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Offline sveed1.8T

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Bummed by the taxman
« on: 07 June 2011, 11:46 »
Switched over to a diesel, to save my precious pennies. More MPG, cheaper tax... Well apparently not :sad: :embarassed: :embarassed:
Just got my tax renewal, and they want £118.25 for 6months or £215 for 12months!! :sick: :sick: That's as much as i was paying on my 1.8T!! I thought it was going to be around £115/£120 for the year :huh:

Anyone else riding a GTTDI, 115 130 150, what are you paying for 12 months tax?

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #1 on: 07 June 2011, 11:52 »
Depending on the date of registration you'll be in the older tax bracket

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_10012524

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #2 on: 07 June 2011, 12:16 »
im paying £115 a year for my 51 plate 130 gt tdi.  :smug:
2001 130 tdi.

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #3 on: 07 June 2011, 12:23 »
Balls!! :angry: My car was registered in Jan 2001, so doesn't fall into the the band system, meaning i have to pay a default £215! :sad:

Cheers for the link though Rhyso

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #4 on: 07 June 2011, 12:24 »
Balls!! :angry: My car was registered in Jan 2001, so doesn't fall into the the band system, meaning i have to pay a default £215! :sad:

Cheers for the link though Rhyso

No worries mate; I've just seen its gone up another fecking £10 anyway  :angry:  £165 a year for the Aldi now  :angry:

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #5 on: 07 June 2011, 12:24 »
think mine is £115 but going up to £125 for a year ..  :undecided:

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #6 on: 07 June 2011, 12:30 »
think mine is £115 but going up to £125 for a year ..  :undecided:
My heart bleeds :grin: :grin:

I would'nt mind so much if they actually used road tax (emphasis on 'ROAD') to fix the damn things. Round Muswell Hill in London, it's like the Grand Canyon! :laugh:

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #7 on: 07 June 2011, 12:31 »
think mine is £115 but going up to £125 for a year ..  :undecided:
My heart bleeds :grin: :grin:

I would'nt mind so much if they actually used road tax (emphasis on 'ROAD') to fix the damn things. Round Muswell Hill in London, it's like the Grand Canyon! :laugh:

I agree roads are bloody awful everywhere..need to get the tracking done about once a month lol

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #8 on: 07 June 2011, 12:32 »
think mine is £115 but going up to £125 for a year ..  :undecided:
My heart bleeds :grin: :grin:

I would'nt mind so much if they actually used road tax (emphasis on 'ROAD') to fix the damn things. Round Muswell Hill in London, it's like the Grand Canyon! :laugh:

I was moaning about that when I renewed in February and lo and behold a day later they fixed some of the worst potholes in town  :shocked: :shocked: :shocked: :shocked:

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Re: Bummed by the taxman
« Reply #9 on: 07 June 2011, 12:51 »
Its madness, if my car was 3 months older i would be 45 quid a year better off :angry: