Cost of Car Tax

[Chequered Flag Racing]

New spec Ford Fiesta that was featured on 5th Gear last night will be VED exempt due to low emissions , but they'll find a way to tax it I'm sure

or but something over 25 years old as they are VED exempt I believe

[B&H Racing]

Chris have you got a link to that website,

I have gotta get myself other than my Zafira £550 tax Supercar

[Chrislong]

I do, but it is in my favourite at home. So I will link to it tonight - unless Lee Farrer is online today and can link to it, I sent him the link last night via MSN.

The new Fiesta does look good to be honest, id have one - which will mean the only Fiesta's I haven't had are the very first 2. I think the new one share the chassis with the new Volvo small hatchback. But im good with Band B - the BMW is a great car, always liked the 1 series.

[Southwell]

Whats the best, cheapest to run, newest and fastest car i can get for 5-6k?

[Lee]

Here you go chaps

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/index.asp

[Chrislong]

Thats the one, do a search by VED Band and then click on the blue values to show the list - then display all, or manufacturer.

It'd be interesting to see the most powerful car in each band. Although id expect those to be quite new and still quite expensive to buy.

[RogerM]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

New spec Ford Fiesta that was featured on 5th Gear last night will be VED exempt due to low emissions , but they'll find a way to tax it I'm sure

or but something over 25 years old as they are VED exempt I believe

Your not quite correct on the 25 year old thing, it stopped being a rolling scale MANY years back!!!

The car must have been manufactured (not necessarily registered) before 1st of January 1973. I have 4 cars that fit that bill ......

[Doomanic]

Originally Posted by RogerM

I have 4 cars that fit that bill ......

And they all produce zero emissions!

[DCM]

Originally Posted by terry.sc

Remember the highest fuel duty we have ever paid was when the tories were in power, they are all as bad as each other. Duty has been dropping as a percentage ever since, most of the fuel costs is due to the oil companies, and they are all struggling to survive aren't they.

you can still buy fuel cheaper than water.... and considering what it goes through before it gets to the pumps, it isn't bad.... it is the fact that the government still has you over the barrel and are due to stick another 2p tax on it (plus the added VAT that the 2p induces).

As for fuel, the Labour party weren't exactly keen to drop the Fuel Escelator that the Conservatives brought in..... and as a fact, when I started riding a motorbike, it was £1.65 a gallon. I also think that if they went back to measuring payment in gallons, it would shock more people, as a 2p tax hike would stick up petrol by 9p a gallon....

Just remember, as an owner of a vehicle, you are an easy cash cow for the chancellor.

[mark christopher]

Originally Posted by Chris Harte

There is no VAT on the car... Well there is and there isn't.
VAT on a car is worked out on profit made by the dealer so you don't get directly charged VAT. Not going into detail as it will cause a riot.

sorry but vat is paid in full on a new car
if retail is 11750 then 1750 is paid in vat to the goverment. buy it 6 months down the line and you loose that

vat is paid one vans etc the same but also if the company is vat registered then vat is paid when sold
just double checked with our NCS manager

[Lee]

I dont think its fair to blame the oil companies for the price of oil, the uk is still the cheapest place in the world to refine oil into whatever.

Since 1999 when i started driving the price of oil has gone up 9.5 times!!!, fuel at the pump has only gone up by about 60% this means the oil companies are taking a hit, in percentage terms.

Right now i am doing some work for maersk, they are converting 2 oil tankers, each at a cost of £100 million, these are expected to only be in service for 8 years Another hit.

There is also the fact that none of the oil that we buy in the uk comes form uk waters.

Its all from the CIS and Azeri etc etc This also means new platforms, shipping and also paying people more to get them to work out there.

[Chequered Flag Racing]

Originally Posted by DCM

when I started riding a motorbike, it was £1.65 a gallon.

according to the AA it was 73.2p a GALLON or 16.1p a LITRE

Tax (fuel duty) was introduced in 1909, suspended in 1919 (when car tax was introduced) and reintroduced in 1928.

[showtime]

whichever way you look at it we're getting our trousers pulled down


the last 4 days at Neo08 have been the only thing i've liked about this country for ages

[Lee]

Totally agree, when i came back from the clash i was really depressed i think pidge and teddy were the same, everything about tampa was bigger and better and cheaper, we were talking to tim from JC and he was saying for about £80k he had a nice house and a bit of land, when i told him what i had for £300k he nearly choked

Even the women are hotter (and wetter)

[DCM]

Originally Posted by Chequered Flag Racing

according to the AA it was 73.2p a GALLON or 16.1p a LITRE

Tax (fuel duty) was introduced in 1909, suspended in 1919 (when car tax was introduced) and reintroduced in 1928.

you must be older than me

[westie]

£15 a year for my 125

westw00d

[losidan]

a few years ago our company had some partnership with a company based in the usa.

we had loads of people from the usa over for a few years and they couldnt believe the price of everything and cupboards we live in for the price we pay.

got to admit it...whichever way you look at it we get bent over and take in the proverbial

[gramey]

Originally Posted by Lee

Totally agree, when i came back from the clash i was really depressed i think pidge and teddy were the same, everything about tampa was bigger and better and cheaper, we were talking to tim from JC and he was saying for about £80k he had a nice house and a bit of land, when i told him what i had for £300k he nearly choked

Even the women are hotter (and wetter)

Clearly you weren't there long enough, the vast majority of American women are grossly over weight and have faces like a bulldog licking a pi** covered thistle!
In the main the hot ones that you see are at events or locations where the promoters/owners know the benefits of 'eye candy' to their male customers.
A prime example is the female characters at Disney, not a minger in sight, then turn round and look at the fat ar*ed mothers dragging their kids around, theres the reality of the native female American.

Anyway I digress, looked at DCM's link and I was paying 49.6p a gallon for petrol when I got my first Yamaha 'Fizzie' back in 1974! Yeah I know how old that makes me, bloody ancient!!!

[DCM]

£1.75 a GALLON I paid in 1989, meant I filled up my 125 for £3.50

To put it into perspective, it would cost me £10 now to fill up, thats £6.50 more than in 1989

[franki]

Originally Posted by DCM

the joys of a labour government I am afraid, which is billions of pounds in debt, got nothing else it can sell off, so will now bleed you dry..... suggest you don't vote labour and get them out.... you are now paying the largest percentage of earnings in the world in tax to them right at the moment, and it WILL get worse.

Go buy an older gas guzzler...

Very well said i cant understand how people are not doing anthing about Labour!!!!! There is also talk that they are going to reband Coucil tax so if you have off road parking or a nice view you will pay more even if you have a small house!!!

They also hand some knob on the radio the other day saying we are using to much water and we spend on average 7 mins a day in the shower and we need to cut this down to three what the hell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!