[Viking]

The system for charging VED on vehicles first registered before April 2017 (the old system essentially) remains the same. The cost of the VED for those vehicles has gone up. Mine was £20 per year last December, and it's now £30

 

[Urrell]

The system for charging VED on vehicles first registered before April 2017 (the old system essentially) remains the same. The cost of the VED for those vehicles has gone up. Mine was £20 per year last December, and it's now £30

I don't understand that, saying it stays the same and then saying it changes.
What Skoda was on £20 road tax?
I thought the Greenline was the cheapest at £30 after the first free year.

 

[RickT]

Tax rates for cars reg'd before April 2017 have gone up today so an existing 1.2 petrol is now paying £150. or £450 over the next 3 years but this could increase further.A new 1.2 petrol from today over the next 3 years will pay £480. so costing just £30 more.

VED on cars registered BEFORE 1st April 2017 remain THE SAME! vehicles registered from TODAY pay a first year tax depending on their co2 & extra if costing over£40,000 Then ALL cars pay £140p.a. Over£40,000 have extra annual tax plus the £140.
Only pure electric cars pay zero. Hybrids pay extra as above for first year then £130 P.a.
So 1.2 Yeti with 110bhp engine reg BEFORE 1 ST APRIL 2017 WILL CONTINUE TO PAY £110p.a.
I know because I have just retaxed mine TODAY!

Colin,
My yeti is in Band F, registered in 2014 so before 1st April 2017, it used to be £145 but from today its now £150
Retaxed my motorcycle today and that has increased since I got the reminder letter a couple of weeks ago.

 

[ken3966]

My wifes fabia 1.6 tdi is £20/yr, and will remain so for its working life

 

[Viking]

The system for charging VED on vehicles first registered before April 2017 (the old system essentially) remains the same. The cost of the VED for those vehicles has gone up. Mine was £20 per year last December, and it's now £30

I don't understand that, saying it stays the same and then saying it changes.
What Skoda was on £20 road tax?
I thought the Greenline was the cheapest at £30 after the first free year.

There's been no fundamental change to the way the VED is charged. Emissions are all staying in the same band, so a car which produces 110 g/Km will still remain in Band B for VED purposes. But the amount you pay for a vehicle in Band B has gone up from £20 per year to £30 per year.

My Octavia is in Band B and used to be £20 per year, but since the price increase it now costs £30 per year.

 

[Llanigraham]

Just taxed the Lomax; £150, although I shall probably SORN it in October and claim a refund

 

[Urrell]

My Octavia is in Band B and used to be £20 per year, but since the price increase it now costs £30 per year.

I can only find that for 2016/17 and for 2017/18 the tax for band B vehicles stays at £20.
as per here.

 

[Colin Lambert]

I taxed mine on Friday & paid £60 (£110 for 12 months). For 6 months as I am picking up the Kodiaq this week.
Brain dead. Taxed mine on FRIDAY NOT SATURDAY. SOZ!Edited by: Colin Lambert

 

[Yetigreen]

Heh Ken, was looking at a Mustang last couple of weeks.The 2300 ecoboost on a 16 plate.,
Lovely.

But now with the new Mazda MX-5 RF released Im very tempted with that.
Although a hairdressers car the RF looks quite tasty.

 

[Jimmy]

Re Purchase price of car: the invoice charged delivery @£491.67 +VAT @ £98.33, 1st reg fee (???) @ £55 and on top of all that, road fund licence @£145 (12 months + last week in March), so there is £790 on top of the vehicle and extras cost, which is definitely not in the purchase price.

Edited by: Jimmy

 

[Colin Lambert]

As I understand it the price you pay including any options/extras are counted towards the £40k. So if the car including extras comes to £39,960 you escape the punitive road tax. If you then add, mud flaps £51, that amount will cost you an EXTRA £350 PER YEAR FOR 5 YEARS. = Bl00dy expensive mud flaps!
Not likely to affect current Yeti, but 'Son of Kodiaq next autumn????Edited by: Colin Lambert

 

[Jimmy]

That's so unfair Colin. Would it be possible to retro-fit the extras a few days after purchase to keep below an invoice value of £40000?

 

[Colin Lambert]

For things like mudflaps it would be. I was just using that as a silly example of a minimal extra ending up costing £thousands!

 

[The Hood]

I would expect a "clued up" dealer could arrange a customer satisfaction visit, during which things such as mats, flaps, spare wheel etc. could be added.

 

[Wurly]

I would expect a "clued up" dealer could arrange a customer satisfaction visit, during which things such as mats, flaps, spare wheel etc. could be added.

Agree with you Derek as would anyone with half an idea do

 

[Wurly]

My eldest boy drives a 6.6lt Bandit Trans Am and he pays top price on everything tax, insurance ect,but it is PETROL so cant be called an Oiler

, not my thing but got to admit all leather and wood interior, it is a site to behold,he's always wanted one since the film came out,but for the amount of car it is, he says the tax is worth it, so he is in the top bracket,but you pay your money it's your choice i guess i was wondering could it keep up with the wife's Yeti

 

[Llanigraham]

The Yeti would probably leave it for dust in the curvy bits, but on the straight...................

 

[The Hood]

Put a gallon of fuel in each, and it won't stand a chance!

 

[Wurly]

Put a gallon of fuel in each, and it won't stand a chance!

Lol ˜� I think you are definitely right there Derek only does 12 to the gallon if you drive it softly

 

[Flintstone]

Put a gallon of fuel in each, and it won't stand a chance!

 
I was thinking that too!  The Trans Am would leave the Yeti in its dust - till it got to the first filling station. Then the Yeti would cruise happily by while the Trans AM was at the pumps. Same at the next filling station. etc.  Unless the driver was Burt Reynolds and running moonshine in the tank!

 
Still - I bet it puts a grin on the driver's face!

Till you get to the aforementioned filling station.
 
I've got a few of the lines from Springsteen's "Pink Cadillac" in my head now:
"There goes Burt Reynolds in his black Trans Am.
Junior Johnson racing through the streets of Caroline.
.......
Tearing up the highway like a big old dinosaur.
.......
We don't have to drive it, just park it out the back.
Then we'll have a party in your Pink Cadillac."
 
Reminds me of a mate who used to have a V12 BMW 7-series (mk 3 version, mid-late 90's ish).
Said it could always make him smile, even when depressed. Till he looked at the fuel gauge....

 
Used to drive a V8 454cu.in. Chevy Pick up when I lived in Canada, mid-70's.  That was a Beast.

But not as much as the V10 (petrol) Dodge 8-ton truck used to haul grain from the combine to the elevators in the town 6 miles away. Ran on low tax, gold dyed, agricultural petrol (like the combine itself!

).  During harvest time, we dropped a fuel bowser into back of the Chevy. Than use that to keep both the combine and Dodge fuelled up "in the field" for 24-hr non-stop harvesting. The Dodge was quick as sh1t off a shovel empty. Several of the "good ol boys" would run drag races two abreast down the gravel roads away from the elevator. See who could get back to "their" combine first, before the combine's grain holding tank needed emptying again. Used to surprise one or two how quick the "young Limey Guy from Ernie's" was in the Dodge, especially drifting it round the right angled intersections. Till they got used to us.

  And until the Mounties caught me one night. Apparently sideways through the corners was not considered "in control", even then. Got a good old "tail chewing" as the paperwork was too onerous to write me a ticket.

  The big 5-speed crash gearbox took a bit of handling. But double clutching on both up and down changes soon became second nature.  Derivative of the same base V10 engine still used in the Dodge Viper I believe.

 
Edited by: Flintstone