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Z4MC road tax
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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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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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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!
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Ah ok now it makes sense. The Tuscan 2S produces 416.5 g/KM versus 292g/KM for the M!!
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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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Yes definitely unfair.......hopefully it does not get any worse with all this anti pollution malarkey with Diesel enginesRickRob 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!
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Mr Tidy wrote: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!
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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Iirc there's a few m's that just got the cheaper tax
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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.
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Gone - Montego Blue
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Current - Silver Grey MC, Imola Red heated Nappa & carbon trim. Aeros, H & R Coil-overs, 224s, OE Strut brace, Nav, cup-holders, DSP Hi-Fi, pdc, cruise, MFSW, no CDV! E90 330i daily
Gone - Montego Blue
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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 bandingDas882 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?
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This ^^^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
TVRs fall into the small manufacture bracket and as such are taxed differently.
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Yours for 23k and cheaper to tax than the Zed.
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Once they reach 40 years old, they get free classic car status
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Beige M sport seats, wood dash
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Very comforting to know I will be able to get "cheap" ved on a 40 year old car when I'm 99 years oldfirebobby wrote:Once they reach 40 years old, they get free classic car status
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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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...!!
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