angry Chic, so cute xx

 

[Anonymous]

Williams & 172 both need taxing end of this month

 

[Ian_182]

^^^ouch

 

[Fletcher]

That reminds me,i must tax my 172 today.

 

[benhwolves]

yeah it's a joke, i do 4k miles a year in mine so emissions are f all yet pay £205

 

[Oggy997]

That reminds me,i must tax Oggy's 172 today.

 

[Alan]

yeah it's a joke, i do 4k miles a year in mine so emissions are f all yet pay £205

Should drive it more to get your moneys worth mate...decat it too!!

 

[Fletcher]

That reminds me,i must tax Oggy's 172 today.

No

 

[_Kenny_]

totall agree Chic, the roads here are a disgrace. Have taken the Civic into work the last couple of days and the amount of pot holes I've tried to avoid is shocking.

 

[nth]

Ill piss you all off........my tax was £50 last year, and its gone down this year, to £35 :rasp:

dci thats why!!

 

[Leeshez]

Blooming robbers.

 

[vts_saxo]

£110 for 12 months, not bad for 300bhp

Bad luck 1*2 owners:rasp:

 

[Day]

More untaxed/uninsured cars on the roads now then...

 

[Tom]

Oh no £17.08 a month

Its so expensive...Shut up.