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Title: just did my road tax
Post by: sharki786 on 31 December 2011, 21:27
sorry hope this aint posted in the wrong section!

just paid £118 for my tax for 6 months :sick:

that is all
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: SoundillusioN on 31 December 2011, 21:33
Meh, same as mine and mine should be free!
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: sharki786 on 31 December 2011, 21:40
alot of sh1t should be free but it aint :grin:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: X01X on 31 December 2011, 22:15
mine was £215 for the year.

Exactly the same as my 1.6 clio  :huh:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: bob23 on 01 January 2012, 02:42
I've just had to let my road tax run out as can't afford to pay for it, annoying thing is it's done on emissions and even though it's 10 year old it's emissions are lower than brand new cars that pay £35 per year or whatever it is. but I've got to pay over £200 per year. :angry: hows that work?
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: DubFan on 01 January 2012, 02:56
I've just had to let my road tax run out as can't afford to pay for it, annoying thing is it's done on emissions and even though it's 10 year old it's emissions are lower than brand new cars that pay £35 per year or whatever it is. but I've got to pay over £200 per year. :angry: hows that work?
10yrs old means it falls into the old style tax bands, ie anything below 1.5litres and anything above 1.5litres. If it was slightly newer then it would fall into the full on tax bands based on emissions.
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: dragongreengolfgti on 01 January 2012, 02:59
snap get over it  :smiley: i love tax
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: scottv6 on 01 January 2012, 10:57
mine is £260 for year  :cry: not looking forward to re taxin it.
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: bob23 on 01 January 2012, 11:14
I've just had to let my road tax run out as can't afford to pay for it, annoying thing is it's done on emissions and even though it's 10 year old it's emissions are lower than brand new cars that pay £35 per year or whatever it is. but I've got to pay over £200 per year. :angry: hows that work?
10yrs old means it falls into the old style tax bands, ie anything below 1.5litres and anything above 1.5litres. If it was slightly newer then it would fall into the full on tax bands based on emissions.

No it doesn't, it was registered after 01/03/2001 which means it's done on emission.
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: tweed on 01 January 2012, 13:16
I have 3 cars to tax  :grin: two are 6 cylinders 2.8's and one 2.0 gti
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: johnnyvr6 on 01 January 2012, 14:32
I have 3 cars to tax  :grin: two are 6 cylinders 2.8's and one 2.0 gti

thats got to hurt the wallet :laugh:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: clancy on 01 January 2012, 15:51
mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: tweed on 01 January 2012, 18:16
I have 3 cars to tax  :grin: two are 6 cylinders 2.8's and one 2.0 gti

thats got to hurt the wallet :laugh:

Me and my wallet ain't the best of friends
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 01 January 2012, 18:26
mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol
this is why i want a bike, cheeep insurance cheep to run cheep to tax. just cant afford lessons or anything  :cry:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: clancy on 01 January 2012, 18:37
bikes are the best mate ;) you should get one

if you have some bike experience then tbh you could do your test with no lessons or like 1 lesson. if you have no experience then you might need a fair bit tbh :/ definitely worth doing though, bikes are insanely good fun and cheap as chips
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: JC on 01 January 2012, 18:44
mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol
this is why i want a bike, cheeep insurance cheep to run cheep to tax. just cant afford lessons or anything  :cry:

erm, who told you that they are cheap to run  :undecided:

insurance ISNT cheap for new riders

Tyres, £170 a pair + and can be shot in 4000 miles.

brake discs  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

add in ya kit, helmet etc

X2 if ya wanna ride all year.

starting from scratch £ for £ a cheap runabout car can be a LOT cheaper  :wink:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: clancy on 01 January 2012, 18:57
thats a good point ^^ haha, forgot about the extras

my helmet was like £600, gloves and boots where about £200 each, leathers werent to bad
tyres are expensive but last fine depending on what you use the bike for and what tyres you get. i use my bikes purely for fun so i run on bt016s which are pretty much legal race tyres and they last 5 minutes, but when i used it as a daily i had other tyres which lasted over a year
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: JC on 01 January 2012, 18:59
i commuted 65 miles each way on my bike for 6 months,

 went thru a set of tyres in just over a month.

it worked out cheaper to run a car when you worked out how much the consumables cost to replace  :lipsrsealed:

Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: Steve_PD on 01 January 2012, 19:00
Knowing how Chuff used to ride his bike am surprised they lasted 1k let alone 4k :lipsrsealed:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: JC on 01 January 2012, 19:00
 :grin:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: mcgee9t2 on 01 January 2012, 19:01
mines over £260 for the year, bikes like £50 lol
this is why i want a bike, cheeep insurance cheep to run cheep to tax. just cant afford lessons or anything  :cry:

erm, who told you that they are cheap to run  :undecided:

insurance ISNT cheap for new riders

Tyres, £170 a pair + and can be shot in 4000 miles.

brake discs  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

add in ya kit, helmet etc

X2 if ya wanna ride all year.

starting from scratch £ for £ a cheap runabout car can be a LOT cheaper  :wink:
i ment run asin petrol wise not tyres ect wise cause i wouldnt have a clue how fast it goes through all those consumable type things
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: clancy on 01 January 2012, 19:10
must of been on an extremely soft compound to do tyres in a month lol

fuel there not to bad, but its liek anything it depends on the bike. my RVF is terrible on fuel, but it has a V4 engine. theres some very cheap to run bikes out there
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: walchy01 on 01 January 2012, 19:40
X5 gone so no more £270 a year tax bills or £120 a fill up for a couple of weeks use, oh and the £250 a corner, cheaper than the boxster at £272 a corner :wink:
not cheap thou taxing 3 cars, luckily mk2 is to cheap to insure at £120 a year so thats a little help...
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: johnnyvr6 on 01 January 2012, 19:48
must of been on an extremely soft compound to do tyres in a month lol

fuel there not to bad, but its liek anything it depends on the bike. my RVF is terrible on fuel, but it has a V4 engine. theres some very cheap to run bikes out there

there an epic bike tho the rvf 400 i had a vfr 400 and it was brilliant could never afford a rvf
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: clancy on 01 January 2012, 19:54
they are awsome bikes, bit under powered but the handling is insane
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: Adam on 01 January 2012, 20:03
Thank you for reminding me I forgot. Ran out today :(
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: Wayne on 01 January 2012, 20:15
Mine is due end of January £245 for the year  :cry:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: F17BAD on 01 January 2012, 22:03
just done mine

no point even moaning about it, still beats going on the bus
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: scottv6 on 01 January 2012, 22:06
i dont mind payin it its that all the money they get off everyone and they still cant keep up to filling pot holes does my head in.
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: VR6_Wherry on 01 January 2012, 22:11
What's this tax thing you speak of? :grin: :wink:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: tweed on 01 January 2012, 23:46
You should see what a TL1000R does to tyres in 1k miles. Wire any :laugh:body
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: clancy on 02 January 2012, 00:18
Lol, Still depends on compounds and what you use it for, mate uses an r1 to commute and his tyres have lasted 6 months +
If he put my really soft ones on they'd probs last  a week lol
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: tech1889 on 02 January 2012, 01:06
I think pot holes really depends on area round my way there are hardly any and if there are they do them reasonably quick.. they do like a high speed bump tho lol mines £130 a year for the starlet and £200 and something for the golf lol
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: tdi_blu on 03 January 2012, 00:39
Done my Golf a few months back £118 for the year good perk with my derv  :cool: but got to do my Mrs Seat Alambra Tdi which just missed the cheaper tax so hers is getting 6 months for I think £118 tomorrow  :sad:
Title: Re: just did my road tax
Post by: Wooosh on 03 January 2012, 11:10
£71.50 for the year cant complain dirty diesel :evil: