R32 owners paying £300/400 road tax?

[Nathan]

Another issue to think about is the use of the car! I think It is unfair that say for example an R32 owner should have to pay £400 tax a year and cover say 7000 miles when the owner of another car in a lesser tax band pays £200 a year but does 30,000 miles a year and gives out more CO2 emmisions!

The whole system is completey wrong and it is out there to sting the decent bloke with a nice car as much as possible, It is sickening. I am 21 and I honestly can't see me staying in this country for the rest of my life, because of the way it is run and controlled!

[Teutonic_Tamer]

so its not off roaders that the tax is going up, its all 4 wheel drive cars?

No, you plonker    Its' got naff all to do with the driveline!

It is all band "G" cars, so my S4 and RS4 will be included, along with the R32.  The GTI is in band "F", I think, so that will be about £190

[Creepy Coupe]

so its not off roaders that the tax is going up, its all 4 wheel drive cars?

No, you plonker    Its' got naff all to do with the driveline!

It is all band "G" cars, so my S4 and RS4 will be included, along with the R32.  The GTI is in band "F", I think, so that will be about £190

Dam, and I've got it from pulling the rear half shafts out of mine 

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Another issue to think about is the use of the car! I think It is unfair that say for example an R32 owner should have to pay £400 tax a year and cover say 7000 miles when the owner of another car in a lesser tax band pays £200 a year but does 30,000 miles a year and gives out more CO2 emmisions!

But you clean forgot about the fuel duty   

[wantmygti]

Also, whilst us Gti drivers may be wiping the sweaty brow with relief this year, if Mr Brown attacks band G this year, you can bet Band F is next on his list....

[Creepy Coupe]

Also, whilst us Gti drivers may be wiping the sweaty brow with relief this year, if Mr Brown attacks band G this year, you can bet Band F is next on his list....

I think you can put money on it.

[Teutonic_Tamer]

Also, whilst us Gti drivers may be wiping the sweaty brow with relief this year, if Mr Brown attacks band G this year, you can bet Band F is next on his list....

No it won't - he'll be PM (not with my fcuking vote, mine dew), so won't be able to do the budget! 

[Neaty]

ah so its about displacement  :embarassed:, fair enough

[phope]

no, it's about CO2 emissions...all cars since 2001 have had their road tax band set according to the level of CO2 emissions

http://www.vcacarfueldata.org.uk/search/vedSearch.asp

Band G cars emit more than 226g of CO2 per KM travelled - these are the ones that Brown has chosen to heavily increase the road tax for

Band F cars are also hit, but only slightly

[paulm007]

I'd like to hit Mr Brown with my band F car