Just taxed the car

[Bob69]

Chap behind the counter says ' gone up a little bit sir ' £112 for six months, what a leap in six months.

[R1Geezer]

you have to be raving mental to buy 6 months.

[Bob69]

So you would tax a car for a year if you were going to sell it in a months time Geezer?

[ummmm]

If you sell it untaxed you can get a refund from dvla for the months unused.

[Bob69]

That's what i intend to do ummmm, just need to use it for another 4-5 weeks.

[ummmm]

How much is a years now? I need to tax mine shortly....

[Bob69]

About £190 ummmm

[ummmm]

It's a bit steep now isn't it?

[Bob69]

Sorry, should have answered - depends what car you drive !!

[jake-the-peg]

Go on Bob sock it to us - what's the car?

[Bob69]

It's a 2.5 Beemer, jake

[jake-the-peg]

So what does it do 30mpg?

Counting on my fingers the car tax is about the same as driving 24 miles a week

Probably not far off what you pay in tyres in a year?

[Bob69]

30mpg is spot on jake....if driven sensibly, it wasn't the total amount i was moaning about just the increase from £104.50 to £112.75.

[jake-the-peg]

Wish petrol prices had only gone up that much!

[rnchugg]

I was well annoyed, had my reminder through to say £190 for 12months. Went to tax it Tuesday just gone and was told £205. "how Bl**dy much" can just about except £5 a year but £15!!! Takin the urine if you ask me!

[Bob69]

I thought the same rnchugg, i expected a couple of quid but £8.25 is a joke.

[alavahalf]

It's amazing the way a 2.5% pay rise... can take a couple of years to be phased in ....
But yet an increase in road tax... can be brought in overnight..!

[rnchugg]

Good old government

[factor-fiction]

And these increases are rarely mentioned in the budget speech- I doubt this one was. The budget speech is 'spin'- the real details are in the detailed budget papers,

[gsr600]

mine has just gone DOWN to £90 a YEAR ha ha ha! (£30saved) result