Rip off tax

[GAZA62]

Rip off Britain strikes again it costs me less to insure and MOT my car than my road tax :thumbsdown: did they not discuss scrapping road tax an putting the petrol price up a little ?

Was on the M20 yesterday some terrible pot holes makes you wonder where our money really goes. :x

 

[Buckley06]

Rip off Britain strikes again it costs me less to insure and MOT my car than my road tax :thumbsdown: did they not discuss scrapping road tax an putting the petrol price up a little ?


Was on the M20 yesterday some terrible pot holes makes you wonder where our money really goes. :x

Bad idea then I would have to pay for my leon

 

[ben g]

Just taxed the Zed for the summer and it's jumped another £10 this year, £315 :thumbsdown:
Daylight robbery when you look at the state of the roads :evil:

Rant over..... that's better

It's an emissions tax. It has nothing to do with filling potholes in.

It basically goes into one big pot and the government decides what it gets spent on.

It's only Road tax in that it needs to be paid if you wish to drive or store your vehicle on the road. It's not a 'pay it and we fix roads' tax. I really wish people would stop thinking of it in that way, because it begins to get boring when people constantly moan about paying road tax and then linking it with the rubbish standard of our roads.

 

[pvr]

You should drive a 911, half the road tax

Ok, my new x5 replacement will be in the top bracket this time.

I have taken to defensive road proportioning now, ie right in the middle. Any policeman that has an issue with that will receive my frank opinion on the state of the roads.

We need some European engineers in the U.K. to teach them how to make proper roads.

 

[GAZA62]

Well i never realised Road Tax was abolished in 1937 as Ben pointed out its our Income and Council tax that goes toward repairing the roads.

 

[MrPT]

Just taxed the Zed for the summer and it's jumped another £10 this year, £315 :thumbsdown:
Daylight robbery when you look at the state of the roads :evil:

Rant over..... that's better

That’s extremely unfair Fred, really it is.... :x

Just a thought though, have you actually told them half the car is wood and it’ll naturally decompose and return to nature whence it came from in a few years......?

Maybe he's getting charged for carbon offset?

Ask whether your can have £100 off if you plant a couple of saplings, Fred.

 

[firebobby]

Just taxed the Zed for the summer and it's jumped another £10 this year, £315 :thumbsdown:
Daylight robbery when you look at the state of the roads :evil:

Rant over..... that's better

That’s extremely unfair Fred, really it is.... :x

Just a thought though, have you actually told them half the car is wood and it’ll naturally decompose and return to nature whence it came from in a few years......?

Just taxed the Zed for the summer and it's jumped another £10 this year, £315 :thumbsdown:
Daylight robbery when you look at the state of the roads :evil:

Rant over..... that's better

That’s extremely unfair Fred, really it is.... :x

Just a thought though, have you actually told them half the car is wood and it’ll naturally decompose and return to nature whence it came from in a few years......?

You pair of knob heads need :telloff: :telloff:

 

[firebobby]

Just taxed the Zed for the summer and it's jumped another £10 this year, £315 :thumbsdown:
Daylight robbery when you look at the state of the roads :evil:

Rant over..... that's better

It's a road tax. And should be used to fill potholes.

It basically goes into one big pot and the government decides how to waste it.

It's a Road tax in that it needs to be paid if you wish to drive or store and ruin your vehicle on the roads..

We pay all this road tax and still they don't repair the pot holes :roll:, glad you agree with us moaners.. it's good to have a moan
And yes I should get a reduction as my car is part tree :wink:

 

[2dogs]

Not so many drinkers and smokers so it’s down to the motorists too make up the shortfall

 

[Grumpyowl]

I can't understand why the VED, Roadtax, Emissions tax whatever you want to call it is not a pay as you use it tax.

If any tax can be fair Surely if the duty is put on at the pump wether that be 5,10,or 20p per litre its the only fair way.
My DD company car ( diesel) does no less than 30k miles per annum why is it that the tax is less than half of my hobby car doing 2k miles per annum.

To avoid losing revenue.
They could still keep the tax on £40k+ value vehicles and extra charge for higher emissions new cars at point of sale.
All vehicles have a pollution usage even the electric and hybrid vehicles, where do they get their electricity from ?
Pollution causing power stations, I'd have them have a special electric metre installed that charges a premium for the electric charge over and above the domestic rate.

 

[mr wilks]

I don't pay any tax for my zed - cause' I aint got one - really must find another one for this summer :lol:

Seen this one gov :? 2011 Msport 6cyl 23i on 37k for £12750
https://www.gumtree.com/p/bmw/2011-bmw-z4-2.3i-m-sport-sdrive-37-934-miles-convertible-exceptional-example/1291824184

looks a treat & not silly money

 

[ronk]

We need some European engineers in the U.K. to teach them how to make proper roads.

Amen to that!

 

[Nanu]

It's about time this was scrapped and put onto fuel then the more you use the roads the more you pay.

 

[ronk]

I’d have been stuffed buying the 335 one year and the Z the year after
Both over £40k

 

[ronk]

It's about time this was scrapped and put onto fuel then the more you use the roads the more you pay.

I think over £3 of the £5 a gallon we pay is already just tax.

 

[Stuartt]

If I’m honest I was pleasantly surprised that my 35i was £305.
Admittedly it’s still a lot but nowhere near ///M territory

Stuart

 

[RickRob]

I contribute over £1,200 a year in Road Tax. I'd be Iinterested in what they do in other countries. The only equitable way is to put it all on fuel.

 

[Havard]

Yep, it's a joke but a s petrol head a necessary evil.

M is £535 (3k mile max), but only did 1500 last year, including 700 in two trips.
330 is £305 (2k miles max)
Cayman £305 (3k miles max)
Missus Santa Fe £230 (7k miles max)
Merc C class, 220d (Dirtiest car we have an £30 tax, 20k miles a year.... )

 

[Zeld4]

I think road tax is a bargain! Every time you fill your car up with fuel it’s 40 odd quid in duty and VAT.
It’s just a shame that road tax is no longer ring fenced, I think it’s under 20 percent of it that actually goes on the up keep of the roads.

 

[Zeld4]

I contribute over £1,200 a year in Road Tax. I'd be Iinterested in what they do in other countries. The only equitable way is to put it all on fuel.

We already pay roughly 70 percent tax on fuel. Road tax is now just a way of raising revenue. But we get off pretty lightly compared to a lot of other European
countries.