Budget

[david306]

What does annoy me is the following:

1. Raised Tax to £210 for co2 emmission

Sorry for askin, but how much is road tax before the rise ???

Is it with effect from today ??? I have to tax mine by end of april ...

[DaveD]

Help worth 35p a litre for vehicles powered by biofuels.

tucked away in the FT summary of the Buggit.

[Doc Martin]

At what MPG does your vehicle become a "Gas Guzzler"?

This phrase is obviously American in origin (hence the term 'gas' as opposed to 'petrol' or 'fuel') and some of their vehicles in the 12 - 18 MPG bracket would I guess qualify as a 'Gas Guzzler'!

As Surfs tend to be between 22 to 26 MPG (best I've achieved was 24MPG), would that not make them a 'Slightly Gas Guzzlers'?

[Chillitt]

• a new higher band of graduated VED (band G), set at £210 for petrol cars, will
be introduced for the most polluting new cars (those above 225g of carbon
dioxide emissions per kilometre);

• the VED rate for the small number of cars with the very lowest carbon
emissions (band A) will be reduced to £0 to encourage take-up and assist the
development of the low carbon car market;

• VED rates will also be reduced for band B by £35 and C by £5, frozen for
bands D and E, and increased by £25 for band F;

• rates for pre-2001 registered cars and light goods vehicles in the lower band
will be frozen with the higher band increased by £5;

• the reduced rate of graduated VED for alternative fuel cars will be extended to
include those cars manufactured to run on high blend bioethanol (E85); and

• In total, 50 per cent of cars will see their VED frozen or reduced.Three million
cars will pay VED of £100 or less.
so there it is. we all pay an extra fiver. no matter what fuel we use..

[B16mts]

Help worth 35p a litre for vehicles powered by biofuels.

tucked away in the FT summary of the Buggit.

I saw that too. what do they class as biofuels? and where can i get some!! I've often been tempted to allow a bit of veg oil to fall into my tank, but if i can do it officially and save money, then that must be good?

cheers,

Mart

[turbotommy]

erm, i looked at the budget document... and it seems that the extra tax is due on petrol fuelled vehicles over 225gCO2/km;

a new higher band of graduated VED (band G),set at £210 for petrol cars, will be introduced for the most polluting new cars (those above 225g of carbon dioxide emissions per kilometre)

and

rates for pre-2001 registered cars and light goods vehicles in the lower band will be frozen with the higher band increased by £5;

My tax disc says 'heavy oil'

And it's a lot older than 2001 (tommy, not the tax disc ;-)

Or did i read it wrong... Or have peeps been reading the Daily Mail agin .... noooooo !

I think the Chancellor had a very nice and middle of the road budget. And i even like the goverment. Most of the time. There, i've said it...

[BUSHWHACKER]

Jeeezus dude! think it, but don't say it out loud!

[coolsv650]

Phew

Ok so the panic is (nearly) over, as usual the govenment couldn't tell the differance between diesel fuel & diesel jeans!

We have a lot of upset people in our office with their newer vehicles, I can now say "mine has only gone up a fiver"!

[Chillitt]

acording to dvla, a 3.0 landcruiser is rated at 243, so they pay lots of extra duty... showoffs....

[Slate8]

"mine has only gone up a fiver"!

Hoorah! Was starting to get worried...

[Zulu263]

acording to dvla, a 3.0 landcruiser is rated at 243, so they pay lots of extra duty... showoffs....

that'll learn the buggers... ;-)

[Hilux]

Road Tax

Hi folks by my reconning its going to cost use another £2-50p per month or
62.5pence aweek to keep are SURF,s on the road.

[TonyN]

RADIO 1 !?????what are you, 16?

Trying to be!!