for anyone thinking of buying a new rs in next while...

[Dyewitness]

in october prices going up by 3%...

tax rising at end of year to 17.5% or if rumours true 20% so this will be a further increase on car value by 2.5 - 5%

next april the new car tax kicks in meaning for a clio £425

cant see renault absorbing all of these costs but this cost easily add say £1k at least to prices

just a sort of pointless thread i guess!

 

[Jay_A]

Where did you get the £425 from?

My Trophy is going up from £215 to £235 and my wife's Megane 225 goes up to £245

For a moment I s*** myself

 

[Dyewitness]

the new showroom tax that kicks in next year..

http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/mar/15/budgetcartax

 

[meady100]

I can't see how you got that figure from the chart?! From what I understand the car currently sits in band F?

 

[Dyewitness]

hopefully this will be easier for you to understand...

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/car-buyers-guide/cbg_roadtax.html

 

[Jay_A]

My bad, see what you mean mate.

Deff can't afford a new car next year then!

 

[Dyewitness]

My bad, see what you mean mate.

Deff can't afford a new car next year then!

will be interesting to see if the new tax even gets rolled out as it could destroy car sales if manufacturer passes it on to customer

 

[Fluxuk05]

W reg Ph1 ftw on the tax front.

 

[Gorms]

Renault paid for my first year so think they might countinue to do so to save loosing sales.

Paul

 

[MarkCup]

We got a letter at work today from HMRC advising 17.5% VAT from January 2010.

 

[Brett]

W reg Ph1 ftw on the tax front.

+1

Its still not cheap though. £190 a year. That would get over 5 years tax in my Gf's Mums Dci 80 :dapprove:

Car tax is a farce, is anybody actually bothered about emmisions, should be taxed on vehicle weight to show how much wear and tear on the road it is actually using.

 

[Fluxuk05]

Just paid my £190 now, but on the bright side i'm in a draw to win a 1.4 TDi Leon

 

[Ian]

Just paid my £190 now, but on the bright side i'm in a draw to win a 1.4 TDi Leon

Lol.

What's worse is I have to pay the same amount of tax for my 1.6, pah.

 

[Ste666]

Not sure what any of that means but i think car tax should be scrapped and added to petrol, if you use the roads more and knacker them more then you should pay more, simple!

 

[Sargara]

Not sure what any of that means but i think car tax should be scrapped and added to petrol, if you use the roads more and knacker them more then you should pay more, simple!

Or based on the size of the vehicle. Its common sense that bigger vehicles like trucks and lorries are doing more damage to road surfaces for example based on chassis size.

 

[Ste666]

Or based on the size of the vehicle. Its common sense that bigger vehicles like trucks and lorries are doing more damage to road surfaces for example based on chassis size.

Yeah of course.......i can say that now i no longer drive a two and a half ton dirty diesel 300 tdi discovery.......really good for leaving idiotic tailgaters in a big black cloud of smoke though :evil:

 

[rob_clio197rs]

should be done on mileage tbh, if i do 8000 miles a yr and someone does 40000 miles per yr where is the justice in that i have too pay the same as him when im pumping out less emissions and using the road less. road tax is the biggest joke going

 

[sideways danny]

Not sure what any of that means but i think car tax should be scrapped and added to petrol, if you use the roads more and knacker them more then you should pay more, simple!

they've been doing that for years. Trouble is they never reduced car tax to go along with it, just bump up fuel.

Are we still on about 80% of fuel cost being tax?

 

[Ben]

Mines only around £120 for the year atm I think

 

[Ian_182]

should be done on mileage tbh, if i do 8000 miles a yr and someone does 40000 miles per yr where is the justice in that i have too pay the same as him when im pumping out less emissions and using the road less. road tax is the biggest joke going

Very good point...

 

[Will.]

Just paid my £190 now, but on the bright side i'm in a draw to win a 1.4 TDi Leon

Holy cow that comp is still goin? I entered that when i had my corsa nearly a year ago lol.