Car tax cost destroying good cars

[Ricwin]

Originally Posted by shycho

I guess the government would argue that you should get a Citroen C3 instead then.

No they wouldn't.
Based on Diesel and Super being 144.9p per litre: 4,00 miles in a 60mpg car compared to 20mpg, over 12 months.
I'd be paying around £440 per year on fuel and £30 tax in the example C3. Compared to the £1300 fuel and £280 tax of the ZS 180.
Why would they want people to buy the C3 and pay them less in absurd tax?

Would they want me to do it for the environment? No, they are aware that global warming is a big con anyway...

[shycho]

Originally Posted by Ricwin

No they wouldn't.
Based on Diesel and Super being 144.9p per litre: 4,00 miles in a 60mpg car compared to 20mpg, over 12 months.
I'd be paying around £440 per year on fuel and £30 tax in the example C3. Compared to the £1300 fuel and £280 tax of the ZS 180.
Why would they want people to buy the C3 and pay them less in absurd tax?

Would they want me to do it for the environment? No, they are aware that global warming is a big con anyway...

I meant, if you're going to moan to the government that they are taxing your 7+ year old car too much. They'd only suggest purchasing an expensive new car which is more fuel efficient.

They're already looking at new ways to claw back the lost income from fuel tax anyway thanks to all the planet saving eco-friendly cars.

[pheelay]

There is surely a greater overall impact on the environment in scrapping and manufacturing new "eco" cars than continuing to run older cars. Especially for those doing low yearly mileage. If the goal is penalising pollution, then the only fair way to do that is replace motor/road tax with more tax on fuel.

No motor-tax here in France which is great for me for now Looking forward to moving back to Ireland in a couple months...not. Motor tax on the KV6 would be a whopping 1080€ (2497cc). Madness.

The way I look at it, it's the last chance now to run old-school nasp, gas guzzling, fun cars before we're all taxed to the scrap yard and into euro-minis