Road Tax

[Streeters]

Quote: Originally Posted by Tigger, Eeyore & Roo (original)

Not good news in itself, but well worth every penny Why make huge compromises for the sake of a £20 tax disc?

I'm with Tigger, I just bought an 04 plate S (wife still has the cooper) and I dont care about the RFL, its part of running a car, the smile on my face is worth it when I hear the S/C whine

[Minime]

Yep me too. I would pay £500 a year to keep the S. I would probably groan and grumble to the poor old dear behind the post office counter and get moody with the wife coz i have no beer tokens for a couple of months but hey you can't put a price on S-MILES.

[as400]

How does road tax work?....if you still have say 5 months remaining by next February and there will be a bike hike as of March, can you renew it to 12 months in February?....or can it only be done in 6 month chunks?

[hollinshead]

You could go to a post office with your V5C, MOT (if over 3 years old) and Insurance Cert, take out tax for 12 months in Feb, then send your old tax disc back to the DVLA for a refund

[BU51 BEZ]

Quote: Originally Posted by hollinshead (original)

You could go to a post office with your V5C, MOT (if over 3 years old) and Insurance Cert, take out tax for 12 months in Feb, then send your old tax disc back to the DVLA for a refund

This is just what I will be doing, instant saving of £90.00, better off in my pocket than the goverments
just upgraded from the Clubman diesel £30.00 for tax next year, am I mad? to be honest I dont really care, I know I will have more fun in the S convertible with my nice big carbon footprint

[hollinshead]

Quote: Originally Posted by BU51 BEZ (original)

This is just what I will be doing, instant saving of £90.00, better off in my pocket than the goverments
just upgraded from the Clubman diesel £30.00 for tax next year, am I mad? to be honest I dont really care, I know I will have more fun in the S convertible with my nice big carbon footprint

How old is the S?

The reason I ask is on the later ones Mini tweeked it, and it outputs 199g/km rather than 207g/km.

It may only be 8g, but it's enough to put it a band lower come next march, £260 then £270 in 2010 I believe.

[tanuki]

Quote: Originally Posted by hollinshead (original)

You could go to a post office with your V5C, MOT (if over 3 years old) and Insurance Cert, take out tax for 12 months in Feb, then send your old tax disc back to the DVLA for a refund

you wont be able to do this as the system is computerised and the PO will not be able to issue you a tax disc, its all linked, the only way you could do this is by SORNing your car for a month then retaxing for a year.

[BU51 BEZ]

Quote: Originally Posted by hollinshead (original)

How old is the S?

The reason I ask is on the later ones Mini tweeked it, and it outputs 199g/km rather than 207g/km.

It may only be 8g, but it's enough to put it a band lower come next march, £260 then £270 in 2010 I believe.

it's a 2005, so the higher rate, but who cares, I just want to hear that supercharger whine, maybe one day they will abolish road tax, well I can hope cant I?

[Streeters]

Quote: Originally Posted by BU51 BEZ (original)

it's a 2005, so the higher rate, but who cares, I just want to hear that supercharger whine, maybe one day they will abolish road tax, well I can hope cant I?

Exactly my thoughts when I got my 04 MCS in september
The grin is worth the extra

[hollinshead]

Quote: Originally Posted by tanuki (original)

you wont be able to do this as the system is computerised and the PO will not be able to issue you a tax disc, its all linked, the only way you could do this is by SORNing your car for a month then retaxing for a year.

You can at a PO, my car was still showing as taxed when I bought it, but the dealer put 6 months tax on it.

You can't do it online without making it SORN first, but there is no reason why you cannot buy another tax disc at a post office.

[jayz165]

my was around £200 aswell

[Kev D]

It looks as though road tax will not be going up by as much as planned now thanks to the credit crunch.

In the pre budget report last week it was announced that the maximum rise will be just £5 from March 2009.

[Kev D]

Found this:

Drivers win reprieve over road tax rise - Times Online