F***k all to do with the environment and road care then!! :xPlans to increase first-year road tax by £950 for the most polluting vehicles - and a general reform of Vehicle Excise Duty aimed at encouraging the production of greener cars - are also expected to bring in an extra £730m annually by 2010.
Mr Darling said he was setting aside new funding to develop road-pricing schemes.
That road looks awesome!! Do you realise how much more us UK people would spend to get to the end of that road to how much it would cost you? I bet you could go up and down that road 4 times to our 1!! :?JBZ4 said:

Breaker said:Ah well, I don't drink or smoke so I guess the government has to get more tax off me somewhere! Imagine if you owned a Z4 and drank and smoked!! You'd effectively be financing your local council on your own!!!![]()
Breaker said:I was quite surprised that my Z4 3.0 si was in the same road tax bracket as my John Cooper Works MINI was!! Fuel consumption was almost the same also! Good figures for a big engined car or bad figures for a small car though? :wink:
You must have a good disposable income!! :wink:mambot said:Breaker said:Ah well, I don't drink or smoke so I guess the government has to get more tax off me somewhere! Imagine if you owned a Z4 and drank and smoked!! You'd effectively be financing your local council on your own!!!![]()
S*** thats me!!!
mambot said:Hi everyone
After much panicing last night about the increases in road tax - £950 shocker did a bit of research this morning and this is the one off show room tax for the 1st year.... :x
I've found this on the whatcar website (http://www.whatcar.com/news-article.aspx?NA=231719)about the car tax changes - an increase of £5 this year and £5 next year
VED for petrol and diesel cars
Band A (up to 100g/km CO2) no fee
Band B (101-120g/km CO2) £35
Band C (121-150g/km CO2) £120 £5 increase
Band D (151-165g/km CO2) £145 £5 increase
Band E (166-185g/km CO2) £170 £5 increase
Band F (185g/km to 225 CO2)£210 £5 increase
Band G* (226g/km and above ) £385 £100 increase
* new cars registered after 23rd march 2007
Also the offical information on the DVLA website....
http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524
and information from the bbc - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7291643.stm
so a z4 2.0i comes in at £170 this year and £175 next year of course if you have a 3.0i then it's another story!!!
pvr said:Band G* (226g/km and above ) £385 £100 increase
* new cars registered after 23rd march 2007
I am confused. I was sure that I paid 300 last year, and that the tax for my M was 400 this year, not 385???