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Post by Das882 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:14 pm

I'm just back from having lunch with some of my TVR buddies that I have not seen this year. I broke the news that I have jumped ship to BMW, the conversation got round to the cost of the road tax for our cars, I have never owned a Speed 6 engined TVR but was shocked that they only pay £235 opposed to £515 for the M. I'm surprised at this as the engines are similar in that they are a straight 6 fuel injected engine albeit 4000 cc opposed to 3.200cc from the same era. Obviously the emissions must be less but why such a difference? :?
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Post by AndyBeech » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:19 pm

Made and registered before March 2006 presumably where as the majority of M's are after this date which is when the rules change.
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:23 pm

AndyBeech wrote: Made and registered before March 2006 presumably where as the majority of M's are after this date which is when the rules change.
Yes, anything registered before 1 March 2006 pays the same whether it is in Band K, L or M.

After that date Bands L & M pay quite a bit more! :roll:
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Post by Das882 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 8:51 pm

Ah ok now it makes sense. The Tuscan 2S produces 416.5 g/KM versus 292g/KM for the M!!
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Post by RickRob » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:12 pm

Whatever you do, don't introduce logic in determining how/why/what we pay in road tax. Whichever you way you look at it, it's bonkers!
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Post by Das882 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 9:32 pm

RickRob wrote:Whatever you do, don't introduce logic in determining how/why/what we pay in road tax. Whichever you way you look at it, it's bonkers!
Yes definitely unfair.......hopefully it does not get any worse with all this anti pollution malarkey with Diesel engines :headbang:
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Post by ronk » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:13 pm

Mr Tidy wrote:
AndyBeech wrote: Made and registered before March 2006 presumably where as the majority of M's are after this date which is when the rules change.
Yes, anything registered before 1 March 2006 pays the same whether it is in Band K, L or M.

After that date Bands L & M pay quite a bit more! :roll:

K* 201-225 £295
L 226-255 £500
M Over 255 £515
*Includes cars with a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006.

I fell into this trap when I bought a Discovery 3 on the 31st March 2006 - it fell into the Band M when they raised the rate retrospectively!
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Post by markplant » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:20 pm

Iirc there's a few m's that just got the cheaper tax
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Post by Mr Tidy » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:21 pm

ronk wrote: K* 201-225 £295 L 226-255 £500M Over 255 £515*Includes cars with a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006.I fell into this trap when I bought a Discovery 3 on the 31st March 2006 - it fell into the Band M when they raised the rate retrospectively!
Ouch!

And I thought 2 x Band K was bad enough!

Maybe I should look for something pre-March 2006 with at least 500g/km to really get my money's worth. :lol:
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Post by PerryGunn » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:39 pm

Das882 wrote:I'm just back from having lunch with some of my TVR buddies that I have not seen this year. I broke the news that I have jumped ship to BMW, the conversation got round to the cost of the road tax for our cars, I have never owned a Speed 6 engined TVR but was shocked that they only pay £235 opposed to £515 for the M. I'm surprised at this as the engines are similar in that they are a straight 6 fuel injected engine albeit 4000 cc opposed to 3.200cc from the same era. Obviously the emissions must be less but why such a difference? :?
If they're paying £235 at the moment, then they're paying the 'over 1549 cc' PLG rates - I aasume that TVR would have been classified as a 'small manufacturer' (same as Alpina) and, as such, would have been exempt from CO2-based classification for RFL banding
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Post by no fit state » Sun Feb 26, 2017 10:58 pm

PerryGunn wrote:
If they're paying £235 at the moment, then they're paying the 'over 1549 cc' PLG rates - I aasume that TVR would have been classified as a 'small manufacturer' (same as Alpina) and, as such, would have been exempt from CO2-based classification for RFL banding
This ^^^

TVRs fall into the small manufacture bracket and as such are taxed differently.
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Post by buzyg » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:18 pm

Yours for 23k and cheaper to tax than the Zed. :thumbsup:

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Post by firebobby » Sun Feb 26, 2017 11:57 pm

Once they reach 40 years old, they get free classic car status :wink:
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Post by ronk » Mon Feb 27, 2017 12:34 am

firebobby wrote:Once they reach 40 years old, they get free classic car status :wink:
Very comforting to know I will be able to get "cheap" ved on a 40 year old car when I'm 99 years old :rofl:
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Post by Havard » Mon Feb 27, 2017 5:44 am

I always said I would never own a car with the top level of tax levied against it, now I am going to have two from the looks of it. Hey ho, you only live once...!! :D

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