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http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/news/ne ... d-to-1974/

If the rolling exemption happens at 40 years as suggested It's one piece of good news from "The Budget".

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Hi John,

Must have read this at the same time, just posted this

http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.a ... C_ID=18309

Looks like could be a rolling 40 year old thing, only 3 years to go for my FHC [8D]

Cheers John


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1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

That would great news if that was the case. We would all be able to go out and buy another TR7 each with the money we would save. [:)]
Roy

Great news for me, my Innocenti Mini Cooper 1300 Export will now be free as it was manufactured in March 1973.

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That would great news if that was the case. We would all be able to go out and buy another TR7 each with the money we would save. [:)]
Roy
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What does your exemption eliminate and what is the savings? The US contingent of the forum would be interested.

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Hi Nick,

The robbing goverment charge us £121 for six months tax ( ideal for those who only use there car for half a year ) and for those of us who enjoy there cars all year £220 [:(!] It suppose to fund road building ect but that pure cr4p [:(!][:(!] It gets more complicated with modern cars where it is worked out CO emmissions to keep tree hugging hippies happy -

https://www.gov.uk/vehicle-tax-rate-tables

Cheers John


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Hi Nick,
John said most of it -
In the UK all vehicles are liable to pay a Yearly Car Tax call Vehicle Excise Duty to allow it to be driven on the road.

Since 2001 it was based on CO2 emmissions and all vehicles are listed in production today.
So if you have a small Fiat 0.9 litre CC Twin Cylinder Engine car you pay £0 as it is low CO2 but if you have a Aston Martin Lagonda it will rise to over £1,000 for the 1st year then £475 per year.

http://carfueldata.dft.gov.uk/new-vehicle-tax.aspx

For Cars before 2001 there is another tables as they were not tested for CO2 so for a 2.0 ltr TR7 we pay £220 per year.

You can cash the Tax in anytime for a partial refund - so I taxed my car £ 121 for 6 months in January this year then at the end of January I went back to work abroad so sent it in for a refund of approx £85.
If your car is not taxed it must be SORNed ( Statutory off road notice ) - that tells the Government your car is not used on the road & does not need taxed but if you are found driving it on the road - you get a fine. All Police have Number Plate reconition equipment - from that they can tell if the car has insurance,MOT, Taxed stolen etc.
The camera can process 1,000's of number plates an hour - actually a good system as it stops people driving around with no insurance or MOT ( Annual roadworthiness test ).

They just park by the side of the road & it does it all automatically

If your car was made before 31st December 1972 - you don't have to pay Car Tax - just a perk to keep the voters happy.

You still have to apply for Car Tax - they send you a Tax Disc but it costs £0.

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Century Gothic, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">If your car is not taxed it must be SORNed ( Statutory off road notice ) - that tells the Government your car is not used on the road & does not need taxed but if you are found driving it on the road - you get a fine. All Police have Number Plate reconition equipment - from that they can tell if the car has insurance,MOT, Taxed stolen etc.
The camera can process 1,000's of number plates an hour - actually a good system as it stops people driving around with no insurance or MOT ( Annual roadworthiness test ).<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></font id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">All this assumes that it is registered to the proper owner but, unlike some other countries, there is no address validation on ownership change. The ANPR system works OK if the Police go chasing, but stationary kit and non-police backed up kit (the majority) only catches the law abiding (as they have registered the car correctly) who are forgetful or very busy!

I think they do give chase if a car flags up on the APNR. Also if you are found driving a car without tax, insurance or MOT you are highly likely to get more than just a fine, the Police may take your car away. supercass

The APNR Van which is a frequent visitor on the A64 outside Tadcaster sits in the lay-by - the next exit is an 'on' only & next lay-by 2 miles down the road has a white Volvo V70 Estate sitting there plus then on the next fly over exit another Volvo V70.

A1079 Hull to York has the same set up so in our area the Police are with the APNR van supporting to catch the offenders at source.

North Yorkshire Police had a crackdown on the A64 a few years ago - pulling offenders over & taking their cars off them - a 10 car transporter was waiting at a lorry park just down the road to load them up.

I have no fear of them as I pay my way on all 3 cars we have.

We don't (seem to) have supporting Police cars with 'our' ANPR van, but then where I see it (Woodbridge), which is rather 'well to do', they are probably just out to get the forgetful.

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We don't (seem to) have supporting Police cars with 'our' ANPR van, but then where I see it (Woodbridge), which is rather 'well to do', they are probably just out to get the forgetful.
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The middle classes are always targeted by the revenue collectors, as they have assets and as such something to loose and will pay to protect it.

There's no money to be made out of the poor, they have bugger all and booking them will only cost the authorities more than they can get out of them.

The truly wealthy are different again, as they have power, influence and armies of lawyers on retainers to play the system. Too much like bloody hard work for the revenue collectors to get a result and it might come at some cost to their careers.

So it make sense to hassle the "Well do do"

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