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Vehicle exise duty
dave1888 - 25/2/08 at 06:28 PM

Just got some paperwork sent through from dvla, i notice that for a vehicle over 1549cc 6 months tax costs £99. Wonder why they didn't round the cc figure to 1600?


matt_claydon - 25/2/08 at 06:33 PM

Because most "1.6 litre" or "1600" cars are actually a bit under, like 1593, so setting the exact value halfway between 1500 and 1600 ensures that "1.5 l" vehicles pay the lower duty and "1.6 l" the higher duty.


worX - 25/2/08 at 06:34 PM

Prob because come 1600cc cars are actually 1598, 1596, 1591cc etc.
So they prob used the 1549cc as a cut off medium betwoeen 150 and 1600???

Steve


speedyxjs - 25/2/08 at 07:23 PM

You would be kicking yourself if you bought a 1550cc car


matt_claydon - 25/2/08 at 08:22 PM

Taken in the context of what it costs to run a car for a year, the difference in road tax becomes somewhat insignificant (unless you do very low mileage).


Howlor - 25/2/08 at 10:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
You would be kicking yourself if you bought a 1550cc car



It would be worth welding a washer to each piston top!


Stu16v - 25/2/08 at 10:37 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Howlor
It would be worth welding a washer to each piston top!


Still be the same cc, just have more compression