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Road Tax Prices
This is a little bit of a bugbear for me since mine pretty much £500 a year.
With the tax changing this month and the introduction of monthly payments I thought I would take a look and work it out. Used this web site. http://carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/ 12 months tax: £485 6 months tax: £266.75 Unless I do it by DD, which means its £254.63. Monthly via DD: £42.44 2 6 monthly tickets is £533.50. If I bought two 6 monthly tickets it would cost me an extra £48.50. 12 monthly tickets via DD is £509.28 6 monthly via DD is £509.28 If I did it via DD it would cost me and extra £24.28 Bit of random tax information for a 3.0 TDI on a 06 plate. |
You can get the monthly payment figures from the DVLA direct, put the reg number in the site below, then scroll down.
https://www.vehicleenquiry.service.gov.uk/ You cannot buy a 6 month tax and pay by DD, the saving is because your actually paying for 12 months instead of 2x 6 months. |
I came close to replacing my D2 S8 this year with a newer D3.
The increase in road tax was one of the reasons I decided not to. I only pay £285 per year for the D2. Another reason was simply that I couldn't bring myself to part with it. It's been such a good car that I decided to spend some money sprucing it up instead. |
I pay £285 for my 2004 D3, if you get an earlier one its not subjected to the high tax bracket.
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Still, when I do eventually change my D2 for something newer, I'll be looking for something a bit more than 2 years newer. I'll probably be looking for something less than 8 years old, which was how old my D2 S8 was when I bought it. |
I cannot understand why anyone would base their car choice on the cost of road fund licence when the difference is less than 2 tanks of petrol.
It grieves me that my tax is more than my insurance, but I wouldn't switch to a lesser car just to save £215 per annum on tax. |
i've got 56 plate and my road tax is still £285
I believe cut off was mid 2006 |
My Camper van costs £0 per year +++ (not that I suggest you all rush out and buy one though.............)
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There was a change to the 3.0TDi just after the switchover which dropped it from the top bracket to the next one down.
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the old/new car tax regime ends/begins on 23rd March 2006, but as pointed out, the 3.0 TDI was revised from 22nd May 2006 into the lower Bank K
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Same price as walking yet marginally better/faster! :D ;) |
I feel the 3.0TDI got screwed over on the tax brackets.
O well, something I need to budget for. Thought it was interesting the way it was broken down over the different payment options. Manny, that's a good link to remind you when your MOT and tax is due as well. I keep forgetting about my MOT. |
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SWB = 225 G £280 ISH LWB = 226 G £500 ISH |
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Like me :mexicanwave:
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Exactly, I have to agree with Sarg on this one. Basically, F**K the road tax, it is what it is and you wont get away from paying it. Yes, you can reduce the annual cost, but it's something you pay every year not 100quid every month. I'm not saying that A8 is my ultimate dream car, but I would never compromise on my lets call it ''dream'' or decent car because of 250quid !!! Of course some people have to watch their budget, but if you can afford to have A8 then you can afford 500 road tax a year. It is painful when paying it, but do you guys remember how quickly you forget about handing over this amount of money to post office lady??? It usually takes me about a minute=distance from the post office to the car park where my car is parked. As soon I'm behind the wheel I can;t remember handing over any money to anyone :D |
I was in Le Mans and seen a ferrari with a a£1000 a year tax disc.
That would put me off some what. lol |
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