Having a nearly completed Locost with Rover V8 fitted how are the new roadtax changes going to effect me?
Please see the link below on what is being proposed.
http://www.autocar.co.uk/News/NewsArticle/AllCars/232518/
Badly but then your fuel bill is hardly small
yeah I was just thing that was the least of your worries 
fancy converting to LPG? 
AS far as I understand it..
The rates shown only apply to cars that have been type approved in category M1 and registered on the basis of CO2 emissions measured in grams per
kilometre (g/km) driven. These details are shown on the Registration Certificate.
My V8 registered in Feb 2008 does not fall into this catogary as it is not given a CO2 rating so I pay the "Over 1549cc" rate which I think
is about £210 per year.
If it had a CO2 rating it would fall into the £400+ band
Paul
The only way to keep the fuel bill down is to walk.
£400+ !!!! 
that and the price of fuel!
wait till you see the shear number of 4x4's that come up for sale
could this be the end of the Landys? My neighour has now sold his defender after swearing he'd never sell it and my sister is getting rid of the
shogun which is a pitty cos it was good for towing 
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Originally posted by Mr Whippy
yeah I was just thing that was the least of your worries
fancy converting to LPG?
quote:
Originally posted by Paul (Notts)
AS far as I understand it..
The rates shown only apply to cars that have been type approved in category M1 and registered on the basis of CO2 emissions measured in grams per kilometre (g/km) driven. These details are shown on the Registration Certificate.
My V8 registered in Feb 2008 does not fall into this catogary as it is not given a CO2 rating so I pay the "Over 1549cc" rate which I think is about £210 per year.
If it had a CO2 rating it would fall into the £400+ band
Paul
The only way to keep the fuel bill down is to walk.
My wife has just sold her Cooper S. Under the new regs it would have cost her £400 per year for road tax with approx 35MPG
Her new MINI clubman is £35 per year instead and gives 78 MPG.
It wasn't the reason for changing but on reflection it was a damn good side benefit!!!
This does not apply to pre-2001 yet!!! (but apparrently will by a certain date - don't know when)
[Edited on 30/4/08 by bjw970s]
As reported by Paul (notts), there is no basis for Carbon emission pre 2001, so I too cannot see how this would be applied pre 2001.
Here's a question..... what if I have a 2002 car with a stated Carbon emission and I changed the engine to something else (could be bigger,
smaller, greater or less carbon) what would be the mechanism, if any, for a change to its road tax??????
ie I have a 2004 diesel clio @ £35 per year and I slipped in a rebuilt 2 litre petrol engine. I guess I would notify the DVLA, probably have the
install certified by a qualified engineer and then would be issued with a new v5. What would thge road tax then be? surely, at worst it would be as
for a pre 2001 car with no carbon figure??
If you are going for an age related plate or a Q then the tax will be £185.
Not sure how they would assess a brand new build.
[Edited on 30/4/08 by Snuggs]
The following table shows the new 13 band tax scale fro 2009, new cars 2009 and then for 210.
c02 -----------2009 new 2010
A 0-100-----------0 0 0
B 101-110--------20 0 20
C 111-120--------30 0 35
D 121-130--------90 0 95
E 131-140--------110 115 115
F 141-150--------120 125 125
G 151-160--------150 155 155
H 161-170--------175 250 180
I 171-180---------205 300 210
J 181-200---------260 425 270
K 201-225--------300 550 310
L 226-255--------415 750 430
M 255+------------440 950 455
Paul
The real price changes start at181 co2 and above
[Edited on 30/4/08 by Paul (Notts)]
[Edited on 30/4/08 by Paul (Notts)]
[Edited on 30/4/08 by Paul (Notts)]
this is one of the main reasons why i've just sold my 02 plate impreza ,worth having a look at www.parkers.co.uk then clicking on the whats it worth link then road tax enter your reg details and it'll tell you whats happening atb andy