FlaFFy_91
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http://uk.cars.yahoo.com/news/porsche-918-spyder-set-to-please-petrolheads-and-greens.html
94mpg 
looks very nice aswell as pleasing everyone and being exempt of tax and congestion charge
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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94mpg over how long?
a full tank?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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people buy these sort of cars as a statement, so they can tell everyone they are doing the world a big favour. when infact they are just enjoying their cash and people with rose tinted greenpeace glasses don't realise.
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
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chrisritch
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Registered: 2nd Sep 08
Location: Northants Drives: V40
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quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
And it works out that people who can afford new eco friendly cars get away with it but people who can only afford an old banger fork out £200 odd a year 
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Graham88
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Registered: 16th Apr 07
Location: South East Kent Drives: E46 M3
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quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
Agreed.
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Baskey
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Registered: 31st May 06
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I pay 260 a year for my Clio 172 and do about 2k. Get about 40mpg
My mates brand new Beemer is £70 odd a year because it's 'eco' yet he redlines in every gear (on a free fuel card) and gets worse mpg than me. Plus he does 30+ k a year. Dosnt make sense
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Ben G
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it's not road tax though, so your argument doesn't exist. it's vehicle excise duty.
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Baskey
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Fair doos I still think it dsnt add up though. I have other vehicles I use but used those above as an example
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R Lee
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If you can afford to buy one of these, then you're more than likely a multi bijillionaire, paying more taxes than anybody else. Give them a break
The car is awesome! 
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
Location: Milton Keynes Drives: Ford Focus TDCi
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quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
Agreed, cyclists should pay too.......
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Sunz
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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Road tax doesn't go back on the roads, it's just another tax.
That cars probably 94mpg until you hit 10mph then it's down to about 20mpg.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
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No such thing as road tax really.
Road maintainance comes out of local council budget, its just another tax as sunz said.
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
Agreed.
Should be in with fuel, the more you use the more you pay. Simple. Only rare occasion does it not work is those that use fuel for off road use.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
Agreed, cyclists should pay too.......
I pay my £120 or whatever a year, are you suggesting that as a cyclist I should pay again for something that emits no CO2?
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
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of course.
people with 2 cars need to pay twice.
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AlunJ
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Registered: 3rd Apr 07
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But why? They dont necessarily pay twice if one car is band a or whatever, Isn't ved based on co2 output?
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Ben G
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it is. i'm just trying to wind you up
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AlunJ
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I know I'm willing to accept it if someone puts a half decent argument up.
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Marc
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Will need to check my porfolio, but should be able to raise the funds.
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Ian
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Registered: 28th Aug 99
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Road tax or car tax or excise duty or VED, doesn't matter what you call it, it's still disparate and unfair and not at all based on environmental impact as those wankers who dreamt it up would have you believe.
[Edited on 21-05-2012 by Ian]
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Cole
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Registered: 11th Nov 02
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(flame suit on ) I pay £0 rd tax
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LeeM
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Registered: 26th Sep 05
Location: Liverpool
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quote:
Originally posted by Cole
(flame suit on ) I pay £0 rd tax
Neither do I, or insurance. My cars got no mot either. Fuck the police
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Rob E
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Registered: 1st Jan 06
Location: Madeley, Stafford....I want to live back in Wales!
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Its all bullshit all this "Eco Friendly" car shit. The bit they dont tell you about is the carbon footprint is massively increased when building all these eco electric vehicles etc. I had to look at it all in Uni and it actually worked out the eco cars actually have a larger carbon footprint than normal petrol engine cars during their lifetime mainly thanks to the production of batteries and other rare earth based resources used in these vehicles.
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by AlunJ
quote:
Originally posted by All Torque
quote:
Originally posted by Baskey
I don't agree with this zero road tax. If your using the roads you should pay something.
Agreed, cyclists should pay too.......
I pay my £120 or whatever a year, are you suggesting that as a cyclist I should pay again for something that emits no CO2?
I own 2 cars of which I pay 2 lots of road tax yet I can only drive one at any time. This to me is greatly unfair. Im paying to leave a car at home.
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