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I won't be there when you cross the road, so always use the Green Cross Code.
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...about road tax!
No not the perennial why is it not in the petrol etc.
Tax is/was up on the goof and being as we are criminally short of pennies month we were forced to go for the 6 month option, and as I'm sure everyone knows this costs substantially more.
Now road tax (or VED) is a statutaary requirement levied by the government. I can understand why it costs more to buy things like TV's etc on instalments - interest etc and these companies have to make money, but I find the idea that the poorer you are the more you have to pay on a basic tax like road tax abhorrant.
Surely the government isn't here to squeeze extra cash from the poor. Road tax should be the same price for 6 or 12 months!!
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This space available to rent. Reach literally dozens of people. Cheap rates!
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The arguement is that it cvosts them money to make the disc so you have the actual tax element and then the cost of the disc on top so 6 months will nver be just 50% of 12 months worth.
They also want you to take 12 months as this cuts down "month skipping" and also administration, both of which are good for their revenue and cost base.
The DVLA is actually a pseudo-private enterprise now not a government department.
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1937 Austin Street Rod - 1941 Wolseley Not Rod - 1956 Humber Hawk - 1957 Daimler Conquest - 1966 Buick LeSabre - 1968 Plymouth Sport Fury - 1968 Ford Galaxie - 1969 Ford Country Squire - 1969 Mercury Marquis - 1970 Morris Minor - 1970 Buick Skylark - 1970 Ford Galaxie - 1971 Ford Galaxie - 1976 Continental Mark IV - 1976 Ford Capri - 1976 Rover V8 - 1994 Ford Fiesta
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Admin fees? chasing you with a stick at intervals, sorn declaration bum whacking, its all jobsworth jobs that have to be paid for.  I also got upset forking out £99 a time for my two, exactly why i fancy a 1.1 bruiser  |
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 it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts  |
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I was unhappy to spend £99 on six months tax for my Sierra on monday, and £140 for a year on Mrs JS's Vectra - which will do TWELVE TIMES as many miles as mine in the next year! And probably twelve times the MPG too.  |
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My fleet:
Suzuki GSX-R600Y SRAD with bald, melted tyres
A borrowed Mondeo
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... Surely the government isn't here to squeeze extra cash from the poor. No, they're here to squeeze cash from EVERYONE! |
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1987 Maestro 1.6 HL perkins diesel conversion 1986 Audi 100 Avant 1800cc on LPG 1979 Allegro Series 2 special 4 door 1500cc with vynil roof. IN BITS. HERITAGE ISSUES.  |
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was waiting for that! Its a great point seeing as that volvo 142 (wreck?) went for £112 |
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it doesn't matter if it's a Morris Marina or a Toyota Celica - it's what you do with it that counts |
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Exactly why I bought a 1970 Kit Car!
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or get a bike, £15 a year road tax.  |
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or a real bike
over 600cc 60 quid
biggest bike engine is 1800cc
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2001 HONDA CT110 (NOT RCV)
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kee
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no its not, the gf's dad has a 2.3 triumph. biggest is a dodge tomahawk ;D ;D  has a viper v10, bout 7 or 8 litre i think |
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phatphord
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Scorpilow
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ALSO Available as a minimoto..no..really....
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1994 Ford Scorpio Lowrider
um...and some bikes...
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spacekadett
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F*cking take that Hans Brrix!!
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Unfortunately had to tax the Mundano for a year, cos if I do it for 6 months it runs out the same time as the Kadett  That would be expensive. At times like these I regret telling them the Opels not a 1.2 anymore... |
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Mechanic's rule #1... If the car works, anything left on the floor after you finished wasn't needed in the first place |
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kee, can you count as a motorbike a 'vehicle' that has four spearate, if not independent, wheels |
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its not about engine size - its about how you ride it!  ;D  |
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i had a real bike. it might only have been 125 but it had 6 gears (in '92!) a big chain, and loads of oil that dripped everywhere, it liked throwing the chain off and was temperamental but very, very quick and never lost a highway duel. real bikes are ones that get dirty. not summer specials. thats the only rule |
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That would be expensive.
