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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:00 AM
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A couple of the girls at work last night told me that they were wanting to put road tax up on 4x4 vehicles to £2,000 a year in the next budget.

Personally I think it's a load of piffle..... I know they've said it was going up to £400 on post 2001 vehicles at some point, but there is no way on earth, in my opinion, that they could possibly charge that amount of money to run a vehicle on the road.

I said that if they had heard about a £2,000 tax, then it may be slammed on a new vehicle at purchase, but there was no way it could be a yearly tax.

They were both adamant that they'd heard about this tax in the media.

They are talking shit aren't they?!!!
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:14 AM
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Thats what the Lib Dems proposed about 2yrs ago, I've not heard anything from the current clowns in charge though

Link to old Lib Dem announcement in 2006

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk...ax-478802.html
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 08:18 AM
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http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle3512212.ece

The £2000 is on the price of buying new gas guzzlers
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:20 AM
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QUOTE=Redkop;3151389]http://business.timesonline.co.uk/to...cle3512212.ece

The £2000 is on the price of buying new gas guzzlers[/QUOTE]

Thanks for that, I aint as daft as I appear to be then.... will let em know tonight...
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Old Mar 11, 2008 | 09:33 AM
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The Italians charge huge amounts of road tax on high-end cars, but I don't know if they base it on price, CO2, mpg or whatever.
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