Bigpower

Post by **Ben** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:28 pm

The government want to tax high emission cars - big litre - 4x4

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:52 pm

it should be just Range Rover type cars but I guess it will include us aswell .... t0ssers

Post by **Ben** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 1:43 pm

Says based on emissions !! .. I was hoping that by the time the emissions came out of my car there would be nothing left !!! ...

I'm guessing they would base it on the current catogories ... mine now falls in the same as the softroaders !! ..

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 3:40 pm

To be honest these sorts of proposed changes all tend to be bo**ocks. I fully appreciate that there is no smoke without fire but come on, who can afford to pay that? Whilst we're on the subject of government scare tactics the 'leaked' news of paying by the mile and that this may lead to bills of

duncan · Post by **duncan** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:00 pm

paying by the mile - isnt that what we get ripped off for anyway with the tax on petrol :x

sdminus · Post by **sdminus** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:24 pm

should have got an rx7. 1308 cc

Scott

Post by **Stuart** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 5:07 pm

Yeah and they break down all the time so you won't spend much on petrol and you can get a limited mileage policy cos they're always in the garage

( I'm joking. I couldn't think of a better reposte)

Evo · Post by **Evo** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 6:33 pm

bitchy!! :lol:

alexb · Post by **alexb** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:41 pm

Scott, think someone's jealous you can get an engine rebuild for the cost of this potential new road tax

Seriously, it's all well and good for politicians to talk about this stuff but it's not exactly election-winning. Anything that hits people's wallets that hard simply won't turn into reality - it'd be the poll tax riots all over again!

Cheers,
Alex

Post by **Ben** » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:48 pm

Problem is politicians can afford 85k porsche cayannes, so what's another 1800 !!!.