[steamship]

Originally Posted by sarg

They should just scrap it and add something on to the price of a litre of fuel anr/or a unit of electricity

Swings and roundabouts for people, depending on the mileage they do.

e.g. I have a '08 S8 which has the £535 tax rate, and spends most of the time just sitting there (last two trips were in August and October, totalling around 200 miles), so would be all for adding it to the cost of fuel. I also have a '04 A8 with the £305 tax rate, and have done just over 3,000 mile in six months, so again, would opt to add the cost to fuel. It's when you have people who drive 10k, 20k or even more miles per year, that the idea of adding the cost to fuel isn't such a good idea.

I also have the same thoughts towards car insurance, where I'd like to have car insurance for when I actually use the car, not while it's parked up. There should be some form of two-tier insurance where the first part covers you for the car sitting around in your driveway or garage all year, and the second part that covers you for actual driving, and could be activated/paid as and when required, say for a minimum 7 day period.