I've only got a little 1.4 A Class Mercedes....myself and four of my mates fitted into quite comfortably(and they are big guys)...didn't need a large people carrier there!...but i have seen plenty of people with massive cars....carrying just one child, probably the one or so miles to school...i have no sympathy if the tax for these cars go up...especially if you live in a built up area like London....but if you can prove your 4 x 4 is a nessesary,the government should allow provisions for this...
The thing is also that it won't make a blind bit of difference to some!
As I mentioned in my comments earlier Bedford has quite a few private schools, I know somebody who works at one of them and most of the 6th form boys have cars that they have to register.
Quite a few of them have brand new Range Rovers! If daddy can afford £60,000 to buy his son a car I don't think doubling the road tax will make any difference to him.
Aren't you having a cheap shot at 4x4 owners or large families with big cars? thats how i read it? i don't own a 4x4 or a large car but i do own one so i can't really criticise anyones choice because of a few ml of co2 difference, all cars are bad and because mine is slightly better doesn't make it ok, Im assuming you don't drive or own a car and if correct i do see your point, but on the same token you probably jump on a plane twice a year or more to go on holiday which is the equivelent of driving a 4x4 for 10 years per passenger :shock:
The problem I have with the argument is that all cars use the same roads......... I thought the car tax was originally introduced to fund the maintenance of the road systems?
Does a 4 x 4 use more of the road or cause the need for more maintenance?
IMHO ........ its all rubbish ...... just another excuse to grab more revenue! ........ and NO i dont drive a 4 x 4.
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i now realistically have to look at getting one, as i dont have use of the car as ex has taken it my choice is either buy a second car, or get a dual purpose one and 4 x 4 's have the load capacity i need and as i some times go on building sites and this might well increase it seems a sensible option.
so again im being taxed for something i need as a ligtiment business use, and home.
i happy to listen if someone has a more practical solution.
We have a diesel 4x4. it is converted to LPG and only has to use a tiny amount of diesel.
The exhaust is cleaner than a brand new small car. !
we use it for towing and when it snows, but it only does about 4000 miles a year.
Now MOTs are done on computer it surely would be fairer if when we taxed it they got it on the computer where they would see the miles done and the engines pollution level and tax you accordingly ?
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