FAO MK2 VTS Owners

[Mystic]

Hey guys n gals.

Some of you might already be aware of what im about to say, some of you may not (Its about your road TAX)

So as we all know they are upping everyones road tax rates over the coming years & you2001 onwards owners are probably already unhappy about your shift from £180 up to £210 last year.

Well unfortunatly its gonna get much much worse for you.

This year you get another year of £210 for a years road tax.

As of March 2009 though it jumps up to £300

2010 it finds its new home at £310 too!

Personally im absolutely stunned! £90 is a huge hike in price to pay in a years time so i thought id just make sure everyone is aware of this because quite frankly it wouldnt surprise me if people planned on selling up because of it, either for a 2000-2001 model VTS or just because you migh find them harder to shift after they cost £170 for half a years road tax!

2000-2001 model VTS still have the mk2 front end but are old enough to fall out of the stupid new tax rules so they will enjoy £185 next year whilst you pay almost double that!

Absolutely shocking tbh, more info here (http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/?deriv=17754)

Whilst thats prtty bad for us, there are quite a few vehics which come off much worse... Plan on getting a BMW M3 for example? remember to budget £1k for your annual road tax :)

Sorry to be the bringer of bad news for those of you who didnt know about this.

a sad Mystic :sad:

[Robbo]

not fair is it :(

[ryhornvtr]

This is old news now but thanks for telling us. Im a bit pissed off at it but i will just have to stump up the cash every year.

All mk2 single plug vts' will have just earnt a few hundred quid in value thats for sure.

[mattg]

Oh dear, could be time to sell up soon then:(:(

[Mystic]

Yeh i know its old news now but i havent seen any substantial threads warniung people about it and i just had to renew my tax disc this evening and am feeling miffed about it so thought id have a little rant ;)

[ryhornvtr]

Oh dear, could be time to sell up soon then:(:(

Dont be a fag lol. Ill be keeping mine for a while now, maybe modding it when i can, will prob get rediculous to tax faster cars before too long, and i certainly will want a faster car at some point.

[b0t13]

my tax needs renewing just before next year, so ill slam a years worth on then sell it after that, fuck paying £300 a year for a 1.6!

[boz]

get a cert for an lpg conversion.
cheap tex, jobs a gud un ;)

fuk them

[AlexB]

haha thats just more to spend then lol

damn thing

[GroomGTI]

2000 mk2 ftw ?

[jam_vts]

im gonna buy a bike and use vts only for track days lol
there is no way i can justify paying £300 on tax!, its more than i pay for maintaining the thing

[Yates]

fuck it im loaded i dont care

[Heliosphan]

I'm sick of being shafted for tax and I'm sick of this country.

[notime2chill]

I was looking at this the other night, its an absolute joke!!!

[Mr_X]

oh great, its a good job im swimming in money!
stupid tax.

[shooorn94]

wack the pre 2001 engine into your shell ;)

Tax is getting out of hand now, It'll be interesting to see what VTS' get left on sax-p considerring they're:

Unsafe,
cheap on parts,
parts break alot,
give you the "boyracer" image,
impractical,
quite good on petrol,
extortionate on road tax whilst only pushing out 120bhp,

whilst at the same time they are insanely fun ;)

[adam]

fookin joke really

[AlexR]

Mwahahaha.
I pay £120 a year for my 130bhp fabia. And £120 a year for my 184bhp 2002 vtr ;) Had a 1999 mk2 vts and personally thought the £180 a year for tax was extortionate!

[Luke]

£120 for a VTR? How does that work?

I'm paying £120 on the 307, but as of next year it's £90.

[Yates]

alex hasnt declared the engine, naughty naughty

i paid up for a years tax in october, only the first time ive drove the fucker this weekend

[Luke]

I thought VTR was £140 + for year anyway.

[Liam_]

I thought VTR was £140 + for year anyway.

Just taxed mine the other day, £145 for the year.

Goes up £5 for 2009 then another £5 for 2010.

[Jackman]

How i love my £120 a year tax! and £66 for 6 months :)

[Alex]

I sent an email to the DVLA asking if i lowered the emissions on my car would i qualify for lower tax. Got a vague reply asking for my registration, might try again.

[Saxo-Will]

WHAT!!! A joke tbh... Think my next car will be 2000 vts instead then lol

Ain't paying £300 tax at all

[AlexR]

As long as my engine is declared to insurance i'm not fussed about the dvla, they can suck my plums if they think i'm paying £300 a year in road tax for a car that will do maybe 1k in england. That £300 could pay for the new tyres and overhaul on my trailer ;)

Yeah actually it was £130 but goes up every year, as with everything.

[craig180]

How about a mass tax paying strike? How will the police cope with 20,000 drivers without tax on the roads all at the same time???

Seriously though, whinge all you want it will never get any better. I have a neighbour (albeit a cnut) who has an Austin 5 classic car. Every time he starts it up, everything in a 6 mile radius gets coated in 3 inches of carbon!

The bastard has free road tax, yet mugs like me that keep my engine in spot on condition and drives less than 5k a year get stung.

[Yates]

craig your a cunt.

[Luke]

What I hate is that I heard the other day the cost of living rise is 4% whereas our rise is 2.75%.

[craig180]

craig your a cunt.

yates you're uneducated

[AlexB]

im gunna go buy a classic landy with a 3.5 litre v8 just to avoid th tax and piss greenpeace off a bit haha

[SaxoAlex]

wack the pre 2001 engine into your shell ;)

Tax is getting out of hand now, It'll be interesting to see what VTS' get left on sax-p considerring they're:

Unsafe,
cheap on parts,
parts break alot,
give you the "boyracer" image,
impractical,
quite good on petrol,
extortionate on road tax whilst only pushing out 120bhp,

whilst at the same time they are insanely fun ;)

You forgot the high insurance :homme:

[Saxo-Will]

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/road-tax/?deriv=17753

How come its the other way round for vtr :S

the extra 8v really make that much difference!!!!

[AlexR]

Tax is cheaper on a clio 182 than on a saxo vts. wtf?!
My scud goes down to £110 a year in 2009, then up to £115 a year in 2010, not too bad i guess.

[boz]

im not changing the logbook on my track car ;)

vtr ftw

[Nathan]

I also feel for the VTS owners And Corsa VXR owners, as they have the same emissions and the tax jump is identicle!!

So as of 2009 i will also be paying 300 and in 2010 will be paying 310!! :n:

With this and petrol you have to ask yourself what next?? Breathing Tax maybe??

[RICKYP-RPM]

it takes the piss tbh

[Natalie]

They need to scrap road tax and put if they need the tax put it on petrol instead. Then you pay for miles you do. At the end of the day a lower emission car that does 30,000 miles a year is going to pump out more emissions into the atmosphere then a gas guzzling 4x4 that just does the school run.

The TVR is a 1995 so luckily it's before the new emissions tax bands came in or else we'd be forced to sell it. It's on a 3000 mile limited mileage insurance policy so there's no way I'd pay huge amounts of car tax for it