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7th February 2008, 18:45
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Infrequent Poster
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Widnes/Cheshire
Posts: 128
Car(s): Amazon Green VTR 1998
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Road tax rant
Sorry folks, gotta get this off my chest. £99 to drive for 6 months on potholed filled, unfinished, coned off, lanes closed strip of asphalt. What a fookin rip off. At least dick turpin wore a mask, robbin bastards.
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7th February 2008, 20:27
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L-plater
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 93
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i would be too i only pay £77 for six months road tax
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7th February 2008, 21:17
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Saxperience Hardcore!
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Aycliffe
Posts: 32,205
Car(s): Saxo VTS
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Quote:
Originally Posted by J1VTR
Sorry folks, gotta get this off my chest. £99 to drive for 6 months on potholed filled, unfinished, coned off, lanes closed strip of asphalt. What a fookin rip off. At least dick turpin wore a mask, robbin bastards.
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you'd save yourself a bit of money going for 12 months tax...
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7th February 2008, 21:19
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Tamworth
Posts: 9,581
Car(s): VTR, RX8
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yeah go for 12 months next time its such a better feeling that you dont have to worry bout renewing in 6 months time
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7th February 2008, 21:33
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Skeg, Nottingham (Home Town)
Posts: 545
Car(s): Saxo VTS 2002, Yamaha Thundercat
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if i did 12 months i would have MOT and tax in one month
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7th February 2008, 21:57
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Jan 2008
Posts: 355
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kno that problem lol do it for 6month then next time a year then wont clash
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7th February 2008, 22:01
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Skeg, Nottingham (Home Town)
Posts: 545
Car(s): Saxo VTS 2002, Yamaha Thundercat
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lol its the same in march i got both to do so i started the mot this month instead then im ready for the tax
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7th February 2008, 22:12
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Saxperience Forum Bum
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Lincoln/Newark
Posts: 2,673
Car(s): Mercedes C220, Scooby, Saxo VTS
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its rather annoying having everything happen at once
I have insurance,tax,MOT,Gym membership all at the start of each year
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7th February 2008, 22:13
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L-plater
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Milton keynes!
Posts: 77
Car(s): kwaka zxr600 ninja! ;), project: mini cooper 1989
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Quote:
Originally Posted by saxoaee
if i did 12 months i would have MOT and tax in one month
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surely you would still have the same problem?
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7th February 2008, 22:33
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Skeg, Nottingham (Home Town)
Posts: 545
Car(s): Saxo VTS 2002, Yamaha Thundercat
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yeh in to payments time maybe but i could do a year on the next payment cause im usually better off in the summer
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7th February 2008, 22:48
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Yorkshire
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: West Yorkshire
Posts: 31,079
Car(s): 1989 Golf GTi Clipper
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Solution to your problem = buy a Citroen C1.
Group 1 insurance, cheapest tax band and silly great tyres to absorb the potholes
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7th February 2008, 22:51
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Dec 2002
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 8,390
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Theyve just laid about 150-200yards of brand new road by mine. No joke, 3 weeks later, and its breaking up and pot holed already.
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7th February 2008, 23:07
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Saxperience Post Whore
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Liverpool
Posts: 8,780
Car(s): Seat Leon
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£115 for 12 months ftw
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7th February 2008, 23:33
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Frequent Poster
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Skeg, Nottingham (Home Town)
Posts: 545
Car(s): Saxo VTS 2002, Yamaha Thundercat
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did a road near me not long back about 2-3 months and its has bad as it was before! my mates saxo on a 03 his tax is cheaper than mine and he is on a vtr as well just on a 03 or 53 one of which
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7th February 2008, 23:47
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Regular Poster
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: belfast
Posts: 264
Car(s): IMPREZA WRX
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my tax is only £35 for a year now  well on the 206 it is, still get stung writighly on the saxo tho 
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