russbost
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| posted on 8/2/26 at 03:41 PM |
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Reduce car tax for 20 - 39 year old cars
Worth getting behind this, makes a lot of economic & carbon footprint sense
Link to petition
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Sanzomat
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| posted on 8/2/26 at 04:59 PM |
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I saw that petition too and I did sign it but then checked how many cars there are currently on the road that are 20-39 years old. It is now circa 1.5
million. For that many, if the saving per car is say £150 the loss of revenue would be £225m so unlikely to get passed! Apparently the number of cars
over 20 years old has gone up from <0.5m since 2014. It seems cars are lasting longer these days but I guess small turbo engines and wet belts will
reverse that trend!
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russbost
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| posted on 8/2/26 at 07:11 PM |
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Yeah, but I think that no. will fall drastically come this April when anything with a decent size engine that's a few years old is gonna be
paying £760!!! That includes stuff like the Audi TT 1.8 turbo, Mondeo V6, Subaru Forester, Jag 2,0, Mondeo V6, Zafira - the se are old, workhorse
vehicles, they're not exactly Ferraris are they!
How many people will continue running a car worth less than a grand when the road fund licence is £760 - it's absolutely ridiculous -
particularly when the money goes nowhere near our roads, but just disappears into government black holes ...........
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nick205
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| posted on 9/2/26 at 02:22 PM |
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@russbost - Money going nowhere near our roads.
National Highways are currently spending something like £290m re-designing the M3 j9.
However the wheel eating potholes on the surrounding roads are as bad as ever.
[Edited on 9-2-26 by nick205]
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Slimy38
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| posted on 9/2/26 at 04:33 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by russbost
Yeah, but I think that no. will fall drastically come this April when anything with a decent size engine that's a few years old is gonna be
paying £760!!! That includes stuff like the Audi TT 1.8 turbo, Mondeo V6, Subaru Forester, Jag 2,0, Mondeo V6, Zafira - the se are old, workhorse
vehicles, they're not exactly Ferraris are they!
I don't understand this fearmongering. I've seen all the articles, and yes it's going to be £760 which is an extortionate amount. The
same tax band was £730 last year. It's not like they're suddenly paying a lot more for the same car, it's a pretty standard
year-on-year increase.
There is a footnote on the VED table 'Includes cars emitting over 225g/km registered before 23 March 2006'. That keeps many of these cars in
band K which is a slightly better £400 ish a year. I can't find any evidence to suggest that is going to change?
As for the reduced tax, it would be nice but encouraging older cars to stay on the roads doesn't line the politicans pockets with new car sales
kickbacks. Everything they do with regards to transport has been to keep the industry going, even if it's under a thin-veiled attempt to
'reduce pollution' and 'save the environment'.
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russbost
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| posted on 9/2/26 at 05:48 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Slimy38
quote:
Originally posted by russbost
Yeah, but I think that no. will fall drastically come this April when anything with a decent size engine that's a few years old is gonna be
paying £760!!! That includes stuff like the Audi TT 1.8 turbo, Mondeo V6, Subaru Forester, Jag 2,0, Mondeo V6, Zafira - the se are old, workhorse
vehicles, they're not exactly Ferraris are they!
I don't understand this fearmongering. I've seen all the articles, and yes it's going to be £760 which is an extortionate amount. The
same tax band was £730 last year. It's not like they're suddenly paying a lot more for the same car, it's a pretty standard
year-on-year increase.
There is a footnote on the VED table 'Includes cars emitting over 225g/km registered before 23 March 2006'. That keeps many of these cars in
band K which is a slightly better £400 ish a year. I can't find any evidence to suggest that is going to change?
As for the reduced tax, it would be nice but encouraging older cars to stay on the roads doesn't line the politicans pockets with new car sales
kickbacks. Everything they do with regards to transport has been to keep the industry going, even if it's under a thin-veiled attempt to
'reduce pollution' and 'save the environment'.
My understanding is that 2001 - 2006 cars where tax is based on emissions, USED to be capped at bank K which I think was about £430, high, but not
absolutely eye watering - removing the cap means some vehicles jump by over £300 a year up to the £760 figure - who's gonna pay getting on for
£800 in road tax on a car worth less than a grand - makes no sense
I no longer run Furore Products or Furore Cars Ltd, but would still highly recommend them for Acewell dashes, projector headlights, dominator
headlights, indicators, mirrors etc, best prices in the UK! Take a look at http://www.furoreproducts.co.uk/ or find more parts on Ebay, user names
furoreltd & furoreproducts, discounts available for LCB users.
Don't forget Stainless Steel Braided brake hoses, made to your exact requirements in any of around 16 colours.
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/furoreproducts/m.html?_dmd=1&_ipg=50&_sop=12&_rdc=1
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