Am i reading This Right

[Bobdope2002]

Tax for My ZS180 will be £425 for a year

http://www.direct.gov.uk/en/Motoring/OwningAVehicle/HowToTaxYourVehicle/DG_172916

If thats the case buh bye ZS i dont use you enough to warrant paying £425 a year for tax

[Nats Whiskas]

No because your car has already been registerd, you will be paying £235 per year as of april, which is still f*****g extortioninate!!!! Bloody gangsters... Goverment even! :rant::rant::rant::rant:

[Bobdope2002]

IIRC the 180 produces 227kg which places the ZS180 in band L which is £425

[will-w]

IIRC the 180 produces 227kg which places the ZS180 in band L which is £425

Yep, you've got that spot on!!

Of course it's a different story if you own a 180 registered before 1st March 2001

*Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006

Actually you're safe as band K has been changed to include anything with more than 225g/km and registered before 23rd March 2006!!

[Bobdope2002]

So its defo £425 for 12 months tax

im not paying that sort of money for mine it barely gets used looks like its gettin sorned and im walking to work

Keep the thing in storage for when prices of the things go back up

[grimmy]

can't beleive this has popped up again read Will's post.

[Ritchy]

*Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006.

[Bobdope2002]

guyz no offence but that doesnt answer my question

is it £235 or £425

If its £425 ZS180 For Sale £2.5k come get it

[Bobdope2002]

can't beleive this has popped up again read Will's post.

i read it on XPF That VED was going up again by £30 but according to the DVLA website the same info reads tp be £425 for 12 months

[Ritchy]

well basically band k will include your car so long as its regisered before 23rd march 2006 thats what it seem sto say i think

[Bobdope2002]

no ang on i get it now my brains taking a while to register at the moment lots on my mind etc etc

its £235 not £425

[talkingcars]

*Band K includes cars that have a CO2 figure over 225g/km but were registered before 23 March 2006.

This is because the CO2 test was changed in 2004 and cars like the ZS180 would have had a lower g/km than under the old test.

When I took this up with my MP when the goverment first announced the new bands, he came back with the usual "we are trying to cut pollution" but low and behold they put in the "before 23 March 2006" clause.

Incidentaly I retaxed my 180 at the end of January, still £210.

[Ritchy]

so yer keeping it now lol

[Bobdope2002]

so yer keeping it now lol

If it does go to £425 ill have no choice but to consider selling it mate it does about 200 mile a month if that now expensive thing to tax for 2500 miles a year

Thing is with theyre current value you may aswell **** into the wind thinking your going to get a decent selling value for them...

so really your best keeping them in storage as one day they will become a classic and maybe worth something

[Ritchy]

hows much is storage a year, im guessing a lot more than £415, and urs is goona be 200n summit im pretty sure

[Alan.F]

Bob its only £235 for yours

[Dan1971]

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£235 from April - but even if it was £425 - that's £190 more - roughly £16 a month. You'd bin it for £16 a month ?

[talkingcars]

Just stick in a T16, then you'll just pay the "over 1400cc" tax bracket for older cars, currently £190 p/a IIRC.

[Supercharged_Z]

ahoy the metro. tax at the weeked,. 68quid for 6 months!!

[Squeaks]

Im sure it will be £235. its alot of money for **** roads.

[andys1981]

i was under the impression that it is currently 118.75 for 6 month,then after april it goes up to 135 for 6 month,it was the same as my 2.2 vectra so i will pay it anyway

[p_b82]

sometimes i am so glad i have got a slow old 'tractor' engine in mine!

tax is around the £125 region i think last time i renewed it although it is due at the end of next month, so may have gone up...

[stamford]

If the car is in good condition and reliable, then paying that little bit more is money well spent. Buying a cheaper car to get around the tax groupings is false economy. You could be buying yourself trouble. I just taxed mine, was £118.

[will-w]

sometimes i am so glad i have got a slow old 'tractor' engine in mine!

tax is around the £125 region i think last time i renewed it although it is due at the end of next month, so may have gone up...

Nope, still £125 and will still be £125 from April! :D

Cheap tax, cheap insurance, and 45mpg+ even when booting it! :D

[starfire039]

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£235 from April - but even if it was £425 - that's £190 more - roughly £16 a month. You'd bin it for £16 a month ?

Agree with this totally!

[fastmike]

there might be some cheap post 2006 ZS180's soon then *-)

Who
is gonna want to pay 2 grand for a car , then pay over £400 to tax it

£235 from April - but even if it was £425 - that's £190 more - roughly £16 a month. You'd bin it for £16 a month?...... it doesnt seem much when its put like that ... untill you factor in mortgages , kids , running cost of a wife and her car etc

[will-w]

... running cost of a wife ...

:slap::laugh::laugh:

[R8NMG]

£16 extra a month is nothing considering my Sky TV package and gym membership costs me £100 a month. Personally I think it is pathetic someone have to sell their car because a rise of road tax by £190 a year.

[SharronB]

£16 extra a month is nothing considering my Sky TV package and gym membership costs me £100 a month. Personally I think it is pathetic someone have to sell their car because a rise of road tax by £190 a year.

I'd rather get rid of Sky tv than the car tbh

[arwilson80]

I'd rather get rid of Sky tv than the car tbh

A woman who talks sence... :laugh: ;)

[Bobdope2002]

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£235 from April - but even if it was £425 - that's £190 more - roughly £16 a month. You'd bin it for £16 a month ?

£16 a month when your on min wage and barely managing to scrape through is a lot of money

I wudnt bin the car as i said above i have a massive garage so the car wud live in theyre

Sky TV is a waste of money as is a gym membership plenty of ways to loose weight other than going to a gym full of meatheads who after eating a mars bar Have to go on a treadmill for an hour

[R8NMG]

£16 a month when your on min wage and barely managing to scrape through is a lot of money

I wudnt bin the car as i said above i have a massive garage so the car wud live in theyre

Sky TV is a waste of money as is a gym membership plenty of ways to loose weight other than going to a gym full of meatheads who after eating a mars bar Have to go on a treadmill for an hour

From the sound of things you really shouldn't be owning this car or any cars. If I can't afford an extra £16/mth and have to survive on minimum wage, owning a car would be on the bottom of my priority list unless I need it to go to work.

There are many different views on Sky TV and gym membership whether they are waste of money or not. If one can enjoy these luxuries then they can afford to waste the money. One person's waste maybe another person's gold.

[Bobdope2002]

From the sound of things you really shouldn't be owning this car or any cars. If I can't afford an extra £16/mth and have to survive on minimum wage, owning a car would be on the bottom of my priority list unless I need it to go to work.

There are many different views on Sky TV and gym membership whether they are waste of money or not. If one can enjoy these luxuries then they can afford to waste the money. One person's waste maybe another person's gold.

selling the car is not an option simple as

Fair enough on the Gym and Repeat TV

Anyways enough of the arguing its childish

[Alan.F]

£16 extra a month is nothing considering my Sky TV package and gym membership costs me £100 a month. Personally I think it is pathetic someone have to sell their car because a rise of road tax by £190 a year.

So are you saying that not so well off people should not own a car?

Not everyone has money to burn as you seem to have

[Bobdope2002]

So are you saying that not so well off people should not own a car?

Not everyone has money to burn as you seem to have

I was thinking this Alan.


But Chose To Not post it

[R8NMG]

So are you saying that not so well off people should not own a car?

Not everyone has money to burn as you seem to have

A car is not a necessity in life as I said previously unless you need it for work. If you can't afford to own or run a car then yes I'm saying you shouldn't own a car simple as. I like to own an Aston Martin but I can't afford one so I don't have one.

[Bobdope2002]

A car is not a necessity in life as I said previously unless you need it for work. If you can't afford to own or run a car then yes I'm saying you shouldn't own a car simple as. I like to own an Aston Martin but I can't afford one so I don't have one.

Im slowly starting to get wound up by this...what started of as a nice polite thread has turned into a battle of i earn more money than you Willy wangathon

I earn Min wage because the profession im in at the minute is as dry as a nuns **** for Work so ive settled for something less skilled although I really dont see why i should have to explain myself to you but i have

Me personally and a few others have stgated that they wud not pay £425 a year to tax what is essentially a Rover 45

i love my car but its not worth that a year

[grimmy]

Right i am gonna close this, was going to let it run after the op got the info required and asked for it to be closed but thought maybe people could keep it on topic now i can only see the thread content going downhill for no reason.